Iran Warns Retaliation Abduct U.S. Troops

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Iran is threatening to retaliate for what it calls the "kidnapping” of Revolutionary Guard officers by abducting Americans and feeding them to roosters.

In an article in the Revolutionary Guard’s weekly paper, Reza Faker – believed to have close links to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – warned:
"We’ve got the ability to capture a nice bunch of blue-eyed, blond-haired officers and feed them to our fighting cocks. Iran has enough people who can reach the heart of Europe and kidnap Americans and Israelis.”

The warning comes after the recent disappearance of three high-profile Iranian officers.


Earlier this month came the revelation that Ali Reza Asgari, former commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force in Lebanon, had vanished, most likely during a trip to Istanbul.
Another high-ranking Revolutionary Guard officer, Colonel Amir Muhammed Shirazi, was reported missing last week, according to the Sunday Times of London.

A third Iranian, Brigadier General Muhammed Soltani, head of the Revolutionary Guard in the Persian Gulf, is also understood to be missing, although that has yet to be confirmed.

Iranians claim the officers were kidnapped, but Western sources believe they may have defected.

Other members of the Quds Force reportedly were seized by U.S. forces in northern Iraq.


Although Iran threatened to seize Americans in Europe, Iraq could be a more likely site for abductions, a Jordanian intelligence source told the Times:
"In Iraq, the Quds Force can easily get hold of American – and British – officers.”

Source: Iran Threatens to Kidnap U.S. Soldiers

[ptco911]

We should help them with their understanding of nuclear power (1 kiloton yield)if they do abduct any.

To hell with those fanatics.

[herbstin]

"Yes, we have the power to superglue this shotgun to our forehead. We dare you Americans to pull the trigger. We Double Dare You."

[ptco911]

Yep go ahead Ahmadinejad make our day.

[BloodThirstyWench]

I think he just did...

Iran 'seizes' 15 British Marines - CNN.com

[BloodThirstyWench]

The men were seized at 1030 local time when they boarded a boat in the Gulf, off the coast of Iraq, which they suspected was smuggling cars.

The Royal Navy said it was doing everything it could to secure the release of its personnel, who are based on HMS Cornwall.

It added that the men had been carrying out a routine patrol in Iraqi waters.

The Ministry of Defence said: "The group boarding party had completed a successful inspection of a merchant ship when they and their two boats were surrounded and escorted by Iranian vessels into Iranian territorial waters.

"We are urgently pursuing this matter with the Iranian authorities at the highest level.

"The British government is demanding the immediate and safe return of our people and equipment."

It is understood the men being held are safe and well.

Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has summoned the Iranian ambassador in London to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in an attempt to get the men released as quickly as possible.

In a statement, leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Menzies Campbell, also called for their immediate release.

"Whatever the rights and wrongs of military action, British forces in Iraq are now there with the authority of a UN security council resolution... and the Iranian government should be left in no doubt of the serious implications of their action," he said.

The incident comes as British Army Colonel Justin Masherevski, who is based in Iraq, says most of the violence against UK forces in Basra is being engineered by Iranian elements.

Col Masherevski said Iran was providing "sophisticated weaponry" to insurgents and "Iranian agents" were paying local men to attack British troops.

In 2004, Iran detained eight British servicemen for three days after they allegedly strayed over the maritime border.

The UK claimed the men were "forcibly escorted" into Iranian territorial waters.

While they were being held, the men were paraded blindfold and made to apologise on Iranian TV before their release was agreed.

The BBC's diplomatic correspondent James Robbins said the difference this time, and a cause of concern, is that the present Iranian government under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was much more hardline.

"The political climate is worse with Britain among those confronting Iran over its controversial nuclear programme," he added.

This is a BBC article. Am I mistaken or is this a blatant act of war????

[BloodThirstyWench]

I honestly can't believe they're getting away with this!!!