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Iraqi police detain 3 Iranians mistakenly
entered Mosul from Kurdistan
21.1.2007 |
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Mosul, Northern
Iraq, January 21, -- Iraqi police detained three
Iranians who were found without documentation in the
northern city of Mosul, a
provincial commander said Sunday.
The three were seized Saturday after they were found
without passports while riding with a Kurdish
driver, said Maj. Gen. Wathiq al-Hamdani, the police
commander for Ninevah province.
He said they claimed they had authorization to
travel in the adjacent Kurdish-controlled Kurdistan
region but mistakenly entered Mosul, 225 miles
northwest of Baghdad. Al-Hamdani said the three were
under investigation.
The Iraq Foreign Ministry said it had no immediate
information on the incident, which came just over a
week after six Iranians were detained in a U.S. raid
on a liaison office in Kurdish-controlled Erbil,
although one was later released.
The U.S. has linked those still in custody to an
Iranian Revolutionary Guard faction that funds and
arms insurgents and militias in Iraq.
Iraqi officials have called for their release from
U.S. custody as it faces a delicate balance in
trying to secure Baghdad with the help of American
forces while maintaining ties with its neighbors,
including U.S. rivals Iran and Syria.
AP
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