The Botched US Raid that Led to the Hostage Crisis

Apr 4, 2007 in the briar-wire by dispatch | No comments

by Patrick Cockburn
Counterpunch
April 3, 2007

A failed American attempt to abduct two senior Iranian security officers on an official visit to northern Iraq was the starting pistol for a crisis that 10 weeks later led to Iranians seizing 15 British sailors and Marines.

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