US: No Iranians among ICRC delegation

Source: Associated Press

US: No Iranians among ICRC delegation 1 hour, 14 minutes ago



BAGHDAD - The U.S. military issued a statement Friday clarifying that there were no Iranians in an International Committee of the Red Cross team who had visited five Iranians in American detention after they were arrested three months ago in Irbil.

On Wednesday, U.S. military spokesman said Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said that an ICRC delegation had visited the captive Iranians and that one of the group was Iranian.

Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, a military spokesman, issued the clarifying statement Friday in an e-mail statement to The Associated Press.

"The ICRC committees that visited the five Iranians detained in Irbil on two occasions did not contain an Iranian national. One of the two committees contained an individual who speaks Farsi and lived in Iran, but he is a British citizen by birth," Garver said.



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It's sort of funny-weird how they are spooked about the idea that they might have accidentally cooperated IN ANY WAY with designated enemies. An example of the way that bullshit is more important than the pragmatic situation.