Iran Accuses U.S. of Supporting Kidnappers

[allemand]

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran accused the United States of supporting an Islamic militant group holding nine Iranian soldiers hostage near the country's border with Pakistan, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said Saturday.

The accusation came after the Al-Arabiya satellite network on Wednesday broadcast a videotape of the soldiers and said the militants were members of the extremist Islamic group "Jundallah" or God's Brigade.

The network said the group, which has demanded ransom and the release of 16 of its members from prison, warned the soldiers would be killed if their demands were not met.

"The Americans use such groups against Iran since they could not directly approach Iran," the Islamic Republic News Agency quoted Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi as saying.

More:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_hostages_1

The U.S. using "Taliban-influenced" kidnappers? How likely is that?

[William769]

1. Talk about calling the kettle black.

[HuffleClaw]

2. just more of what they call

'destabilization' they've done similar crap all over the place. 'the enemy of my enemy...' stuff.

[allemand]

3. You mean the same strategy that transformed Afghanistan into a save haven

for al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups? Aren't they supposed to learn from their past mistakes?