Bad Scary NewsMembers of an Iranian Energy Ministry delegation visiting
Baghdad at the invitation of the Iraqi government were released Wednesday, a day after being arrested at their hotel by American troops and led away in handcuffs and blindfolds.
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Iraqi and Iranian officials said the Iranians were in Baghdad to help resolve Iraq’s power crisis. American officials said they were held after being stopped and searched at a checkpoint near their hotel because unauthorized weapons were found in their vehicles.
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Good News [You probably never heard about because the Corporate Media thinks it wont get ratings.]
Taliban militants in Afghanistan have now released 12 of the 19 South Korean hostages they have been holding for the past five weeks.
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