Cheney Bush to Condi: negative.
Now this is interesting stuff.
Now this is interesting stuff.
At a meeting of the president’s top foreign policy team Tuesday, the administration decided that the five Iranians will remain in custody and go through the periodic three-month review used for other foreign detainees picked up in Iraq, U.S. officials said. The next review may not happen for weeks, and possibly not until July…
Iran is threatening not to attend a pivotal meeting in Egypt next month of Iraq’s neighbors — plus the United States and international groups involved in Iraq — that Washington hopes will increase regional cooperation to stabilize the country. Without Iran, which exerts great influence in Iraq, the meeting could end up having marginal impact, according to Iraqi officials and Middle East experts.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice went into the Tuesday meeting with a recommendation to free the men, but after a full review of the options she went along with the consensus, U.S. officials said. Vice President Cheney’s office made the firmest case for continuing to hold the men.
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