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BRIANNA KEILAR: Iran's standoff with Britain's,
Iran's hostility toward the U.S., Iran's connection
with Iraq. Let's take a closer look now at those
tangled relationships with CNN's Michael Ware, who is
in Baghdad for us.
Michael, what can you tell us about Iranian detainees
that are being held in Iraq and any possible U.S.
role here?
MICHAEL WARE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, what we do
know for sure is that there are at least five Iranian
Revolutionary Guard Quds Force officers still in
detention by the U.S.-led coalition here in Iraq.
Now when we say Revolutionary Guard Quds Force,
Brianna, think American Green Beret with a mix of
American Delta. I mean, this is among the best of
their best, some of their most elite intelligence and
covert operatives.
And the U.S. has five of them. Originally, America
had seven of them, but two were quickly released.
Now we've seen the release of this second secretary
from the Iranian embassy here in Baghdad. Now it's
long been said by pro-American intelligence agencies
in this country that this fellow is one of many in
the Iranian embassy who's really working for the
Iranian intelligence apparatus. Essentially, he's a
spy, or he's some kind of agent, or operative.
Now what the Iranian foreign ministry is saying us
that it was indeed Iraqis acting under U.S.
supervision who kidnapped this diplomat in the first
place and have now released him.
It's impossible to say if that's true or not. But we
do have it from U.S. sources that one of the most
likely candidates for making the diplomat disappear
in the first place was the U.S.-backed Iraqi national
intelligence service.
This is a very, very murky world. But there's
definitely five elite Iranian officers still in U.S.
detention.
KEILAR: Very murky world. Thank you there for
clearing it up for us, Michael Ware in
Baghdad.