ESTADOS UNIDOS tiene en Iraq 300 prisioneros vinculados con Irán, prácticamente todos capturados en los dos últimos meses.

The Pentagon received “considerable pressure” from officials in the State department and CIA to release some or all of the Iran-linked prisoners to facilitate discussions between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iranian officials. Apparently, Gen. Petraeus sharply disagreed, saying that he intends to hold the prisoners “until they run out of information or we run out of food.”

Sí señor.

ACTUALIZACIÓN. Más sobre los planes de Irán para controlar el estratégico paso de Shatt al-Arab, en el Golfo Pérsico.