The United States Army (private mercenaries) raids the liaison office of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in Irbil, Iraq, and abducts five diplomatic personnel.
Postscript: The diplomats were held in U.s. custody until July 9, 2009. That was more than twice as long as the Iranian Hostage Crisis, 1979-81: 911 days versus 444 days.
[added 3/9/2024] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.
Subsequent Events:
References:
What If Iran Had Invaded Mexico? by Noam Chomsky and Tom Engelhardt
www.antiwar.com/engelhardt/?articleid=10772
Liaison Office in Arbil – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irbil_Five
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