The BBC reports:
US forces have stormed a building in the northern Iraqi town of Irbil and seized six people said to be Iranians, prompting a diplomatic incident.
According to the Iranians, this building is a "consulate" and thus the incursion constitutes a violation of international law:
Iranian and Iraqi officials said the building was an Iranian consulate and the detainees its employees.
Tehran said the attack violated all international conventions. It has summoned ambassadors from Switzerland, representing US interests, and Iraq.
For those of us who are old enough to remember 1979, the air is thick with irony.
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