Former FBI Agent Missing in Iran

Of course, details are sketchy, no name is given, and don't expect the Iranians to be cooperative.

The United States asked Iran on Monday to provide information about a former FBI agent believed to have gone missing several weeks ago while on private business there, U.S. officials said.

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the family and employer of the man reported him missing and the State Department sent an official inquiry on Monday to Iran via Swiss diplomats, who act as a go-between with Tehran because the two countries do not have diplomatic relations.

Can't Nancy Pelosi just pop over after she's finished sucking up to the chinless opthamologist?

Relations are very tense between the United States and Iran, particularly over its nuclear program. The two nations have not had diplomatic ties for nearly 30 years.

The missing man, described by officials as middle-aged, is believed to have been visiting Kish, an Iranian resort island and free-trade zone in the Gulf. He is not believed to be of Iranian descent and his wife lives in the United States.

Speaking of the Iranian nuclear program, the latest is they'll be ready to go by 2009, according to The Blotter.

A spokesperson for the United Nation's International Atomic Energy Agency, the IAEA, declined to comment citing the "extreme sensitivity" of the situation with Iran.

Yeah, they don't want to upset their bosses in Tehran.

Not that I have must trust in this report, but the time is soon at hand to take out their program, despite the strenuous objection of Democrat foreign policy honcho Rosie O'Donnell.

The United States will be ready to launch a missile attack on Iran's nuclear facilities as soon as early this month, perhaps "from 4 a.m. until 4 p.m. on April 6," according to reports in the Russian media on Saturday.

According to Russian intelligence sources, the reports said, the US has devised a plan to attack several targets in Iran, and an assault could be carried out by launching missiles from fighter jets and warships stationed in the Persian Gulf.

When they start giving specific times and dates like your cable provider, time to perk up and take things seriously.

Others blogging on the latest nuke story include LGF, Hot Air, and Sister Toldjah.