Iraqi Kurdish Government Demands Release of Consulate Staff

There is a virtual news blackout in the US about the US invasion of sovereign Iranian territory in the consulate in the Kurdish capital of Irbil. NPR is a notable exception, the only media source not controlled by the right-wing Bush loyalists. News is all over the internet internationally. Even VOA News has a report that adds that a U.S. Defense Department spokesman said the building raided in Irbil was not a consulate or government building. They also report so much disinformation by General Peter Pace, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, that Iran is "clearly" involved with the insurgents in Iraq.
Now why would the Iranians undermine their allies in the Iraqi government and offend their allied militias including Sadr's Mahdi Army and the Badr Corps? Both groups are armed by Iran and are leaders in the sectarian assassinations of Sunni supporters of the insurgents.
I would think the Kurdish Government knows where the Iranian consulate is located. Is the DOD saying they don't?
Kuna

The Presidency and government of Iraq's Kurdistan Thursday demanded the Multi-National Force (MNF) to release Iranian consulate staff members who were detained earlier today. They expressed in a statement their dissatisfaction towards the incident and said that attacking a consulate violates 1963's Vienna conventions regarding diplomatic immunity of foreign consulates. The statement pointed out that the operation contradicted with the Iraqi government's efforts to impose peace and stability in the country.


"Citizens of Iraq's Kurdistan express their dissatisfaction to such operations which violate the region internal affairs and create tension between Iraq and neighboring countries, therefore Iraqi Kurds demand the immediate release of the Iranian officials," the statement concluded.


American military forces backed by aircraft have burst into Iranian representation offices in the center of the northern city of Irbil.