It Must Be Something In The Water.

Iran is one of the most paranoid nation in the Middle East, maybe even the world. So it should come no suprise to us when their security services claimed to have caught 2 spies trying to discover information about their nuclear program.

Iran exposes pigeon-brained espionage plot, literally

According to the report, One of the pigeons was caught near a rose water production plant in the city of Kashan in Isfahan province, the report cited an unnamed informed source as saying, adding that metal rings and invisible strings were attached to the bird.

"Early this month, a black pigeon was caught bearing a blue-coated metal ring, with invisible strings," the source was quoted as saying.

Iranian sources said that "it is entirely possible that pigeons were used to spy on the nuclear facility in Natanz." The birds were been handed over to defense officials, their fate is unknown.

But this is not the first time the Islamic Republic has accused members of the animal kingdom of collaborating with its enemies. Last year the country's media reported that 14 squirrels were arrested for espionage. "The squirrels were equipped with the spy gear of foreign agencies, and were stopped before they could act, thanks to the alertness of our intelligence services," the IRNA news agency wrote.

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I wonder what happened to those 14 squirrels? Execution by firing squad? Hanging? Poisoned Nuts?

And how did they discover those invisible strings? If they are invisible, they couldn't see them. Even after they take them off the bird.

A blue band on a pigeon is usally a tracking tag. Many migrating birds carry these tags in various colors. It helps scientists to track the migratory routes of birds.

I knew that the Iranians were paraniod, but I didn't know that they are bird-brains also.