Iran Shows Video of Captured Britons

Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:42 AM EDT

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Rob_NC

..understanding how the channel snakes its way through the area it didn`t make a hoot to me,Iran has fired the first shot,now the Brits have a choice..

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2 votes

#1 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:59 AM EDT

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MCL

Is it a good or bad sign that the most senior Iranian official to have spoken is from the Foreign Ministry.

I take it to be a good sign that no higher officials and certainly Ahmadinejad have so far been silent, and hope that Tony Blair would keep up the pressure with firm and credible messages. From what I read, I think military action is clearly not an option.

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1 vote

#2 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:01 AM EDT

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CopenhagenDK

Military action is always an option, though hopefully a final option.

The repeated use of the female captive is not a positive option - and why do they insist on dressing her up in a shawl? It isn't part of her uniform...

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2 votes

#2.1 - Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:00 AM EDT

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EEEEEMAN

A question not being answered is why have the ships coming from Iranian waters and going to Iraq been stopped and searched and with this action what is actually being found on those ships, as far as the Brits go, this move seems to be a counter referencing the ship searches?

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1 vote

#3 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:40 AM EDT

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Rob_NC

..the channel that these ships must navigate is like a river it twist and turns..Iraq here,Iran there..it was stated they were searching for illegal cars..? ..ieds..dont know; never the less its a war zone..searches are common..

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3 votes

#3.1 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:55 AM EDT

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CopenhagenDK

It was a UN sanctioned search. Ships often hug the Iranian coastline to avoid being searched and then try to slip past the inspectors at the very end of the voyage.

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3 votes

#3.2 - Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:59 AM EDT

{"commentId":613316,"authorDomain":"EEEEEMAN"}

EEEEEMAN

Is there a possibility that the autos being used as the bombs in Iraq are possibly being made in Iran and shipped up the coast in order to be undetected so as to be smuggled into Iraq?

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2 votes

#3.3 - Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:03 PM EDT

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CopenhagenDK

It appears to be plain old-fashioned crime. Smuggling is big business.

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2 votes

#3.4 - Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:24 AM EDT

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Yolande M. Agble

Why is it that my inclination is to believe that the UK sailors did stray in Iran's waters
and not the strong denials coming from the UK government? Perhaps it is the sight of the Foreign Minister, Magaret Beckett, who is anything but convincing and of course Tony Blair's reputation for mendacity is now truly established And may we remind the media that the 'rest of the world' is NOT Britain, the USA and European Union? Also, that those outside 'the rest of the world' are becoming increasingly well informed and capable of deciding right from wrong?

Yolande M. Agble Accra Ghana

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2 votes

#4 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:00 PM EDT

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Rob_NC

From the start, the Iranian Ambassador to London gave British diplomats a set of coordinates for the location of the confrontation.

Margaret Beckett, the Foreign Secretary, told the Iranian Foreign Minister that these compass points actually indicated a spot clearly in Iraqi waters. She tried to give Iran an exit route by suggesting that it might all be a misunderstanding that could be resolved by an immediate release of the captives.

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2 votes

#4.1 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:33 PM EDT

{"commentId":611395,"authorDomain":"tkymagble"}

Yolande M. Agble

As far as Iran is concerned in the minds of many in the 'west' it is very much a case of 'give a dog a bad name and hang him' huh?

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1 vote

#5 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:21 PM EDT

{"commentId":611573,"authorDomain":"ROBNC"}

Rob_NC

..no its more to the point,act like an ass,expect to be treated as such..

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3 votes

#5.1 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:36 PM EDT

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Djehuty

It's clearly wrong to believe that the captured sailors would be sincere in their apology, given the cirucumstances of duress.

Why then, is such evidence admitted in the Guantanamo detainees' trials?

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1 vote

#6 - Mon Apr 2, 2007 4:53 AM EDT

{"commentId":618360,"authorDomain":"ROBNC"}

Rob_NC

..its only when physical evidence is found not verbal hearsay..theres a big difference..

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2 votes

#7 - Mon Apr 2, 2007 8:40 AM EDT

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