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UK Sailors And Marines Held By Iran (Breaking News)
Sky News ^ | March 23, 2007 | Sky News

Posted on 03/23/2007 5:17:44 AM PDT by Eurotwit

Fifteen British sailors and Marines are being held by Iranian forces, says the Ministry of Defence.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: breakingnews; britishsailors; cornwall; hmscornwall; interdiction; interdictions; iran; shattalarab; shattalarabwaterway; smuggling
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To: penelopesire

"Well...notice that the Iranians did not try to take any US soldiers....

They did not American soldiers - they were British soldiers from what I read, unless they misidentified them.

Also, I don't think Iranians are gonna risk going into Iraqi territory and capture American soldiers.


121 posted on 03/23/2007 6:26:10 AM PDT by baubau (BOYCOTT Bank of America for Issuing Credit Cards to 3rd World Illegal Aliens.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

On their return home from NY, the plane should be shot down in deep water. I doubt Iran has the resources to recover the plane and reconstruct the events that led to its catastrophic engine trouble.


122 posted on 03/23/2007 6:26:19 AM PDT by ChiefJayStrongbow
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To: penelopesire

'Well...notice that the Iranians did not try to take any US soldiers....they know better!!'

I suspect they would've prefered American soldiers, but I doubt they can tell the difference. . . .


123 posted on 03/23/2007 6:26:49 AM PDT by britemp
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To: NavyCanDo

My son and I saw an old red pick-up truck with a Marine Corp bumper sticker and another bumper sticker which said,
It's God's job to judge the enemy, It's the Marine's job to arrange the meeting.


124 posted on 03/23/2007 6:27:14 AM PDT by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
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To: baubau

UHHHHH, I know....lol. Read what I wrote again after your second cup of coffee...(wink)


125 posted on 03/23/2007 6:27:48 AM PDT by penelopesire
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To: stockpirate

maybe we should take him hostage when he gets here.


126 posted on 03/23/2007 6:27:51 AM PDT by CJ Wolf
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To: Jeff Head
"...again I ask, Where was the Cornwall when this was going on?"

This is amazing. You have Marines in small boats and the HMS Cornwall doesn't protect their own troops from being kidnapped in plain sight?

If the Iranian ships actually entered Iraqi territorial waters, where were the Coalition air and navel assets to repel an incursion?

The Iranian ships should have been challenged the moment they entered Iraqi Territorial waters and a warning shot fired into their bridge.

War is heck.....
127 posted on 03/23/2007 6:27:52 AM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: rintense
The minute Ahmaimanutjob lands on US soil, take him into custody.

I prefer that plane never making it to the ADIZ.

"You know, Mad Mullahs, the Atlantic is a large ocean, and things tend to get lost in the Bermuda Triangle. I'm sure you'll be meeting him soon, though."

128 posted on 03/23/2007 6:28:03 AM PDT by steveegg (Now playing in Hell - the Hussein family reunion, produced by President Bush, directed by the Iraqis)
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To: rintense

"Ah so its ok to just flagrantly wander into another countries waters, and kidnap foreign soldiers to question them? Ah no. Its not.

You got things in reverse.

It's not the British who captured Iranian soldiers wandering in British waters, it's British soldiers who wandered (for whatever purpose we still don't know. Maybe spying?) in Iranian territorial integrity.


129 posted on 03/23/2007 6:28:57 AM PDT by baubau (BOYCOTT Bank of America for Issuing Credit Cards to 3rd World Illegal Aliens.)
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I turned to CNN to hear about coverage on this topic (since FOX is fluff this morning) and I'm sick to my stomach by the "unbiased" interview I just saw. What's worse, Anna coverage or the crap CNN spouts?

Where's the real news coverage in this country? (Besides here of course.) I can't stomach CNN, and FOX plain sucks nowadays.


130 posted on 03/23/2007 6:29:03 AM PDT by Miztiki (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. Eccles. 10:4)
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To: capitalist229
Detain Ahmmadinejad in a NY jail until the Brits are safely returned.

Sorry take the Plane and crew to Gitmo
131 posted on 03/23/2007 6:29:56 AM PDT by LynnHam
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To: Tommyjo
No C-in-C is going to start a war over this sort of incident.

That is what Hesb'Allah thought when they snatched the Israeli soldiers

132 posted on 03/23/2007 6:29:57 AM PDT by Colorado Doug
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To: P-Marlowe
This would be an excellent time to take out the Iranian Navy.

That's a good point. If Iran didn't have any boats, we wouldn't have naval incidents like this anymore.

133 posted on 03/23/2007 6:30:02 AM PDT by Steel Wolf (If every Republican is a RINO, then no Republican is a RINO.)
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To: baubau

Where have you seen that? All reports show that Iranian vessels went into Iraqi water and took the British soldiers, who were on a routine patrol.


134 posted on 03/23/2007 6:30:06 AM PDT by rintense (I'm 4 Thompson!)
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To: britemp

"I suspect they would've prefered American soldiers, but I doubt they can tell the difference. . . ."

From what I am reading, they seized these Brits after the Brits had been searching some of thier boats in Iraqi waters. My guess is that the Iranians knew it was Brits when they seized them. They are probably trying to divert attention away from something more nefarious going on in those waters.


135 posted on 03/23/2007 6:30:13 AM PDT by penelopesire
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To: penelopesire
'The question is... Does the UK have any balls?'

Tony Blair does....

I doubt this will last more than 36 hours. The Iranians have pulled this stunt before, about two years back. I would look for the story, but if I recall, it was similar but not quite as blatant.

This and their other acts of war have been piling up, and it is just a matter of time before someone pulls the trigger.

But I doubt it will be today.

We shall see, as the French now have their Naval forces entering the arena.

136 posted on 03/23/2007 6:30:14 AM PDT by Cold Heat (Mitt....2008)
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To: Tommyjo

but your probably right


137 posted on 03/23/2007 6:30:37 AM PDT by Colorado Doug
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To: jhpigott; Dog; AdmSmith; TexKat; Coop; jeffers; nuconvert; Arizona Carolyn; BurbankKarl; SE Mom; ...

Good point, JHP, hair trigger alert with less than well planned incidents possible.

Here's the poop on the parent ship the soldiers were seized from. (They were seized from small boarding craft, not this vessel itself, which is actually a good thing...for the Iranians.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cornwall_%28F99%29

This will either devolve rapidly to open warefare, or smolder out, depending mainly on how the UK and the US react to it.

Watching very close this weekend.


138 posted on 03/23/2007 6:31:03 AM PDT by jeffers
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To: penelopesire

I don't think he's coming after all. Iranian news is spouting some nonsense about GWB interferring with his visa. I think that's his way of saying he can't come now that he has British soldiers in his possession.


139 posted on 03/23/2007 6:32:00 AM PDT by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
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To: P-Marlowe

Long-standing treaties and relationships with Britain make just about any response possible.

Taking out the IRanian navy and any missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz would be an excellent preparation for an assault on nuke sites.


140 posted on 03/23/2007 6:32:13 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)
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