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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I wonder if any of this will get Labor jazzed up. Or will they just blame it all on GWBs policies and Britain's willingness to follow?


18 posted on 03/23/2007 6:16:49 AM PDT by Gum Shoe
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To: Gum Shoe

I have a feeling this will make British citizens very mad.


19 posted on 03/23/2007 6:18:15 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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***....In a statement, leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Menzies Campbell, also called for their immediate release.

"Whatever the rights and wrongs of military action, British forces in Iraq are now there with the authority of a UN security council resolution... and the Iranian government should be left in no doubt of the serious implications of their action," he said.

In 2004, Iran detained eight British servicemen for three days after they allegedly strayed over the maritime border.

The UK claimed the men were "forcibly escorted" into Iranian territorial waters.***

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6484279.stm


23 posted on 03/23/2007 6:30:24 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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