Posted on 04/01/2007 8:55:57 PM PDT by Flavius
Britain hopes to send a top navy officer to Tehran to deliver a face-saving compromise that will ensure the release of 15 captive British naval personnel, Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported yesterday.
The British government will send the officer to Tehran to promise that the Royal Navy will never knowingly enter Iranian waters without permission, according to a plan cited by The Sunday Telegraph. The compromise, which would involve dispatching a navy captain or a commodore to Iran, was raised at a meeting of a senior government crisis committee on Saturday, the newspaper reported.
Mullah-run television aired new footage of two of the 15 British naval personnel. The two were shown separately on the television's Arabic language channel standing in front of an Iranian chart of the northern part of Persian Gulf waters where the sailors and marines were seized on March 23.
Beckett has said that Britain has replied to a letter from the Iranian embassy in London, which urged the government to acknowledge that the sailors had trespassed and confirm that it would not happen again.
Meanwhile, mullahs' thugs hurled stones and big firecrackers at Britain's embassy in Tehran. No one was hurt by the small explosive devices, which went off with loud bangs and sent clouds of smoke rising from inside the compound. About 100 demonstrators chanted: "British, British, death to you, death to you." Demonstrators, who scuffled with police, included members of the Basij, a hardline religious militia. Protesters called for the embassy to be closed down.
© Iranian.ws
"many liberals would willingly behead themselves if it would make muslims feel better."
Well said.
"The Persian Journal wouldn't lie to us, would it? /sarc"
All most as bad as the NYT. The only way I would ever respect Blair again is if he gets the hostages out by Thursday and starts bombing on Friday.
The Brits look like fools. Next we'll see pictures of Chamberlain presented as a great statesman.
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