The British military confirmed there was an “incident” in the Shatt al-Arab waterway in southern Iraq after Iraqi fishermen said they had seen several British and American military personnel being seized by an Iranian ship.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1805510/posts
I have a vision, 200 B-52's, 100 F15's and 40 F22's flying over Iran and bombing the shite out of them.
This happened in 2004 and they were released in a few days. Prayers for the same outcome. But it is being reported that Iran did it this time in Iraqi waters, so the implications are now very serious.
Chill, England. This doesn't violate the Mecca Conventions of 666AD. Taking infidels hostage is perfectly legal.
Bush should recind their presidents visa NOW.
UK can divert their presidents plane and force it to land in the UK!
ping...
***Iran Nabs British Sailors in Iraq Waters......A Pentagon official said the Britons were in two inflatable boats from the frigate H.M.S. Cornwall during a routine smuggling investigation, said the official, who spoke on condition on anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the incident.
He said the confrontation happened as the British contingent was traveling along the boundary of territorial waters between Iran and Iraq. They were detained by the Revolutionary Guard's navy, he said.
A fisherman who said he was with a group of Iraqis from the southern city of Basra fishing in Iraqi waters in the northern area of the Gulf said he saw the Iranian seizure. The fisherman declined to be identified because of security concerns.
"Two boats, each with a crew of six to eight multinational forces, were searching Iraqi and Iranian boats Friday morning in Ras al-Beesha area in the northern entrance of the Arab Gulf, but big Iranian boats came and took the two boats with their crews to the Iranian waters."
The Britain government said it had demanded "the immediate and safe return of our people and equipment."....***
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR2007032300574.html
Set us up the bomb!
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!
FoxNews Breaking:
15 UK military being held by Iranian navy in the Persian Gulf.
This will not be the Carter Hostage crisis of 1980.
This could be the spark that gets Iran attacked. Treaties between the US and Britain make it entirely legal and with congressional authority for the US to attack Iran.
If they move, they'll move quickly before the talking heads and the weak-kneed realize the opportunity that's been presented to Pres. Bush & Tony Blair.
"According to Sky News, Iranian navy vessels raided into Iraqi waters and took the brits captive.
Let's hope they wandered into Iraqi waters by mistake.
Still, how can 15 of them not know they were into Iraqi waters?
Whatever the reasons they got into Iraqi jurisdiction, it's an infringment of international laws.
Iran says, "You take our generals we take your navy enlisted men."
How far was the boarding party from their Frigate?
CNN Breaking:
Iraqi Deputy PM injured in apparent suicide bomber assassination attempt -- during Friday prayer.
We can then join them shortly thereafter.
And we can both quite legitimately say that we did not ask for this.
If this was in Iraqi waters, then this is an act of war.
I recommend this: for every British man held by the Iranians...one oil well destroyed per hour. That's 15 oil wells destroyed per hour. Hit them where it hurts--the pocket book.
Of course after the British are released, the entire Iranian Navy should be destroyed, just for good measure.
UK forces have already suffered too much from Iran around Basra. It's time for our allied forces to move. We need to denazify Iran.