Posted on 03/25/2007 9:27:43 AM PDT by jdm
FIFTEEN British sailors and marines arrested by Iran off the coast of Iraq could be charged with spying and held until the US releases five Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized by US forces in Iraq earlier this year.
Reports yesterday said a website run by associates of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had reported that the arrested Britons would be put before a court and indicted.
Referring to them as "insurgents", the site said: "If it is proven that they deliberately entered Iranian territory, they will be charged with espionage. If that is proven, they can expect a very serious penalty since, according to Iranian law, espionage is one of the most serious offences."
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Ah so that's their game.
Dictatorships and the MSM certainly are in lock-step with their terminology now, aren't they?
Spies???? Wearing the military uniform of their country! Odd sorts of spies.
The taking of hostages is a very medieval practice, much in keeping with the retarded contemporary muslim culture.
How well it works remains to be seen.
The absurdity of equating routine legal maritime activities with having enemy combatants in a foreign country simply defies description.
Now may be a good time to ask: has the captain of that British military ship been replaced?
Surely losing 15 men unnecessarily has got to leave a mark.
If those men die, I would suggest, at a minimum, taking hostage the supreme iranian religio-nut council --- and executing them.
Is there any plan to blockade the gulf to cut off their supplies? I know they will consider it an act of war but as far as I am concerned they fired the first round....
Have not heard a peep from the usuals about Geneva Conventions.
If they're not in Guantanamo they don't care.
Peculiar way to to determine if one is spying or not...
Perhaps also the uniforms have an effect on their decision.
PSSST, Imanutjob, The U.S. has nothing to do with British policy and vise versa, however we WILL work together to destroy you if necessary.
The captain of the British ship is not to blame. His ROE did not permit him to respond on his own so he asked London for permission to respond which was denied.
The HMS Cornwall had a helo up and knew that the Iranians had left port and were heading for the boarded frieghter before the actual capture took place. The helo montitored the entire incident as it occurred.
It is a strange kind of silence isn't it?
BBC to denounce racist British navy
Quid pro quo really isn't very effective, however downing the government of Iran via force perhaps would show that business is meant.
Closer and closer to the brink they draw.
ANY action against these guys should DEMAND IMMEDIATE attack on these nutjobs!!! And delay in releasing them should result in the same.
TYhe craven cowards KNEW what would happen when Reagan took over - that's why the Jimmy Carter induced shame was eliminated as soon as Reagan won the election.
We should send them ALL to "Paradise".
The people who monitor the Geneva Convention all care about what the USA, Britain, and Israel do, not the enemy of the human race -- Islam.
We either fight Islam now, or let Islam spread it's disease ridden plague on the human race.
Islam is pure evil
"We either fight Islam now, or let Islam spread it's disease ridden plague on the human race. Islam is pure evil"
Can I get an AMEN?
AMEN!
Islam is the false religion spoken of in Revelation....I.E. Babylon.
The ten nation confederacy is a consortium of those Islamic nations.
The Mullahs and Ahmanutjob are setting the clock forward on the showdown. They should have waited till Dubya and Blair left office because they have no idea what's coming...
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