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ALARM - Iran requires the immediate withdrawal of forces GB of al Basra, in Iraq BEIRUT - the Iranian Minister for the Foreign Affairs, Manouchehr Mottaki, in visit in Beirut, took Friday the immediate withdrawal of the British forces of al Basra, in the south of Iraq.

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Four U.S. soldiers and five civilians in two boats were taken captive by Iranians, blindfolded and interrogated before being released, U.S. Central Command said Monday. Two of the civilians were still being held.</p> <p>The nationalities of the civilians were not available.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) --The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet in Bahrain is reporting that four U.S. soldiers and four civilians aboard two small civilian contractor boats were recovered Monday in the northern Persian Gulf after several hours in Iranian hands.</p> <p>All eight of the passengers were found alive, but the two boat captains are being held by Iran.</p>

The British forces took the control of the stations of pumping of FAO The British forces took the control of the stations of oil pumping of the peninsula of FAO in the south-east of Iraq, declared Friday an officer British with the American central command (Centcom) in Qatar. "Des elements of the third Brigade of Royal the Navy unloaded on the peninsula of FAO last night, established a head of bridge and the operations continue as envisaged. We met a light resistance. It there did not have losses on the British side ", declared with the press captain Al...