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The Iranian navy detained up to 15 British troops today in the Persian Gulf, a Pentagon official said. 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. “There has been an incident somewhere in the north of the Persian Gulf,” British military spokesman Major David Gell said in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, but said he did not know whether British soldiers were involved. An unnamed fisherman told the Reuters news agency that...

Reuters - BRITISH MINISTRY OF DEFENCE CONFIRMS 15 NAVAL PERSONNEL SEIZED BY IRAN IRANIAN AMBASSADOR HAS BEEN SUMMONED TO BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE OVER GULF INCIDENT - MINISTRY

Fifteen British sailors and Marines are being held by Iranian forces, says the Ministry of Defence. More follows...

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Just saw in 7:00-7:30 segment of GMA. Iranian navy siezed about a dozen UK sailors. Sailors were conducting routine shipping embargo inspection in northern end of Persian Gulf. Sailors have been taken back to Iran Can't find it anywhere else.

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - British forces said on Friday there had been "an incident" in the northern Arabian Gulf after an Iraqi fisherman reported seeing up to seven British or American military personnel being seized by an Iranian ship. "There has been an incident somewhere in the north of the Persian Gulf," British military spokesman Major David Gell said in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, without elaborating. He said he did not know whether any British or American servicemen were involved. The fisherman said the incident took place early on Friday in the Shatt al-Arab waterway that marks the...

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.

Three Royal Navy vessels 'seized by Iran'(Filed: 21/06/2004) The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that it is investigating reports that three Royal Navy vessels have been seized by Iran. HMS Brocklesby on patrol in the northern Persian Gulf last March The Iranians were said to have arrested eight Royal Navy crew as well as finding weapons and maps on board the vessels. The state-run satellite station Al-Alam was reported to have said that the vessels had been detained in Iranian territorial waters near the Shatt al-Arab waterway that divides Iran from Iraq. It described the impounded vessels only as "warships"....