Iranian forces seize British sailors

LONDON -- Armed Iranian forces today seized 15 British Royal Navy sailors who had searched a merchant ship in the Persian Gulf, Britain's Defense Ministry said.

Nader Daryaban, a correspondent in Tehran for the state-run daily newspaper Kayhan, said government officials had confirmed to him that the sailors had been detained. The officials would not disclose where they were being held.

"The Revolutionary Guards detained the 15 sailors while they were in Iranian water, not Iraqi's," Daryaban said the officials told him. "It is not the first time that the British transgress our water and inspect Iranian ships."

Britain said the incident took place in Iraqi waters, where it routinely boards merchant vessels with United Nations permission to search them. The Foreign Office summoned Iran's ambassador and demanded the immediate, safe release of the personnel.

As of this afternoon, there were no reports of the seizure on state-run Iranian television.
Iranian forces seize British sailors - Los Angeles Times

Now when the U.S. detained Iranian that were actually in Iraq the left in here went nuts..........well........this will either get no replies or alot of excuses for Iran.

Have a good one!:s4:

GREAT! An excuse to invade Iran! Just what we've been waiting for over here in the U.S.

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GREAT! An excuse to invade Iran! Just what we've been waiting for over here in the U.S.

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Ha! That was the first thing I thought when I saw the story earlier this morning. Shit is going to hit th fan... :(

We're going to have sex with them in the butt whether they like it or not over this one. For sure. Watch the news.

Do not jump the gun just yet. Its too early and too much "he said she said" as of now. But I will say P4B picked on of the few articles that say they were in Iranian waters.

these babies might even see some action! ;)

Rods from God - Popular Science

"Rods from God"

It's a very cool article - check it out.

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"This technology is very far outâ??in miles and years."

So no..

You should lighten up some dude. I'm just trying to spread information. Did you not think it was a cool article? How can you not be amazed by that? :thumbsup:

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Please forgive me if I don't find new ways of killing to be amazing. Even if it was only to be used in shooting down ICBMs, the money would be better off eliminating ICBMs all together to begin with. New weapons to counter new weapons will only lead to newer weapons needed to counter the last and is only a domino effect until we are extinct.

Okay. Whatever you say.

How do you say "Gulf of Tonkin" in farsi?

lol.

This is very different from the Gulf of Tonkin Incident though. However, Bush is just as (if not more) trigger happy as LBJ was. I hope this just settles down.

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What do you think would happen if Iranians were found in our costal waters? They wouldn't bother to talk, just blow them to hell! If the Neocons are looking for an excuse, you can bet they'll find one even if they make one up, Oh no they wouldn't do that would they? Oh yes they would, and probably will. Just hope the world press keeps them honest. you can't trust our press any more, If you want news instead of right wing propaganda, you have to tune into Canada, or some other democratic country, like Germany, France Belgium, Switzerland, Spain etc, free countries that have their view of what the Neocons are up to. This nation (USA) is now viewed by most of the free world as the imperialistic, capitalistic, neoconistic, warmongering Bully of the world, and rightly so! 90% of the change in world view has been since Bush-Cheney came to power!@

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.......well........this will either get no replies or alot of excuses for Iran.

Have a good one!:s4:

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Like Zim stated......I tried to keep an open mind regarding this matter. They may or may not have been in Iranian waters but we don't know that for sure. BUT as I predicted.......the left came out with guns a blazing. Shouldn't we try to stay a bit bi-partisan for the good of the entire world? Ya know, jumping to unfounded conclusions leads to war!:D

Have a good one!:s4:

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Like Zim stated......I tried to keep an open mind regarding this matter. They may or may not have been in Iranian waters but we don't know that for sure. BUT as I predicted.......the left came out with guns a blazing. Shouldn't we try to stay a bit bi-partisan for the good of the entire world? Ya know, jumping to unfounded conclusions leads to war!:D Have a good one!:s4:

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I thought that was what you lived for, kill them all, Nuke them out of existence. This could be your war cry, we must save the British, attack, attack! sounds like an excuse to me. (tonkin city) I'll reserve judgement for a few days, but it is awful convienient. I know one thing, that line between Iraqi water and Iranian water is pretty slim, could go either way.

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In the words of Ronald Reagan,"There you go again."........You have to take a look at a situation and determine if there is hope or if we got another "Hitler" to deal with now or later.

Oh ya.......Bush is the Hitler right? If that were true our arsenal of nukes would have been flying by now. HE holds that trigger....not congress. Imagine if Saddam or your friends in Iran had the same power....

As for the real issue here.......there'll be no way for either side to prove that they are right on this one. Where's the neutral witnesses?

Have a good one!:s4:

As I understand it, the zone that the sailors were detained in is claimed by both countries and is very fuzzy.

President Bush doesn't have to use nuclear weapons to be comparable to Hitler. :thumbsup:

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In the words of Ronald Reagan,"There you go again."........You have to take a look at a situation and determine if there is hope or if we got another "Hitler" to deal with now or later.

Oh ya.......Bush is the Hitler right? If that were true our arsenal of nukes would have been flying by now. HE holds that trigger....not congress. Imagine if Saddam or your friends in Iran had the same power....

As for the real issue here.......there'll be no way for either side to prove that they are right on this one. Where's the neutral witnesses?

Have a good one!:s4:

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Well, he is certainly removing our constitutional rights at a pretty good clip, spying on anyone he wants, politicizing federal judges (firing ones that won't adhere to the Bush agenda which is "fuck all democrats"). I wont go into a rant here as by now you know my position on Dubya. So what is your plan. You know my plan, open dialog at the highest levels.

Back to the topic and kind of answering you also. This has nothing really to do with us....this one is between our friends on the Island and the Iranians.

Now are you going to ask me what I think Blair should do.....LMAO!:D

Have a good one!:s4:

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Back to the topic and kind of answering you also. This has nothing really to do with us....this one is between our friends on the Island and the Iranians.

Now are you going to ask me what I think Blair should do.....LMAO!:D

Have a good one!:s4:

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We know what Blair will do, what Bush-Cheney tells him, he licks their boots and having watched him it amazes me, he is actually somewhat intelligent. Must be a shitload of money and weapons going his way.

It's posturing

USN move carriers in, week or two later Iran "borrows" some of our Navy officers for a bit.

It's just a pissing contest - Tehran are not stupid enough to let this escalate imho.