03-23-2007, 07:04
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Iran not making nice with the Brits...15 Sailors "captured"
UK sailors captured at gunpoint
Fifteen British Navy personnel have been captured at gunpoint by Iranian forces, the Ministry of Defence says. 
The men were seized at 1030 local time when they boarded a boat in the Gulf, off the coast of Iraq, which they suspected was smuggling cars.
The Royal Navy said it was doing everything it could to secure the release of the sailors and marines who are based on HMS Cornwall.
They were said to be carrying out a routine patrol in Iraqi waters.
The Ministry of Defence said: "The group boarding party had completed a successful inspection of a merchant ship when they and their two boats were surrounded and escorted by Iranian vessels into Iranian territorial waters.
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Probably not the smartest move....
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03-23-2007, 07:05
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Iran nabs British sailors in Iraq waters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070323/...sh_seized_iran
By ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer
25 minutes ago
LONDON - Iranian naval vessels seized 15 British sailors in Iraqi waters on Friday, the Ministry of Defense said.
The British Navy personnel were "engaged in routine boarding operations of merchant shipping in Iraqi territorial waters," and had completed a ship inspection when they were accosted by Iranian vessels, the ministry said.
"We are urgently pursuing this matter with the Iranian authorities at the highest level and ... the Iranian ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign Office," the ministry said.
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."
The British Broadcasting Corp. said the British forces were inspecting a ship suspected of smuggling cars. It did not cite a source for the report.
In June 2004, six British marines and two sailors were seized by Iran in the Shatt al-Arab between Iran and Iraq. They were presented blindfolded on Iranian television and admitted entering Iranian waters illegally.
They were released unharmed after three days.
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03-23-2007, 07:10
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03-23-2007, 07:34
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Since losing oil shipments from the Soviet Union, this must have seemed like a mouth watering, cant miss opportunity to exploit the UK into a political move.
How far is the Prime Minister willing to go to get his sailors back safely ?
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03-23-2007, 07:44
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Perhaps the Iranians are betting that the Brits will do nothing, but negotiate. The Iranians made statements to the effect that they were planning - considering - whatever - capturing American officers. Since the Iranians have done this to the Brits before - in 2004 - I think it's not something they find too difficult to do. Perhaps they did it to re-establish some respectability among their people; since the Iranian Government reported that Iranian Quds force personnel were kidnapped by us.
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03-23-2007, 08:11
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1030 local time
Kinda' hard to sneak up on somebody during daylight and while at sea.
They had to see the opposition coming, maybe a little "WTF".
All LBBs (Little Bitty Boats) should now be on notice. If you don't out gun them run for the mother ship. She has the big guns.
I'll bet a bunch of op/cont plans are being updated right now.
The has been a bunch of that waterway muscle flexing since the 70s.
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03-23-2007, 08:17
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I'd lend the "US Air Force" and some SOF to the Brits for a week. 
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03-23-2007, 08:44
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I second that!
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03-23-2007, 08:53
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I vote for letting the Brits take Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his delegation when they come to talk to the UN.
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03-23-2007, 18:41
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The United States Air Force. Hey, peace is thier profession! 
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03-23-2007, 18:54
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The United States Air Force. Hey, peace is thier profession! |
Their profession is making pieces.
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03-23-2007, 19:06
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Why does Iran even have a navy???
If I were the British PM, I would launch Harpoon after Harpoon until I got my sailors back and Iran no longer had the capability to capture any of my sailors...
Thats just me though. I'm sure someone will "negotiate until a peaceful resolution" is decided upon despite the fact that what Iran did WAS AN ACT OF WAR.
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03-23-2007, 19:23
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Originally Posted by SRT31B
Why does Iran even have a navy???
If I were the British PM, I would launch Harpoon after Harpoon until I got my sailors back and Iran no longer had the capability to capture any of my sailors...
Thats just me though. I'm sure someone will "negotiate until a peaceful resolution" is decided upon despite the fact that what Iran did WAS AN ACT OF WAR.
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They are like dogs.
They have gotten away with it since Jimmy Carter let them take over our embassy in 1979, so they keep doing it.
If we had spanked them hard then, we would not be seeing this now.
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03-23-2007, 19:43
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If we had spanked them hard then, we would not be seeing this now....
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I agree. On "The Simpsons" they called Jimmy Carter the "20th Century's greatest monster". Sometimes, I think they were right. He's the cause of a lot of what's going on in the Middle East at this time, not that he, or any of the other libs, will admit it.
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03-23-2007, 20:51
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The Brits should sink an Iranian vessel or two with their RAF boys. Then let their Navy shell a port or two.
Remember what happend last year when the UN Security Council was going to debate the Iran issues? Hezbollah kidnapped Israeli soldies and drew Israel into a war in Lebanon.
Same thing here. But they think that the Brits won't do anything but talk for weeks on end. Same old play book.
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