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03-23-2007, 06:49 PM
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Iran Detains British Sailors Off Iraq Coast
Iran Detains British Sailors Off Iraq Coast
By JIM KRANE
AP
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (March 23) - Iranian naval vessels on Friday seized 15 British sailors and marines in disputed Persian Gulf waters off the coast of Iraq , British and U.S. officials said. The detentions come at a time of high tension between the West and Iran , which accused the British of intruding on its territory.
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles...23082509990001
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03-24-2007, 04:16 PM
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Yea, way to go Iran.
Piss off somemore people since the Russians pulled their people out from your Nuke build up!
Blow them up and see what comes out of the dust! 
Oh, give a warning for the poor peed ons who live there! Get out, now!!!!
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03-25-2007, 08:59 AM
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Hey, if those soldiers were on Iranian waters, sucks to be them. If they weren't on Iranian water, it still sucks to be them.
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03-25-2007, 01:07 PM
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It's not clear whether they were or not, but unless Iran collectively goes crazy and drags their bodies in the streets, they'll be returned to England safetly and relatively quickly.
*crosses fingers*
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03-25-2007, 04:07 PM
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I wonder where the ship was at that they came from?
In little rubber boats!
British should have blown the Iranians out of the friggen water!
I want this space, You want this space, well who decides?
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03-25-2007, 05:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Earp
I wonder where the ship was at that they came from?
In little rubber boats!
British should have blown the Iranians out of the friggen water!
I want this space, You want this space, well who decides?
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To answer both you and another prior poster, IMHO it went down like this:
It was a set up or a well thought out ambush.
The boats were seen, on a regular basis, out on their own with only small arms.
So, they get surrounded by over powering forces and are forced to put down their arms.
Any kind of back up, coming to the area late, would just cause a war to start. And the Brits dying first.
Updated news links:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/....ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/....uk/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,261005,00.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...5?feedType=RSS
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03-26-2007, 06:06 AM
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Who's fault is it, probably both. The British soldiers being an idiot for comming into Iranian water and Iranian government being an idiot for not just escorting them back into Iraqi water.
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03-26-2007, 03:28 PM
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SAS.
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03-26-2007, 07:05 PM
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I wish Iran would just give those people up.
I feel like they are just using this as an excuse to start $*(& with the West.
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03-26-2007, 07:57 PM
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teehee.
How is this not at this point being interpreted as a hostile act on Iran's part? How are Britain and it's people reacting? This just seems like yet another ploy to make the west look evil to the populations of the middle east. "They crossed into our water?" It's water...escort them back over, jeez.
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03-26-2007, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by AOII_LB93
teehee.
How is this not at this point being interpreted as a hostile act on Iran's part? How are Britain and it's people reacting? This just seems like yet another ploy to make the west look evil to the populations of the middle east. "They crossed into our water?" It's water...escort them back over, jeez.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/....ap/index.html
^ most recent news
I agree that it's just another ploy to make the west look evil.
Is it normal for countries to have territory in the water? LIke do they have specific coordinates that are "Iranian" and "non Iranian"? (or "US" or "Canadian water", etc)
That just seems odd.
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03-26-2007, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by texas*princess
Is it normal for countries to have territory in the water? LIke do they have specific coordinates that are "Iranian" and "non Iranian"? (or "US" or "Canadian water", etc)
That just seems odd.
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It's very normal - every nation has territorial claims on the waters around them... problems arise though when the exact "borders" of a nation's claim are disputed (much like land-nased borders) and even the closest of allies guard their claims zealously.
For example a bone of contention between Canada and the US is the Canadian claim to the waters in the high arctic: Canada says it falls within the 12 nautical mile limit, the US says it doesn't because it disputes Canadian land claims to islands in the high arctic.
Anyways:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_waters
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we should bombed Iran back to the stoneage 30 years ago, did not, and look what happens....again.
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03-28-2007, 10:35 AM
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we should bombed Iran back to the stoneage 30 years ago, did not, and look what happens....again.
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That wouldn't even require much bombing. They haven't really come along that much.
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