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2003-04-09 Iran

Iran rejects British offer to receive 200 bodies of soldiers

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Posted by Steve 2003-04-09 08:14 am|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 How will this news be received in Iran? Their MIA and KIA were withheld (or unexcavated or not bothered with) for 15+ years. Then the British come and offer them over immediately.

The clerics try to spin it by going through the ICRC. But what about all the veterans in Iran? What about the military? What about the generation of people who lived through that war? The mullahs must look supremely petty at this point (more than usual).

I've got a good feeling about Iran's future (unlike Pakistan's). The mullahs won't last. The democratic reformers will have democratic partners next door to the west.

Posted by Tokyo Taro 2003-04-09 08:55:45|| 2003-04-09 08:55:45|| Front Page Top

#2 This is absurd and absolutely disgusting! Using the bodies of your own servicemen as propaganda tools while their families are forced to wait for God-knows-how-long to get their loved ones back. All so the (@)#&$ mullahs can make political points. How much lower can they go?

Posted by Dar 2003-04-09 09:04:20|| 2003-04-09 09:04:20|| Front Page Top

#3 There is something not right here. Original reports said there were many photographs of people shot in the head at the site.

FWIIW I think the Iraqis were shipping bodies of Iraqis killed by the regime to Iran.

We will probably never know the truth.

Posted by Phil B 2003-04-09 09:52:39|| 2003-04-09 09:52:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Phil B., the Brits found records at the site detailing who the bodies were and how they died. Some just gave the name and said "Executed". Iran gets the bodies, we keep the records for the war crimes trial.

Posted by Steve 2003-04-09 10:18:29|| 2003-04-09 10:18:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Brits just have yet to locate an Iranian "decision maker" who will sign for the delivery... "Uh, no, I will have to ask my boss"... Accepting them through the Red Cresent will be easier in the long run.

Posted by Capsu78 2003-04-09 12:11:47|| 2003-04-09 12:11:47|| Front Page Top

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