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| 8 Detained Servicemen in British Custody |
| 2004-06-24 |
| Eight British servicemen who were detained after their boats strayed into Iranian territorial waters have been turned over to British diplomats, officials said Thursday. Protesters angry about the occupation of Iraq tried to approach the six Royal Marines and two sailors as they arrived at Tehran’s airport accompanied by British consular officers, but they were kept away by police. The eight were detained Monday after their boats apparently strayed into the Iranian side of the Shatt al-Arab waterway, or Arvand River, that runs along the Iran-Iraq border while delivering a patrol boat to Iraq’s new river police. "I’m told that they are in very good spirits and were well cared for," British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said in a brief statement. snip |
| Posted by:Mr. Davis |
| #9 woo hoo! So it's finally true! Time to party! |
| Posted by: Anonymous5333 2004-06-25 4:09:21 AM |
| #8 The real news is that: "protesters angry about the occupation of Iraq tried to approach the six Royal Marines and two sailors as they arrived at Tehran’s airport." |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-06-24 3:51:13 PM |
| #7 cooler heads prevailed. Lucky for the Mad Mullahs. |
| Posted by: Anonymous5333 2004-06-24 2:14:51 PM |
| #6 I admit that Thatcher quite rightly would have kicked off some kind of major escalation at this point. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-06-24 1:45:18 PM |
| #5 They'll be keeping the boats and other equipment? Thank God the men are safe - but wouldn't it be nice to turn the boats into navigational hazards in those waters? While we are at it, I'd really like to see the USS Pueblo turned into a pile of smoking steel along the NKOR coast. IIRC, she was turned into a museum. That still p*sses me off. |
| Posted by: Doc8404 2004-06-24 11:23:40 AM |
| #4 I think this goes back to that bayonet charge by the Argylls. - |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-06-24 11:10:49 AM |
| #3 Allahu Akbar... and just in time for the |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-06-24 10:47:16 AM |
| #2 Howard, Shep, Bulldog...I'm glad your servicemen have been freed. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-06-24 10:44:17 AM |
| #1 Next time, there needs to be a heavily armed escort for any Allied craft and if the Iranians try this shit again, their vessel and its crew should be promptly dispatched to sit alongside Davey Jones' locker. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-24 10:29:43 AM |