In this serious conditions was the act advisable? Where they testing Iran? What can we call AFORETHOUGHT increasing tensions in the HOT ZONE? Need for more war??!!
What was the result?Only showing handcuffed and confused British soldiers on Iranian TV for the second time?(Do you remember the first show several months ago?)
2007-03-24 13:08:48 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
To those who think or guess that Royal Navy marines where in Iraqi waters:
"Iraq’s military commander of the country’s territorial waters, Brig. Gen. Hakim Jassim, told Associated Press Television News that Iraqi fishermen had reported the British boats were “in an area that is out of Iraqi control.”
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/16968496.htm
"Brig. Gen. Hakim Jassim, the commander of Iraq's territorial waters, said that Iraqi officials are questioning why a group of British troops were patrolling along Iranian waterways.Speaking Saturday in an exclusive interview with the Al Alam news network, the Iraqi commander also confirmed that the British servicemen were detained in waters which were out of Iraqi control.
He said that no reports have been issued by Iraqi forces indicating Iranian naval troops ever entered into Iraqi territorial waters"
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3744§ionid=3510101
I only say:"Watch out! There's a minefield there!"
2007-03-25 02:34:01 · update #1
Last I heard, Britain denied that they were in Iranian territory, and that it was a "mistake" on the part of the Iranians - though I'm inclined to think it was a display of aggression disguised as a mistake.
2007-03-24 13:13:19 · answer #1 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Iranians are getting one step closer to provoking the West into kicking their a_s. The Middle East is not content to screw up themselves, they want to taunt the West. They will pay the price soon. Radical Islam is getting closer to a nasty showdown and Middle Eastern nations have a choice to make that will affect the region for generations to come.
2007-03-24 13:53:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They were not in Iranian waters they were in Iraqi waters at the request of the UN, the same UN that liberals worship.
2007-03-24 13:15:29 · answer #3 · answered by notadolphin 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Kinda makes you wonder about Irans policy on illegal immigrants doesn't it? I wonder if Iran will offer to house them, pay for their medical insurance,send their kids to school, give them a credit card, set them free if they promise to appear in front of their version of the INS, maybe create a labor sharing policy for them, and finally offer them some sort of amnesty.
2007-03-24 13:20:20 · answer #4 · answered by jeff_loves_life 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were in Iraqi waters! The Iranians are idiots!
2007-03-24 13:12:49 · answer #5 · answered by Derek B 4 · 6⤊ 1⤋
They weren't! The place where they were arrested is a very narrow part of the Gulf. The British conduct smuggling inspections there all the time.
2007-03-24 13:14:44 · answer #6 · answered by jono7310 1 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Read ALL of the news,,, they were not in Iranian waters.
Sir Alan told BBC News that tracking systems then had proven that the servicemen had been in Iraqi waters.
"They can do lots of smokescreens and things like that but I am absolutely clear in my mind it would have been in our waters," he said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6491577.stm
2007-03-24 13:15:42 · answer #7 · answered by Dina W 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Supposedly it was disputed territory. Who knows. I do remember this very thing happening before, yes. I scratch my head at this stuff often these days.
2007-03-24 13:12:01 · answer #8 · answered by persiandiva77 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Typical always blame the Westerners.
2007-03-24 13:14:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Jeez, it's not their fault that a crazy anti-west regime kinapped them. Calm down. The radical Muslims are the aggressors here, as always.
2007-03-24 13:12:35 · answer #10 · answered by bigsey93ortiz34 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋