Why would Iran capture British Sailors in Iraq?

Question

It just does not add up to do this. Why not wait until Blair and Bush are gone to take such action, I think Britain was in Iran's waters.

Perhaps as an excuse for further escalation.

Bush has been accusing Iran of aiding insergents in Iraq.

Answer 1

it is a very confusing situation--to say the least on the subject matter. number one, we are not given all the facts on both the sailors and Iran capturing them -- furthermore -- the west as well as the east tend to comment on the news from the government official point of view -- on both sides. that is not fair for the general consumer i.e. "us" to judge the events and eventually make a moral decision on who is right and/or wrong. hope it helps.

Answer 2

Maybe, just maybe, the British were in Iranian waters. It wouldn't be the first time the Ministry of Defence has lied. Besides, good luck to Ahmadinejad in standing up to the UN. It is only a tool of the belligerent west, anyway. He knows that if Saddam had aquired the bomb, the coalition would never have invaded Iraq and caused untold misery for millions (raping Iraqi schoolgirls, murdering and torturing civillians, etc.). He is a necesssary regional counterweight to imperiallist aggression.

Answer 3

The "forces" that took the Brits into custody weren't unquestionably forces that are controlled by way of the government to Iran. The are a protection rigidity. yet you ought to understand the custom of the region. If Iran does not help their declare, they're going to loose the protection rigidity's help. The are they have been captured in has been disputed for years and replaced into deemed "Iraqi" waters in a treaty signed approximately 2 many years in the past. the hot government of Iran says it disputes the validity of that treaty. The technologies exists maximum definitely. or perhaps on RIB's, the inflatables what have been getting used, they use GPS to verify region. The declare of unquestionably being in Iranian territorial waters unquestionably got here approximately 4 hours after the Brits have been taken into custody. using satellite tv for pc imagery might additionally coach different issues and positions of factors that we will not desire anybody in the region to know. Peace comes with a value.... in one sort or yet another. i think of for this reason international kin is that cost at present.

Answer 4

Iran is flexing its "Ego". Since we so helpfully took it's adversary Iraq out of the picture, Iran is now in a much stronger position to throw its weight around. The British incident will eventually "blow over..." Iran is looking for attention- not war.

Answer 5

because Iran's president wants a war! they would rather risk their entire nation then lose it to the hands of their people

Answer 6

I trust iran's govt ... i beileve that they were captured in iran waters ... may be they were spying or something ... atleast consider it a possibility ... and dont blindly trust on blair ...... I can never ever trust US and UK govt after the 911 lies ....

Answer 7

Iran is dealing with two issues. First, Iran has captured 15 British sailors. Second, Iran has refused to cooperate with the U.N. regarding cessation of uranium enrichment.

Military confrontation may be on the horizon.
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=3961
In addition to the British naval vessels at the Diego Garcia atoll in the Indian ocean, there is a multi-national force in the Persian Gulf. The British HMS Cornwall aircraft carrier strike group, the American aircraft carrier strike group Bremerton-based aircraft carrier CVN-74 John C. Stennis, the American aircraft carrier strike group USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the French nuclear carrier Charles de Gaulle and its task force are all in close appoximation in the Persian Gulf.

More details about military options can be found here:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iran-strikes.htm

Iran has elicited "confessions" from the 15 British sailors they captured and may put them on trial for espionage. The penalty for espionage in Iran is death.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1563877.ece
“If it is proven that they deliberately entered Iranian territory, they will be charged with espionage. If that is proven, they can expect a very serious penalty since according to Iranian law, espionage is one of the most serious offences.” Espionage carries a death sentence.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6493391.stm
Iran's detention of 15 Royal Navy personnel is "unjustified and wrong", Prime Minister Tony Blair has said. UK officials are waiting to be granted access to the HMS Cornwall staff, who were seized on Friday, and have not been told where the group are held.

"It simply is not true that they went into Iranian territorial waters and I hope the Iranian government understands how fundamental an issue this is for us," Mr Blair said.

"We have certainly sent the message back to them very clearly indeed. They should not be under any doubt at all about how seriously we regard this act, which is unjustified and wrong."

U.S. and British officials said a boarding party from the frigate HMS Cornwall was seized about during a routine inspection of a merchant ship inside Iraqi territorial waters near the disputed Shatt al-Arab waterway.

The seizure of two Royal Navy inflatable boats took place just outside the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab waterway, a 125-mile channel dividing Iraq from Iran. Its name means Arab Coastline in Arabic, and Iranians call it Arvandrud - Persian for Arvand River. A 1975 treaty recognized the middle of the waterway as the border.

Iranians send arms to Iraqi extremists, including sophisticated roadside bombs. This week, two commanders of an Iraqi Shiite militia told The Associated Press in Baghdad that hundreds of Iraqi Shiites had crossed into Iran for training by the elite Quds force, a branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guard thought to have trained Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

Regarding enrichment of uranium, Iranian President Mahmaoud Ahmadinejad abruptly cancelled his appearance before the U.N. security council and in his stead, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Iran spoke. He indicated that Iran was willing to continue negotiations but without the precondition that uranium enrichment must be halted.

Mottaki said, "the world has two options to proceed on the nuclear issue: continued negotiations or confrontation. Choosing the path of confrontation ... will have its own consequences. "
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070325/D8O3E7J00.html

The U.N. security council unanimously voted to expand sanctions on March 24, 2007.

The new resolution 1747 calls on Iran to comply fully with all previous UN resolutions and join negotiations to reach agreement so as to restore international confidence in the peaceful nature of its nuclear program. Full transparency and cooperation with the IAEA are required. Suspension of Iran’s banned nuclear activities will elicit the parallel suspension of sanctions. The package of incentives offered Tehran last year for its cooperation remains on the table.

The full text of the draft of resolution 1747 appears at this website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6455853.stm
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Answer 8

Because the country is being run by a lunatic?

Why would the brits go into iranian waters?

Answer 9

I cannot labour to answer this question because they were not in Iraq, except you were there of course

Answer 10

you may be right.