The international community EXPECTED this people. Iran was losing generals and blamed the UK for kidnapping them.. and it was believed based on the past that they would retaliate with kidnappings of their own.. I read an article on this a week before the kidnappings happened.. it's all just more politics and attention grabbing.
2007-03-28 09:41:48 · 10 answers · asked by pip 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
that doesn't make it right.. but do you better understand the situation now?
2007-03-28 09:42:32 · update #1
it's possible that the kidnappings could be traced back to arrests by US forces.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/article1572776.ece
2007-03-28 09:46:20 · answer #1 · answered by truth seeker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I understand, the people Iran wants back the most are not those seized in Iraq but those top commanders who have defected to the West. And they will not get them. Britain failed, their navy failed, to prevent this, after 2004 they have no excuse, and it's why if any harm comes to these hostages there will be no Iranian navy outside rubber liferafts. People forget this was not a USA or UK operation where they were taken hostage, but a duly authorized UN policing to intercept and stop arms smuggling and piracy, yet the UN has been strangely silent, and Russia is trying to throw it's wait around pretending they are relevant, even though Iran has blown them off too.
2007-03-28 16:48:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
This might be a good excuse from Iran to seize those British sailors, but I don't believe it. Iran wants to provoke something so it can play victim and claim to the international community that Britain and it's ally, the US, had been planning this all along. What? You don't think people like Iran's President doesn't watch CNN, too?
2007-03-28 16:59:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give me a break!
This is a terrorist country, that has never respected international law [see Iran hostage crisis, IAEA, UN sanctions etc.]
They will continue to do acts like this and be a rogue power until they are confronted and forced to play nice.
2007-03-28 16:56:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right now the worlds most important leaders are a bunch of whack jobs.
Someone needs to knock their heads together.
2007-03-28 16:46:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually I know why... Like the suspected terrorists in our camps being interrogated, It takes more than a couple days to get information.
2007-03-28 16:48:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They want to give an excuse to Britain, USA and Nato to attack Iran.
2007-03-28 16:45:20 · answer #7 · answered by Ali 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are holding them hostage because the time has expired for them to cooperate with us regarding the Nukes.
2007-03-28 17:00:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.
2007-03-28 17:05:27 · answer #9 · answered by GREAT_AMERICAN 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not really, but sort of I guess. thanks.
2007-03-28 16:44:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋