the terrorists are laughing

The Iranian terrorists are now saying about the British sailors that they have ‘confessed’ to ‘invading’ Iranian waters. The Iranians also say they will put them on trial for espionage.
While Blair talks about diplomatic solutions, the Iranians have something else in mind; as they’re indignant about complying with the UN resolutions.
These prigs should borrow [...]

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Captured sailors timeline

March 23
# Iranian warships seize 15 Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines off the Iraqi coast after the party from HMS Cornwall carries out a routine search of a cargo ship in the northern Persian Gulf.
# The Ministry of Defence insists the sailors were in Iraqi territorial waters at the time.
March 24
# Tehran-based Fars news [...]

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search for sand bath killer

Here Skynews talks about Lindsay being found naked in a bathtub full of sand, and the unfortunate discovery that she died of strangulation (although I’ve seen reports such as in the guardian’s coverage, where Japanese authorities denied her death by strangulation). The perp ran from the scene, barefoot, with a backpack full of clothing [...]

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Sadly, Britain is impotent

Britain’s Impotence, by Arthur Herman.
On March 7, it learned that Tony Blair’s Labor government was going ahead with drastic cuts in its budget and number of ships. By this time next year, the once-vaunted Royal Navy will be about the size of the Belgian Navy, while its officers face a five-year moratorium on all promotions.
We’ve [...]

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The blogburst to Free Jack Idema

The Free Jack Idema Blogburst
It’s now been eight very long weeks since anyone heard from illegally-imprisoned US Special Forces soldier Jack Idema. While we continue the anxious wait for any developments, this past week has brought two pieces of good news in the case.
First, there was the news that a US Judge, Emmet G. Sullivan, [...]

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Lindsay Hawker’s body found in a bathtub covered with sand

Strange story.
The young British language teacher killed in Japan sent a message to her boyfriend just before she disappeared – telling him how she was chased home by a man.
The body of Lindsay Hawker was found buried in a bathtub filled with sand on Monday, six days after she sent the message.
Miss Hawker, 22, was [...]

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Why Iran needs to pick a fight with Britain

The Owen Matthews at the Daily Mail:
We are a soft target, and Iran knows it. That is exactly why its unstable president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad chose to target British sailors for his latest attempt to blackmail the international community.
Well naturally, their strategy is to pick on the weak and defenseless.

He knows full well that Britain is [...]

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a terrorist

With the British sailors in a dire situation at the hands of the Revolutionary Iranian guard navy, it should come as no surprise that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed he will continue to work on their atomic program and rejects the UN sanctions (CNN), which he categorizes as ‘useless pieces of paper’. The Guardian reports [...]

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Stop talking and start bombing

Thats what I say. For heavens sake, when someone declares an act of war, you don’t tell them to lay on the couch and tell them your troubles, handing them a tissue. You don’t play Dr. Sigmund Freud and hold their hand and have them tell you about their childhood.
You pull out the [...]

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British sailors taken by Iranian revolutionary guards navy

royalnavy.mod.uk
Fifteen British sailors from the HMS Cornwall were captured by Iranians as the Britons were conducting routine ship inspections in Iraqi territorial waters.
This is abou the rather surprising Iranian seizure at gunpoint of British RIVs and fifteen British sailors (courtesy here Ireland Online). The sailors and equipment were taken by a ‘radical Iranian force’ [...]

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