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All the MSM news outlets are reporting this morning the wonderful news of the upcoming release of all the 15 British captives...Alalam.ir website has this repot that starts off like this... Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Wednesday that his government would release the detained 15 soldiers on the Prophet Muhammad's birthday (PBUH) as a gift to the British people... He pardoned the sailors and announced their release minutes after he gave medals of honor to the Iranian coast guards who intercepted the sailors and marines, saying Iran will never accept trespassing of its territorial waters... The amnesty was granted on the auspicious occasion of birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and the Christian Easter festivity...
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SMH.com.au has this take on the story that goes in part like this... "While insisting on our rights, these 15 sailors have been pardoned and we offer their freedom to the British people," Mr. Ahmadinejad said at a news conference in Tehran... "After the news conference they can go to the airport and go back home," Mr. Ahmadinejad said... An official said later that the crew would be released to the British embassy in Tehran...
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IRNA.ir website has this report that goes in part like this... UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday in a phone call thanked IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for pardoning 15 British naval troopers arrested for illegal entry to Iranian waters... President Ahmadinejad, too, congratulated the UN Sec Gen for his appointment at the post, pointing out that there are serious challenges at the international scene currently with which the nations are entangled... Ban Ki-moon thanks Ahmadinejad for marines' release...
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Ban Ki-moon thanks Ahmadinejad for marines' release
FOXNEWS.com has this report this evening that starts off like this... British officials late Wednesday night said they expected Iran to make good on its promise to release 15 British sailors and marines, and hoped their journey back to London would begin "within hours." The British Foreign Office, meanwhile, confirmed that its ambassador to Iran had visited with the military personnel and reported that they were in good health...
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British Expect Iran to Begin Release of 15 Captive Sailors, Marines 'Within Hours'
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