Update #3 Thursday, March 29, 2007 - Day Seven: 15 British Sailors and Marines Captured by Iran

News1130.com has this story today that starts off like this... Britain said Thursday it is seeking United Nations condemnation of Iran for its capture and detention of 15 sailors and marines in disputed waters in the northern Persian Gulf... The British announcement came as Iran reneged on its promise to release the sole female British sailor among the captives. The Iranian military chief, Gen. Ali Reza Afshar, said that owing to the "wrong behaviour" of the British government, "the release of a female British soldier has been suspended," the semi-official Iranian news agency Mehr reported...
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Britain seeks UN condemnation of Iran; female sailor's release 'suspended'

Guardian.co.uk has this take on the story today and it goes in part like this... “The important thing for us is to get them back safe and sound, but we can't enter into some basis of bargaining,” Blair said. “What you have to do when you are engaged with people like the Iranian regime, you have to keep explaining to them, very patiently, what it is necessary to do and at the same time make them fully aware there are further measures that will be taken if they're not prepared to be reasonable... What you can’t do is end up negotiating over hostages... end up saying there’s some quid pro quo or tit for tat... that’s not acceptable,” he said...
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Blair: Britain Won't Negotiate With Iran

And can you believe this!!!? PowerLineBlog.com is reporting this afternoon that Pelosi seems to be refusing to support the British with the Iran Crisis…
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Pelosi Refusing to Support British on Iran?

Tony Blair 10 Downing Street Website Photo

Update #2 Wednesday, March 28, 2007 - Day Six: 15 British Sailors and Marines Captured by Iran

Sky.com has this story today that starts off like this... Footage of the 15 British sailors and marines being held in Iran has been aired by Iranian TV... The video shows the group being arrested, eating food in captivity and carries an interview with Leading Seaman Faye Turney... ...
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Captives Paraded On TV
(Has video and photos of the Captives)

* The Ministry of Defence has presented evidence which shows that the fifteen personnel detained by Iranian authorities on Friday 23rd were operating in Iraqi waters when they were seized... The briefing, at defence headquarters in London, was given by Vice Admiral Charles Style, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments). Vice Admiral Style, who is responsible for providing strategic advice to operational commanders, explained in detail where the Royal Navy personnel were located when they were seized...
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MOD briefing shows Royal Navy personnel were in Iraqi waters

(Photo/Slide courtesy of MOD)

Update #1 Tuesday, March 27, 2007: 15 British Sailors and Marines Captured by Iran

BBC News is reporting that they are being told the group is being held at an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps base in Tehran... Efforts to secure the release of the 15 Royal Navy personnel will enter a "different phase" if diplomatic moves fail, Tony Blair has said...
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PM warns Iran over Navy captives
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(British Royal Marines File photo by Cpl Ian Forsyth RLC)

Prime Minister Tony Blair Says Sailors Weren't In Iranian Waters

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Sunday that 15 British sailors and marines captured by Iran as they searched for smugglers off the Iraqi coast had been outside Iranian waters, and warned that Britain viewed their situation as "very serious." ... The group was seized at gunpoint on Friday, and the Foreign Office in London said British officials do not know where Iran is holding them... Speaking at an EU summit in Berlin, Blair said Iran's claim that the sailors had crossed into Iranian territorial waters "is simply not true." ... "I want to get (the situation) resolved in as easy and diplomatic a way as possible," Blair said, but added he hoped the Iranians "understood how fundamental an issue this is for the British government...”
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I’ll be doing a lot of posting on this story in the upcoming days. But for now... I’ll give you a hint as to what I think might be going down by simply asking this...
Did you ever get that funny feeling that the other shoe is fixing to drop???
AubreyJ.........