[jdm]

Iran has published another letter allegedly written by Leading Seaman Faye Turney in which she supposedly calls for British forces to withdraw from Iraq.

Oh, great.

[Froufrou]

I've read somewhere that France is now on board. For whatever that's worth!

[MARKUSPRIME]

This is to bloody much. We need to end this now and forever. Bomb them mercilessly.

[keat]

Did they check it for ashes?

[Chena]

Prayers for your hostages, UKrepublican. BTTT!

[Gay State Conservative]

This sailor had better start giving unmistakable signs that things that she's saying are being said under duress. I don't know if Royal Navy recruits are given training in this but if I know of some ways to do it (having seen examples from North Vietnamese propaganda films) she should know some.

[stop_fascism]

Have any "human rights" organizations protested the Iranian actions?

[Robe]

As freeper "GoldenPup" posted elsewhere....
"New't recent plan has some merit; (1)Back-channel to Iran to release hostages in "X" time or your one and only refinery will be destroyed and then, (2) A Navel blockade of Iran."

[Eurotwit]

Obviously coerced propaganda.

"She" referes to the previous kidnapping incident and asks the
British government why they did not learn their lesson then...

Shees.

[demsux]

Iran is probably wondering just WHAT they have to do to provoke a REAL response from the infidels.

[wastedyears]

I would sooner die under fire than be led away with my hands behind my back.

[ElectricStrawberry]

Ooooo....a prisoner says a nation state should withdraw troops froma war zone.....so be it. /sarcasm

A tomahawk missile every 15 minutes and they'd have those prisoners within an hour.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Doubt she wrote it.

[Jim Noble]

"...see what further measures are necessary to get them to understand it's not merely wrong but only going to result in further tension"

Ooooh! Further Tension!

Iran must be really scared now!

[capitalist229]

I think that we should kidnap Ahmadinejad and 'convince' him to denounce Islam on TV.

BUMP

[Rutles4Ever]

Iran has published another letter allegedly written by Leading Seaman Faye Turney in which she supposedly calls for British forces to withdraw from Iraq.

Wait wait wait - does this mean that Iran is essentially admitting it's a combatant in the Iraq war? Why would the STATE of Iran kidnap British soldiers with a demand that the British leave Iraq, unless it has inserted itself, officially, into the war? If so, this would be an act of war directly related to the War in Iraq, in which case, Britain, I believe, has a right to strike Iran in self-defense, i.e., the U.N. is irrelevant to the situation at hand.

[bygolly]

SkyNews has an Online Poll asking:

Should we say sorry to get our sailors back? Yes or No

[dleecomeback07]

Didn't you guys hear?

The UN is going to gasp

SEND THEM A LETTER!

[nuconvert]

"The arrest footage was preceded by a senior Iranian officer using maps to explain how the Britons had "crossed into Iranian territory". "

Gee not too planned - having a video cam with them.

I feel terrible for Seaman Turney having to be used like this

[debg]

Blair: Britain Won't Negotiate With Iran

AP - Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday that Britain would not negotiate over British sailors and marines held hostage by Iran. In an interview with ITV News, Blair again called for the unconditional return of the 15 Royal Navy personnel who were seized by Iranian authorities last week.

"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. [snip]

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/93-03292007-1322185.html