Posted on 04/04/2007 8:58:55 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
TEHRAN, Iran - Fifteen British sailors and marines released by Iran arrived at Tehran's airport early Thursday and were expected to board a commercial flight to London, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene.
The 15, whose release from nearly two weeks in Iranian captivity was announced Wednesday by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, arrived in a convoy of sedans that drove directly to the presidential VIP section of the airport, the reporter said.
Good news!
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a news conference in Tehran. Ahmadinejad has earned a reputation for colourful language and bold gestures but never has he created such a shock as with his sudden liberation of the 15 British sailors.(AFP/Atta Kenare)
The newly-freed sailors wave following their release in Tehran. Iran released 15 sailors on Wednesday as a "gift" to the people of Britain in a dramatic end to a two-week ordeal that had triggered a new diplomatic crisis between Tehran and the West.(AFP)
Faye Turney walks away after meeting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after 15 British naval personnel were released, in Tehran April 4, 2007. (Stringer/Reuters)
Yup. On to the next PR ploy by the Iranians.
Leni
It’s not my path, but lets give credit to the British way of successfully handling the situation.
They’ve gotten back their Marines without bloodshed or bribes or appeasement or trades (so far as I know).
Kudos to the UK.
LOL.. they look like a bunch of kids..
I wish them well. and hope they are ready for the ordeal they are about to go thru when they get home.
Freed Britons arrive at Tehran airport
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070405/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_britain
TEHRAN, Iran - Fifteen British sailors and marines released by Iran arrived at Tehran’s airport early Thursday and were expected to board a commercial flight to London, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene.
The 15, whose release from nearly two weeks in Iranian captivity was announced Wednesday by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, arrived in a convoy of sedans that drove directly to the presidential VIP section of the airport, the reporter said.
The convoy was escorted by several cars belonging to the elite Revolutionary Guards.
The British crew was expected to board a British Airways flight scheduled to leave the Mehrabad International Airport at 8 a.m. local time (12:30 a.m. EDT).
Why not in Breaking News...?
That is one funky dude...i bet his armpits would KO a billygoat....he’s got too have that pissy smell.
I take it that Iran keeps the ship?
So Iran illegally take hostages and then Britons bend over and say thanks. Hmmm.
I sure hope that when they get home the Brits bomb the hell out of the iranian navy and say try to do it again.
PS. Fat chance of this happening. :(
Agreed.. Cooler heads may have prevailed this go-around, however this is just delaying the inevitable, imo.
Those released and others may well see action back there again.
Enjoy the falling pump prices to come and soon, hopefully.
If Iran tried to buy a warship or gunboat from a Western country, we’d probably laugh at them. But this was brilliant...not only did they get the boat for free, they got thanked for taking it!
Patience, grasshopper, Patience. :-}
It’s about 7:45 in Tehran now
I’m happy the hostages are going home safely, but the PR and glory that Iran’s been able to milk out of this means the Iranians (along with other terrorist nations) will be encouraged to take hostages again. That, I’m not so happy about.
Trust the media to highlight the "happy faces".
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