Posted on 03/29/2007 11:02:02 AM PDT by UKrepublican
New Iran Captive Letter Updated: 18:56, Thursday March 29, 2007
Iran has published another letter allegedly written by Leading Seaman Faye Turney in which she supposedly calls for British forces to withdraw from Iraq.
The letter also asks the British Government why it allowed the British captives to stray into Iranian waters.
And it goes on to say the group is being treated well by the Iranians.
Analysts immediately doubted the validity of the letter, saying the wording was not likely to have been thought up by the 26-year-old sailor.
The letter coincided with the release of new footage of the 15 Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines being seized by Iranian gunboats in the Gulf.
In the video clips, gunshots are heard and a helicopter is shown hovering above inflatable boats in choppy seas.
Iranian boat (R) approaching a Royal Navy vessel Vessels close in on Royal Navy boats then the 15 captured Britons are shown seated in an Iranian gunboat.
The arrest footage was preceded by a senior Iranian officer using maps to explain how the Britons had "crossed into Iranian territory".
Iranian TV had previously shown video footage of the detainees eating and talking.
That broadcast featured an interview with L/S Turney in which she confessed - probably under duress - that the Britons had been at fault.
Prime Minister Tony Blair said it was a "disgrace" the way L/STurney, a 25-year-old mother of a three-year-old girl, was shown on TV.
"We are going to have to step up pressure not just with them in the UN and the European Union, but see what further measures are necessary to get them to understand it's not merely wrong but only going to result in further tension," he added.
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Oh, great.
I've read somewhere that France is now on board. For whatever that's worth!
Apparently they summoned the Iranian ambassador.
I thought the Brits had already announced a timetable for withdrawing from the Basra area...since they say their work is done.
This is to bloody much. We need to end this now and forever. Bomb them mercilessly.
Did they check it for ashes?
Prayers for your hostages, UKrepublican. BTTT!
Interesting ... the Froggish carrier is already in the neighbourhood.
Have any "human rights" organizations protested the Iranian actions?
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."
Obviously coerced propaganda.
"She" referes to the previous kidnapping incident and asks the
British government why they did not learn their lesson then...
Shees.
Iran is probably wondering just WHAT they have to do to provoke a REAL response from the infidels.
I would sooner die under fire than be led away with my hands behind my back.
But if she's not writing the letters, how can she do that?
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.
Doubt she wrote it.
Which side?
The footage I've seen left me with an odd feeling about the way they're all looking down, as if whoever made the films had instructed them to avert their eyes.
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