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Iran Warns that Detained Britons will be Dealt with Harshly
News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Dec 1, 2009 9:06 AM EST
Article Source: The New York Timesadvertisement
Iran confirmed Tuesday that its Revolutionary Guards were holding five Britons seized in the Persian Gulf aboard a sleek 60-foot sailing yacht and said they would be subject to "hard and serious" measures if they were found to have harbored "evil intentions."
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{"commentId":10966727,"authorDomain":"jcatom"}
...a Revolutionary Guard naval commander...acknowledged the seizure of the yacht...saying the naval unit’s duties included “confronting foreign forces in the Persian Gulf.”
An aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [...said] that judicial proceedings would determine the fate of the five sailors. “Naturally our measures will be hard and serious if we find out they had evil intentions,” he said, according to news reports.
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#1 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 9:09 AM EST{"commentId":10967005,"authorDomain":"thirdfeast"}
“We understand that the Iranian government are investigating the incident, which is perfectly reasonable, and then we would look forward to it being promptly sorted out,” Mr. Miliband said.
perfectly resonable to kidnap private citizens or just a spineless response?
The yacht, owned by Sail Bahrain, a yacht racing organization, was seized on its way from Bahrain to Dubai to take part in a race after it accidentally crossed into Iranian waters, British and racing officials said Monday. Sail Barhrain said in a statement that it “may have strayed inadvertently into Iranian waters” and was stopped by Iranian naval vessels.
Sounds pretty evil to me. Foreign forces? Really?
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{"commentId":10982645,"authorDomain":"bigsaf"}
Wonder if the UAE or Bahrain are going to play any part in any negotiations to get them released.
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{"commentId":10988856,"authorDomain":"jcatom"}
They just let them go :-)
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{"commentId":10996739,"authorDomain":"bigsaf"}
Yup.
There's a reason no one goes sailing along Iran's shore line!
Wonder if Iran gave made them wear any of their hallmark suits on their release, like they did with the British Navy sailors?! Ever wonder its a marketing ploy...?!
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