Friday, March 23, 2007

And here it goes...

Iran nabs Brits inside Iranian waters:

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian naval vessels on Friday seized 15 British sailors and marines who had boarded a merchant ship in Iraqi waters of the Persian Gulf, British and U.S. officials said. Britain immediately protested the detentions, which come at a time of high tension between the West and Iran.

In London, the British government summoned the Iranian ambassador to the Foreign Office: "He was left in no doubt that we want them back," Britain's Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said after the meeting.

A spokesman for the U.S. Navy, which operates off the Iraqi coast along with British forces, said Iran's Revolutionary Guard naval forces were responsible.

Cmdr. Kevin Aandahl of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet said the Iranian Revolutionary Guards had radioed a British warship explaining that no harm had come to the 15 Britons and that they were seized because they were in Iranian waters. The British Defense Ministry said the Iranians took custody of the sailors and marines in Iraqi waters.

I told you and I told you this would happen! You pack the Persian Gulf and the Straits of Hormuz with huge warships and this is what you get!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who are they trying to impress? (Bad pun, I know.)

Chimpy had better not pounce on this to create a distraction to the attorney scandal. I hope this does not devolve into the Gulf of Tonkin moment for this altercation. You are absolutely right about the traffic in the Gulf and Straits being the root of the problem.

ellroon said...

Well... they were planning on getting Bar hit by a bus, but this will do....

Anonymous said...

Actually, sorghum crow, ...
Good Pun! Thanks :}