Iran seizes 15 British troops in Persian Gulf

I'd like to know where exactly this disputed area is and how it relates to the position of the British.

 

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Why did they go around the territorial waters to the Iranian side in inflatable boats? Seems rather unnecessary, unless there are geographic reasons?

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each side will say it was on their side of the line.
considering the Iranian government are lying murdering sacks of crap, i'd suspect they're not telling the truth.

but given the fact that UK forces are inspecting ships there routinely, i know that the Iranians are lying and that this was blatant kidnapping

 

Very objective.

What have the Iranians lied about?

 

I just have to ask, Sam ......what would you have said if the US Navy had captured Iranian sailors in the "so-called" Iraqi territorial waters? ...and took them into custody? ...and took them to prison at Gauntanamo?

Would you have been so easy-going about it?

Baron Max

 

Actually it makes perfect sense for Iranians to be there, since Iran is next door.

However it makes no sense at all for the British to be there. At all.

It would be like finding Iranian troops in inflatable boats off the coast of England or Florida.

 

Not if they'd been in Iraqi territorial waters! You obviously didn't read or comprehend my post, Sam. Wanna' try again?

Baron Max

 

They'd be hard put not to pass through.

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If the boats weren't in Iranian waters, how come the frigate was unable to intervene?

According to the story, the Iranian navy was right there waiting, and willing to trespass into Iraqi waters with a British frigate standing guard. Meanwhile, the Brits launched two rubber boats with basically unarmed men under the guns of Iranian warships nearby.

And no one is willing to say exactly where the whole thing happened - the Brits GPS on the fritz, or something?

This isn't making sense, as reported.

 

To me, this has "act of war" written all over it. The British should go in, grab their sailors, and maybe bomb a few nuclear facilities while they're at it.

 

It makes just as much sense for Iranians to be in Iraqi territorial waters to kidnap British sailors as it does for Iranian sponsored Hezbollah to be in Israel to kidnap Israeli soldiers.

Because Hezbollah is right next door. Eureka!!

If it sounds like a duck fart, and it smells like a duck fart...

 

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/graphics/border-incident.pdf

 

You're not the first to confirm that complex things -- like Special Relativity -- on their face make no sense.

As was true with SR, the senselessness was not its fault.

 

still willing to give them nukes? ask the british.

 

More nonsense, the Iranians are within their rights to capture foreign troops in their waters.

 

The British are hardly in a position to be sanctimonious. Their history is painted in blood.

The Iranians OTOH have not invaded or colonised other peoples.

 

usnews?

Now thats an oxymoron.

 

and if attacked they had the right to retaliate?

 

Who?

The question is moot. There was no attack: