Iran: Britain Must Admit Navy Trespassed

Iran: Britain Must Admit Navy Trespassed

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"Admitting the mistake will facilitate a solution to the problem," he said late Wednesday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he was attending an Arab summit.

It was the first time that Iran has publicly suggested a way to resolve the crisis, but British acquiescence appeared unlikely as the country has been insisting since the crisis began that its troops were in Iraqi waters and released a GPS readout on Wednesday to back up the claim.

Britain's military said the readout proved the Royal Navy personnel were seized 1.7 nautical miles inside Iraqi waters. But in the interview, Mottaki said Iran had GPS devices from the British boats that showed they were in Iranian territory.

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This is a bold step by the Iranian government. Now, with this statement, Iran has positioned itself for a direct standoff. The last few days have seen a lot of diplomatic side-stepping and maneuvering. But given that Britain just released the whole of their GPS data, there is problem where Britain will have to admit its lying to the world in order to satisfy Iran. This is a dangerous, needless game of chicken, and I, for one, hope Britain stands firm.

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I could have sworn I heard a statement from one of the captured women on NPR earlier today.
If I'm not mistaken, she said, without any doubt, that what they did was trespass.
Admittedly, I only half-heard the story, but I'm pretty sure that's what she said.
Was it under duress, or was it genuine?


(boy, my spelling sux tonight...)

[edit on 3/29/2007 by wu kung]

There is already an article about this it was posted on ATS hours ago.

It can be found here:

www.abovetopsecret.com...

I found the NPR link:

www.npr.org...

I knew I heard it on the radio yesterday.



[edit on 3/29/2007 by wu kung]

Here:

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Thread closed.

[edit on 29/3/2007 by Mirthful Me]