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PM warns Iran over Navy captives
Just posted on Drudge from the BBC News site.PM Tony Blair puts Iran on notice. I wonder if he might pull a Maggie Thatcher on Iran if the sailors are not released soon. PM warns Iran over Navy captives Efforts to secure the release of 15 Royal Navy personnel held by Iran will enter a "different phase" if diplomatic moves fail, Tony Blair has said. Downing Street said the UK could end up releasing evidence proving the group had not ventured into Iranian waters. Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has called for their "speedy return". Meanwhile, the family of the only woman detained, Faye Turney from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, has said this is a "very distressing time" for them. The BBC has been told the group are being held at an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps base in Tehran. Iran says they were trespassing in Iranian waters when they were seized on Friday - but the prime minister said the group were in Iraqi waters under a UN mandate. More at link... Posted by: Thromort Pheresh4185 2007-03-27 |
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