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| Men From Oz Repelled Iranians Before The Brits Were Taken |
| 2007-06-22 |
| When Iranian Revolutionary Guards captured the British sailors and Royal Marines in March, it was not exactly their first attempt. It turns out that Iranian forces made an earlier concerted attempt to seize a boarding party from the Royal Australian Navy. The Australians, though, to quote one military source, "were having none of it". The BBC has been told the Australians re-boarded the vessel they had just searched, aimed their machine guns at the approaching Iranians and warned them to back off, using what was said to be "highly colourful language". The Iranians withdrew, and the Australians were reportedly lifted off the ship by one of their own helicopters. |
| Posted by:doc |
| #9 Oh God, we'll never live it down. Or rather, the Ozzies won't let us live it down... Sorry, but Americans don't know what it's like - those bloody Ozzies are always taking the piss - cricket, rugby... :( Totally top people though ;) |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2007-06-22 22:04 |
| #8 How embarrassing. But them the BBC were'nt distacting that ships captain and using his helicopter like the UK ones were. I wonder did the BBC forward their movements to the Iranians? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2007-06-22 20:41 |
| #7 God save the Brits and bless the Aussies. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2007-06-22 10:46 |
| #6 "What are we supposed to use man? Harsh Language?" - Frost from Aliens I guess harsh language DOES work against muzzies. Maybe not aliens, but Muzzies definitely. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-06-22 09:34 |
| #5 I sure hope the standing order for the US Navy is to light up any IRG in sight then weight down any floaters. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-06-22 09:23 |
| #4 God bless Australia. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-06-22 08:52 |
| #3 A little harder than snatching a boat full of Poms, eh? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-06-22 08:18 |
| #2 I did not notice and posted a dupe. Mods, please bit-bucket it. The most interesting aspect of it all is that IRG tried 5 times to capture Ozzies. After the last attempt, seems that they decided Brits may be an easier target. Unfortunately, they were right. As for the colorful language, a rumor has it that it went like this: "Get the fuck back! Get the fuck back NOW! Or we'll blow your monkey arses away!" |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-06-22 03:05 |
| #1 And we would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for those meddling aussie infidels. |
| Posted by: The Twelfth Imam 2007-06-22 01:14 |