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2007-04-02 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2007-04-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It should be the British who should be pelting the Iranian Embassy in London or is it not civilised behaviour????

Posted by Ebbolump Glomotle9608 2007-04-02 07:56|| 2007-04-02 07:56|| Front Page Top

#2 I have not seen anything on Brit Embassy personnel evacuating, so the Brit Hostage Crisis is just Jimmah Carter '79 Redux so far. Are their any restrictions or compound confinement of Iranian "Embassy" personnel in London yet?

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-04-02 09:18|| 2007-04-02 09:18|| Front Page Top

#3 1. I heard the crowd was only a couple of hundred. Pretty pitiful for a "rent-a-crowd"

2. I too wonder if there are plans to evacuate.

Posted by liberalhawk 2007-04-02 10:50|| 2007-04-02 10:50|| Front Page Top

#4 LH is correct. If they are trying to relive past hostage-taking glory and rally the country vs. the West but could only muster 200 in a rent-a-crowd then they have failed.

I am not sure what is going to happen or, beyond court martialing the captain of the HMS Cornwall, what should happen. But it is clear this is an act of desperation.

Posted by JAB 2007-04-02 11:55|| 2007-04-02 11:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually this seems the smart thing to do if you are the Mulla-in-chief.

The crowd is big enough to get the right headlines in the Western newspapers but not so big as to let anything actually happen. Also, because only a few hundred thugs were purchased, it's easy on the thug rental budget (thus leaving money to steal).

Posted by mhw 2007-04-02 12:52|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-04-02 12:52|| Front Page Top

#6 say what you want about Iran, at least they take their border seriously.

Posted by still here 2007-04-02 13:11|| 2007-04-02 13:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Every western nation should close their embassies in Iran and submit papers to the Iranian embassies in their nations that diplomatic immunity will be removed by Friday and the embassies closed down and full sanctions implemented if the hostages are not released in good condition.

If every western nation did so, I believe the threat alone would get the Iranians to comply and release the hostages, blaming a rogue general for the misunderstanding.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-04-02 14:14|| 2007-04-02 14:14|| Front Page Top

#8 With the numerous refereces to Friday that have appeared here today, has there been anything about the multi-national forces or the US 'suggesting' that oil tanker traffic in the gulf 'heave-to' awhile and not be anywhere around the Straits of Hormuz? if there are no tankers, then the Iranians have nothing to sink there to block the oil corridor, and after their military is decimated ( should be able to handle that by lunch) then the shipping can resume. any Iranian-controlled ship could be easily dispatched and the US fleet can not only take care of itself but be smart enough not to be in a position that would cause a blockade.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-04-02 14:24|| 2007-04-02 14:24|| Front Page Top

#9 The Iranians know their navy won't make it five minutes so I'm pretty sure they are probably all set to fire silkworm missiles from the hidden positions along the shores of the straits. The trick will be to defend shipping from these attacks and/or to make these attacks more painful to the MMs than they are worth.

Posted by gorb 2007-04-02 14:53|| 2007-04-02 14:53|| Front Page Top

#10 Does Iranian gasoline come back via tanker or pipeline?

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