Iran, Sadr and Iranian Forces Deployed Throughout the Middle East
BY Herschel Smith
17 years, 9 months ago
US News & World Report recently reported on a skirmish between Iranian and U.S. forces in September of 2006, within Iraq but near the Iranian border. This skirmish was merely a prelude to further action, and more recently fifteen British sailors and marines were abducted by Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces while patroling inside Iraqi territorial waters near the Shatt al-Arab waterway. Of course, Iran immediately claimed that the Brits were in Iranian territory, but this is irrelevant since the abductions had nothing to do with territorial disputes. The abductions were the next step in the escalating covert war with coalition forces.
Iran is interrogating the British, and at the present it appears that Iran intends to charge the British. Khedmat, a website close to President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, said the government had “firm determination
On March 27, 2007 at 3:42 pm, Michael Fumento said:
“Rather than roaring into action and sinking everything in sight we try to step back and that, of course, is why our chaps were, in effect, able to be captured and taken away.
On March 27, 2007 at 4:04 pm, frank said:
Isn’t it odd that the media waits 7 months to report the skermish between Iranian and U.S. soldiers? Why is it suddenly so much more newsworthy?…The Mainstream Media is really shoveling the propaganda, people need to read between the lines and figure out that the media is nothing but a proganda machine for the government, they DON’T have are best interest in mind!
On March 27, 2007 at 4:17 pm, frank said:
What I don’t understand is how the British sailors, with their radar equipment and even binoculars etc. couldnt see the aproaching iranian ships?, they should have seen them miles before they could get close enough to capture the marines. Heck, they should have been able to detect the Iranian boats (on radar) before they even let the marines leave the Cornwall. Sounds to me like the British wanted this to happen for some reason, probably a justification for military action, like some are saying; “a Gulf Of Tonkin” redue.