Iran interrogates British sailors despite push for release

[Vader]

Iran interrogates British sailors despite push for release.



TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran said on Monday it is interrogating 15 British sailors it seized last week claiming they had entered its waters illegally, defying intense international pressure for their release.

As the diplomatic row deepened, Britain's ambassador Geoffrey Adams held more talks at the foreign ministry in Tehran and was assured that the group was "fit and well," the Foreign Office said in London.


Baghdad also backed up Britain's claim that the 14 men and one women -- whose exact whereabouts remain unknown -- were taken in Iraqi waters in the Shatt al-Arab waterway that divides the two countries.

Shockwaves from the seizure, which Prime Minister Tony Blair has labelled "unjustified and wrong," continued to reverberate around the world.


With tensions rising in the region over both the group's capture and Iran's disputed nuclear programme, oil prices rose to their highest levels this year -- well above 62 dollars in Asian trade.

Article: Iran interrogates British sailors despite push for release - Yahoo! News

Iran has shown its true colors and proven to the world that we were correct in not believing the Iranians wanted "peaceful" nuclear power.

The following steps need to be taken to punish Iran:

(1) Iran needs to lose a nuclear facility each day until the hostages are released.

(2) Iran needs to lose an oil refinery each day for each prisoner being held. (Yes, 15 missles per day)

(3) Iran needs to be embargoed (no food, no oil in, no oil out, no aid of any kind) for 180 calendar days for each day each hostage is held. (7 years is a small sentence for terrorist dickheads)

(4) The Ayetollah's palace, summer home, mosque, and all city should be hit with tomahawk missiles once a day until the hostages are released.

(5) Same (4) but applied to each of the mullahs and the terrorist president of Iran.

I realize this sounds harsh; however, what the Iranians have done is worse and was unprovoked. Iran needs to pay a HEAVY PRICE and these suggestions are exactly that.

Iran is unlawfully abducting people from ships in waters near their borders. This needs to be stopped and those responsible need to be executed.

Iran's terrorist government can follow the rules or it can be throughly punished.

UN/US/England/World -----> :spank: <---- Iran's Ayetoiletbowl and mullahs.

 

[BudLizard101]

I wonder what 'fit and well' means in Iran. Hopefully they are fit and well by humanitarian standards and not some pyscho's.

 

[Vader]

I wonder what 'fit and well' means in Iran. Hopefully they are fit and well by humanitarian standards and not some pyscho's.

Good question!

:shock:

 

[Iriemon]

Baghdad also backed up Britain's claim that the 14 men and one women -- whose exact whereabouts remain unknown -- were taken in Iraqi waters in the Shatt al-Arab waterway that divides the two countries.

This is highlighted because it is supposed to represent some kind of credible confirmation?

 

[Vader]

This is highlighted because it is supposed to represent some kind of credible confirmation?

Actually, yes, it does, because the brits aren't the first people to be abducted by Iran's terrorist government while in the water way discussed in the article.

 

[clone19]

hey everyone

first and foremost, a brief introduction to my values: i value life. ALL life. I dont distinguish between race, ethnicity, religion or anything else. I try to uphold the values of a true moderate.

this being said, i dont think blowing things up is the best course of action.

Irans detention of these soldiers is not altogether unwarranted. Americans detained several Irani agents in Iraq. By capturing these british soldiers Iran has simply shown they won't be bullied.

I agree with your opinion of the mullah in the middle east. The fanatics have reigned for too long. They are a plague to freedom and civility in the mid east.

Ahmadinejad is NOT among them.

Before you go slandering good people it would be wise to at least hear them out: Ahmadinejad's letter to Americans - CNN.com
that is the link to Ahmadinejad's letter to us. the American people. His letter does not show a person bent on destroying "the West". He basically says he is a friend of the American people, but not a friend of the administration.

And who can blame him? It's amazing that you can call a man who has not harmed a single person a terrorist, while ignoring the actions of our own president? 60,000 iraqis are dead because of a war he started unjustly, a war driven by greed. Lets not forget the victims of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, stripped of their rights, and thrown in jail to be tortured and humiliated.

These actions go unnoticed, while the capture of a few british soldiers, who have been shown to be uninjured, is supposed to warrant tomahawk missles?


I do not in any way condone the imprisonment of the british soldiers, and i think Iran made a dumb move by taking them. But neither do i believe Ahmadinejad to be a "terrorist".

Next comes the issue of their "nuclear program". I believe it would be wise for them to halt the program, even if they are just doing it for power. I cant blame them for not stopping though, after all Bush did call Iran the "axis of evil". How can you expect them to be diplomatic?

Lets not go starting another war we cannot afford. Lets not spill any more blood just to quench Halliburton's endless thrist for oil. After watching the news just now, i was forced to wonder if toppling Saddam was such a good idea. Although he was by no means a good person, he was no worse than Bush. And he did somehow manage to control a country that not even the US military can seem to handle.

The solution to the problems in the middle east defninently starts with taking out the mullahs. But the next step isnt mindlessly blowing up buildings. The next step is reducing the poverty rate. Give those suicide bombers something to live for. Give them a reason to live, because as long as we keep the poor in poverty, the bombings will never end. It doesnt matter how many al qaeda leaders you assasinate, another one will just take his place. The solution to terror is not terror.

If there needs to be any bloodshed, i believe it is the deaths of the "royal family" sitting on their lofty throne over a sea of oil in Saudi Arabia.

I do not value the lives of those who do not value the lives of others.


This post sounds very biased, but not without reason. Let me assure you that i am a moderate, and i do not condone the death of any innocent person, anywhere.

 

[Vader]

hey everyone

first and foremost, a brief introduction to my values: i value life. ALL life. I dont distinguish between race, ethnicity, religion or anything else. I try to uphold the values of a true moderate.

this being said, i dont think blowing things up is the best course of action.

Irans detention of these soldiers is not altogether unwarranted. Americans detained several Irani agents in Iraq. By capturing these british soldiers Iran has simply shown they won't be bullied.

I agree with your opinion of the mullah in the middle east. The fanatics have reigned for too long. They are a plague to freedom and civility in the mid east.

Ahmadinejad is NOT among them.

Before you go slandering good people it would be wise to at least hear them out: Ahmadinejad's letter to Americans - CNN.com
that is the link to Ahmadinejad's letter to us. the American people. His letter does not show a person bent on destroying "the West". He basically says he is a friend of the American people, but not a friend of the administration.

And who can blame him? It's amazing that you can call a man who has not harmed a single person a terrorist, while ignoring the actions of our own president? 60,000 iraqis are dead because of a war he started unjustly, a war driven by greed. Lets not forget the victims of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, stripped of their rights, and thrown in jail to be tortured and humiliated.

These actions go unnoticed, while the capture of a few british soldiers, who have been shown to be uninjured, is supposed to warrant tomahawk missles?


I do not in any way condone the imprisonment of the british soldiers, and i think Iran made a dumb move by taking them. But neither do i believe Ahmadinejad to be a "terrorist".

Next comes the issue of their "nuclear program". I believe it would be wise for them to halt the program, even if they are just doing it for power. I cant blame them for not stopping though, after all Bush did call Iran the "axis of evil". How can you expect them to be diplomatic?

Lets not go starting another war we cannot afford. Lets not spill any more blood just to quench Halliburton's endless thrist for oil. After watching the news just now, i was forced to wonder if toppling Saddam was such a good idea. Although he was by no means a good person, he was no worse than Bush. And he did somehow manage to control a country that not even the US military can seem to handle.

The solution to the problems in the middle east defninently starts with taking out the mullahs. But the next step isnt mindlessly blowing up buildings. The next step is reducing the poverty rate. Give those suicide bombers something to live for. Give them a reason to live, because as long as we keep the poor in poverty, the bombings will never end. It doesnt matter how many al qaeda leaders you assasinate, another one will just take his place. The solution to terror is not terror.

If there needs to be any bloodshed, i believe it is the deaths of the "royal family" sitting on their lofty throne over a sea of oil in Saudi Arabia.

I do not value the lives of those who do not value the lives of others.


This post sounds very biased, but not without reason. Let me assure you that i am a moderate, and i do not condone the death of any innocent person, anywhere.

No less than six of the Americans taken hostage in 1979-80 have positively identified Iran's current president as one of their captors. Therefore, he is without question, a terrorist.

He works for the world's foremost terrorist (the ayehtoiletbowl) and is not trustworthy.

Welcome to the club.

:mrgreen:

 

[clone19]

and a man who lies to an entire nation and unjustly starts a war under a false premise is entirely trustworthy?

many of the ayetollah are fanatics, no doubt. but Ahmadinejads actions as president have mostly been to reduce the extremism practiced in iran, and he hasnt failed entirely.

and im sure 6 Americans would just as easily identify any other brown man with a beard as one of their captors.

 

[Vader]

and a man who lies to an entire nation and unjustly starts a war under a false premise is entirely trustworthy?

We're not discussing America. This is an attempt to shift focus from the topic of discussion. Please refrain for doing this in the future. [/quote]

many of the ayetollah are fanatics, no doubt. but Ahmadinejads actions as president have mostly been to reduce the extremism practiced in iran, and he hasnt failed entirely.

Ahmadinejad is nothing but a stooge who does what the Ayetoiletbowl tells him to do.

and im sure 6 Americans would just as easily identify any other brown man with a beard as one of their captors.

These people were abducted by Iran, at the Ayetolietbowl's request, and held for 444 days. These people who were held illegally for this period of time are not likely to misidentify their captor. The president of iran IS A TERRORIST and was part of the 1979-80 terrorist abductions. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO COVER FOR HIM. You are wrong on this issue and you need to accept it.


:mrgreen: