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Fifteen British Navy personnel have been captured at gunpoint by Iran


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p.s. "Hopefully it won't be long till I'm home to get ready for Molly's birthday party and with a present from the Iranian people."

 

 

Gimme a farking break!

 

:banghead:

 

 

<< Mrs Turney's husband declined to respond to the Iranian pictures but a friend, Kim Slater, 49, said: 'It is a very shocking film. She looked very uncomfortable with what she was saying. There is something not right in her eyes. I am sure she has been forced to do that and say those things.' >>

 

 

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Oh, dear ... oh, dear:

 

 

<< [blur] also defended the boarding party's 'entirely sensible' decision not to fight back against their captors, as they were heavily outnumbered and it would have led to 'severe loss of life'.

 

However the decision is being angrily criticised around the world, particularly in the U.S., with talk of 'timidity' and ' impotence' in the face of Iran's aggression.

 

One irate critic declared Britain had 'covered itself with shame' for failing to show a more aggressive response to Iran.

 

In a New York newspaper article, military historian Arthur Herman claimed: 'The escorting ship HMS Cornwall could have blown the Iranian naval vessel out of the water.' One reader wrote: 'The United Kingdom is acting like the French. Say what you want about President Bush, but I bet the Iranian madmen are not mad enough to try this on our Navy.' >>

 

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Um, we British pride ourselves on taking on highly trained armys with robust military hardware..um, such as the german army :grin:, not bullying some tribal peoples in north africa....ok ok, we've done that too here and there, but at least we can have selective memorys!....yes i am being a boring fart!

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Ever been to Laos? Visit the People's National Museum in Wiengchan and notice the huge painting of the Froggish soldiers slaughtering the defenceless Laos and stuffing them into a well. Very little on the American military support to the former non-commie government, but quite a lot on the evil Frenchies.

 

 

 

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"Visit the People's National Museum in Wiengchan and notice the huge painting of the Froggish soldiers slaughtering the defenceless Laos"

 

That must have been an enginering issue about water supply. France has always dedicated in improving infrastructure in its colonies...

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