Row over British sailors widens to EU
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By Deutsche Presse Agentur Apr 1, 2007, 0:35 GMT
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An imminent attack on the oil fields of Persia animates at present the interest fantasies of the oil markets. Related to Rich's Persian oil speculations: Last Tuesday in the morning I observed this dealer. I acted as a boss at the stock exchange.
To Whom This May be of Concern:
Iran has proved it is no friend of ours, to Israel, & to freedom. Nuke those towelheaded camel jockies till they glow & be done with them, Do not make the mistake of thinking now that Iran is close to having nuclear capabilities that the first thing they will not do is nuke the U S A. Pound Iran into a glass parking lot, & be done with the problem quick & easy! Why do you think Almighty God blessed this nation with nuclear technology. We have the responsibility weather we like it or not to protect freedom. Nuke em till they glow!
Clarification: The ship that was boarded by the British personnel was an Indian merchant ship in Iraqi waters. As such they were required to allow them to board.
As for the present situation, the parading around of the sailors on TV and the so-called letters by the Marines clearly shows that the Iranians are using this a a stupid propaganda trick. I mean do they really think that ANY educated neutral party is likely to fall for it? The words of those letters and those statements on TV leave no doubt that there is some stupid Iranian guy sitting there writing these statements for them to read under threats by the Revolutionary Guards. But if nothing else, just the language of these 'statements' show that the British captives are being pressured and probably threatened to say these things. If the Iranians had any brains, they should release the sailors because they HAVE already made the point to the British govt. that they will defy them no matter what. By prolonging this and by parading the sailors around like this, Iran is only causing damage to whatever reputation it does have left out there.
Michael, although the sentiment about frustration is shared by me, nuking them or anyone else is not really practical nowadays since the fallout would be too great and cause a much bigger mess. I feel the same anger and frustration especially since Iran is sponsoring unrest in Iraq and causing the deaths of OUR men and women! I think what the US needs to do is quadruple the amount of CIA operatives and sabotage these idiot governments from the inside. If they want to be sneaky terrorists and crap, lets play the game their way, on their land. Lets see how they react to bombs and to Americans driving planes into their buildings....
let them get the taste of their own medicine!
This is the latest chapter in a long history of Iranian hostage taking. They are going to continue with these stunts as long as the rest of the world lets them get away with it.
Regardless of short term price spikes, the Iranians should be prevented from selling oil or importing gasoline. This would cripple their economy in no time and bring them back to the negotiating table over our hostages and their nuclear weapons programme.
If Russia and China object to this in the security council it should be done unilaterally by the British navy with the help of the Americans. Enough is enough, it is long past time these fascist ayatollahs were dealt to bring them to reality.
Obviously restraint is what is needed. When there is a threat of the world throwning nuclear bombs around, there should be a thought of pause to consider the consequenses. It's easy to think of the consequences as local. but nuclear radiation is global.
It is obvious what is going on.
The United Nations is making rules, so Iran is making rules.
The United Nations won't back down and neither will Iran.
Iran is asking and will get a showdown.
That MokMood Idenijod guy has to be nuts.
Didn't he see what happened to Iraq?
Does he think he will win?
Is he forcing some Islamic showdown?
It does not have to reach a saturation point where The British and Iranians pait themselves to the corner. And as for Mr. Bush, he should speak for himself. Our CIA, FBI and British MI can pick up people from streets of USA, Italy, Middle East and other parts of the world under sick intentions, tortured yest find a way to justify it and sell this act to the world as war on terror.
I wish we America would finally declare that we are the empire and everyone needs to bow to us.
Simple, 24, have CTU send in Jack Bauer...done...finished
Viraf Cooper, MDApr 1st, 2007 - 01:34:58
If one waits patiently, perhaps flaring tempers may cool down sufficiently enough that there is a positive resolution to this crisis. Obviously, the Iranian captain allowed the UN directive to proceed by allowing the sailors on board their vessel. It would be conspiratorial if the captain knew the sailors were violating Iranian waters, allowed them on board for inspection, then imprisoned them.
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