Iran and the Capture of British Marines

Captured sailor 'apologises over trespass'

Iranian television today screened footage of a second Royal Navy sailor apparently apologising for entering Iranian waters, sparking an angry response from a "disgusted" Tony Blair.

The man, who gave his name as Nathan Thomas Summers, is shown saying that the British party had "trespassed" into Iranian waters when they were seized last Friday.

But the videotape showed clear signs of editing, suggesting that his words were being manipulated.

Is this more disgusting than the 24 hr coverage of Saddam's execution?

Showing captured prisoners is against the Geneva Convention! Whoops, there goes that moral high ground we used to have...

Its strange, people are shocked that Iran kidnapped British troops, yet the British and American governments have no qualms about kidnapping 'suspect terrorist' and whisking them off to be renditioned, tortured and locked up without telling them what they are charged with. The MSM is concerned that these "confessions" by the British Marines may have been coerced, yet they accept KSM's (Khalid Sheik Mohammed) "confessions" that he did everything evil in the world for the last 500 years.

Links worth reading

Both Sides Must Stop This Mad Confrontation, Now

Iran and "hostages": image & meaning

A bitter legacy

The seizure of 15 British sailors by Iran is only the latest incident in a long and troubled history between the two countries. As Robert Tait reports from Tehran, most Iranians see Britain as an old colonial power that's still meddling in their affairs