Bargaining Chips

[thumbelina]

An Iranian military official said Saturday afternoon that the 15 detained British sailors "confessed" to illegally entering Iranian waters.

The sailors, taken at gunpoint Friday by Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Al Quds soldiers were captured intentionally and are to be used as bargaining chips to be used for the release of five Iranians who were arrested at the Iranian consul in Irbil, Iraq by US troops, an Iranian official told the daily paper Asharq al-Awsat on Saturday.

Also... The agency said the 15 included "some women." In Britain, officials told the Press Association news agency that at least one woman was among the group.

Article & H/T

More here and U.N. unanimously approves Iran sanctions

[martha]

Oh man.

[martha]

Iran ‘to try Britons for espionage’

A website run by associates of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, reported last night that the Britons would be put before a court and indicted.

[thumbelina]

This is not looking good, at all.

[Furious]

Do we know if any of them are black?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0amxfL3q50c
:SOME LANGUAGE:

[Tresses]

Isn't this a freakin' act of war?!?

[Enigma]

Not good at all.

[Enigma]

Isn't this a freakin' act of war?!?

No, silly. Impossible. We are to be kind and patient with these people. Show them that we care, etc, etc....ad nauseum.

[Tresses]

No, silly. Impossible. We are to be kind and patient with these people. Show them that we care, etc, etc....ad nauseum.

[GUNZ]

U.S. News: Iran Attacked U.S. Soldiers

http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblog...d_us_soldi.asp

We are to patient...

They tried to grab/kill a few of our guys last Semptember.