Friday, March 23, 2007

Iranians Seize British Marines

In what appears to be a complicated ambush in the Shatt al Arab, Iranian naval forces (apparently the Naval Service of the Revolutionary Guard, NOT the Iranian Navy) seized 15 British Marines when the marines boarded a suspicious vessel.The Iranians claim the Brits were in Iranian water; given the state of satellite location technology, I'd bet against that, but also given the level of incompetence in Iraq, I won't say impossible. Opposing Ambassadors have been summoned in opposing capitals to receive opposing communiques, so we'll see where this goes pretty quickly.

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