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"We entered Iranian waters without permission and were arrested by Irani


From: thermate
Subject: "We entered Iranian waters without permission and were arrested by Iranian border guards Re: King Abdullah Saud, we are for the first time EXTREMELY PROUD of you. 911 INSIDE JOB has finaly WOKEN UP every one - "illegitimate foreign occupation" Re: "A British mother paraded on state TV. Forced to wear the hijab, "
Date: 1 Apr 2007 12:34:04 -0700
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"We entered Iranian waters without permission and were arrested by
Iranian border guards


On Mar 29, 3:12 pm, stj...@rock.com wrote:
> http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php/post/2148/US_Officials_React_to_...
>
> U.S. Officials React to Saudi Condemnation
> Abdullah Says Iraq Under "Illigitimate Foreign Occupation" at Arab
> Summit
> By SANDRA HERNANDEZ Posted 1 hr. 33 min. ago
> Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi King Abdullah attends the Arab Summit, 28
> March 2007 in Riyadh.
> Hassan Amar/AFP/Getty
> Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi King Abdullah attends the Arab Summit, 28
> March 2007 in Riyadh.
>
> In the latest sign that traditional U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is charting
> its own course in the Middle East, King Abdullah condemned the U.S.
> presence in Iraq as an "illegitimate foreign occupation" while
> speaking at the Arab summit in Riyadh, eliciting restrained reactions
> from Washington.
>
> "In beloved Iraq, blood flows between brothers in the shadow of
> illegitimate foreign occupation and hateful sectarianism, threatening
> a civil war," King Abdullah said in remarks to the Arab League
> Thursday, according to Reuters.
>
> A U.S. official called the remarks extraordinary, "given that Riyadh
> has officially recognized the Iraqi government and accepted post-
> invasion U.N. resolutions regarding Iraq," the Los Angeles Times
> reported.
>
> Still, most U.S. officials were at pains to refute the charge without
> antagonizing Saudi Arabia, a longtime U.S. ally and its second-largest
> oil supplier after Canada.
>
> "When it comes to the coalition forces being in Iraq, we are there
> under the U.N. Security Council resolutions and at the invitation of
> the Iraqi people," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino.
>
> Reactions at the State Department were even more conciliatory.
> Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, testifying before the Senate
> Foreign Relations Committee, suggested that King Abdullah's comments
> had been misinterpreted or mistranslated and expressed confidence that
> the remarks would not upset U.S.-Saudi relations.
>
> "Everyone shares a common interest in seeing an Iraq that is whole and
> that is free and that is at peace and prosperous for all Iraqis," said
> State Department spokesman Sean McCormack in response to the remarks,
> according to Reuters.
>
> King Abdullah's remarks were the latest sign that Saudi Arabia is
> taking its own initiative in shaping regional politics, rather than
> deferring to U.S. policies. Last February, it hosted talks where
> Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to work with rival faction
> Hamas, which the U.S. lists as a terrorist organization.
>
> And earlier this month, Saudi Arabia hosted Iranian President Mahmoud
> Ahmadinejad at a bilateral summit in Riyadh, raising the awkward
> prospect of an alliance between the U.S.'s foremost Arab ally and its
> strongest antagonist in the region.
>
> A host of topics were discussed in the early rounds of the two-day
> summit where King Abdullah made his remarks. Among them was the
> standoff between Britain and Iran over the latter's seizure of fifteen
> marines in a contested waterway separating Iran and Iraq.
>
> Iran does not belong to the Arab League, a group of 22 mostly Arabic-
> speaking nations in the Middle East and North Africa.
>
> On Mar 29, 2:02 pm, lemnit...@india.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > Please view my profile at the following 
> > linkhttp://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=6F2PmhMAAAAHRraBJdHc...
>
> > and read the incisive but brief analysis below:
>
> > On Mar 29, 1:52 pm, lemnit...@india.com wrote:
>
> > > As if its worse than a mountain of naked people in the Abu Ghraib or
> > > Guantanamo style or with secret prisons according to the WASHINGTON
> > > CONVENTIONS !!!! and she suddenly transmogrified from a UK marine to a
> > > mother ... Brits are truly hilarious !!!
>
> > >http://www.wbir.com/news/national/story.aspx?storyid=43780
>
> > > Tensions rise between Iran, UK, as sailors remain captive
> > > By: Katie Allison Granju, Producer
>
> > > LONDON - Britain said Thursday that it would seek United Nations
> > > condemnation of Iran for taking its 15 Royal Navy crewmembers last
> > > week, as the dispute over the fate of the crew grew.
> > > Iran, however, said Britain had mishandled the situation and said it
> > > would not release Britain's lone female crewmember as it said it would
> > > because it was increasing international pressure.
>
> > > Iran's chief negotiator, Ali Larijani, chastised Britain for having
> > > "an incorrect attitude" and warned that release of any of the captives
> > > may not be imminent.
>
> > > Iran's Mehr News Agency reported that the promised release of sailor
> > > Faye Turney would be suspended. And Larijani, head of Iran's supreme
> > > national security council, hinted on Iranian state radio that the crew
> > > could be put on trial, saying, "This case may face a legal path."
>
> > > Britain insisted that it was not seeking a confrontation over the
> > > crew, even as the exchange of words and demands between the two
> > > nations escalated in tit-for-tat fashion.
>
> > > FIND MORE STORIES IN: Iraq | Iran | Iran | London | Britain | British
> > > | Tony Blair | Mottaki | Larijani
>
> > > ON DEADLINE: Iran backs off release
>
> > > MORE:Iran delays release of female captive
>
> > > On Wednesday, Iran's foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, had told
> > > BBC television that Turney would be "released very soon." Mottaki also
> > > said that Iran would allow British diplomats to visit the crew,
> > > although he didn't say when.
>
> > > Iran maintains that the British crew was taken into custody after
> > > trespassing into its territorial waters in a narrow waterway that
> > > separates Iran from Iraq. Britain, however, says the crew was
> > > conducting a routine anti-smuggling inspection of a merchant ship 1.7
> > > miles inside Iraqi waters when the crewmembers were "ambushed" by
> > > Iranian gunboats.
>
> > > The mounting crisis has kept oil prices near six-month highs on
> > > worries that a prolonged confrontation could disrupt Gulf oil
> > > supplies. It has exacerbated tensions between Iran and the West, which
> > > already were high over disputes about Iran's uranium enrichment
> > > program. Iran says its nuclear program is to generate power. The West
> > > fears that it could be turned into weapon production.
>
> > > After failing to gain the crew's release through quiet diplomatic
> > > channels, the government of British Prime Minister Tony Blair
> > > ratcheted up the pressure on Iran on Wednesday. It cut off trade and
> > > travel contact with Iran, made public the satellite coordinates of the
> > > crew and vowed to bring international pressure on the Iranian
> > > government.
>
> > > Larijani said, "British leaders have miscalculated this issue" and
> > > were making a "fuss" over the dispute.
>
> > > British newspapers expressed outrage at having the crew paraded before
> > > television cameras and in response to a letter that Turney allegedly
> > > wrote to her parents, in which she wrote that the crew had
> > > "apparently" entered Iran's territorial waters.
>
> > > "We were out in the boats when we were arrested by Iranian forces as
> > > we had apparently gone into Iranian waters," the letter, a copy of
> > > which was sent to The Associated Press, said. "I wish we hadn't
> > > because then I'd be home with you all right now."
>
> > > The Daily Mail of London found the TV footage disgusting. "A British
> > > mother paraded on state TV. Forced to wear the hijab," it blared on
> > > Page One.
>
> > > And most editorial writers warned that Iran was severely damaging its
> > > credibility in the world at a time when it couldn't afford it by
> > > continuing to insist that the crew had trespassed.
>
> > > "All it does is isolate Iran further," The Daily Telegraph of London
> > > wrote. "Enlightened self-interest, as well as simple justice, demands
> > > the captives' release immediately."
>
> > > Although the crisis appeared to be spinning out of control, Middle
> > > East analyst Rosemary Hollis with London's Chatham House international
> > > think tank said that it still could be resolved without further
> > > escalation.
>
> > > The key, she said, is for Britain to focus on the actual dispute over
> > > the location of the incident and to ensure that the crew is not
> > > punished for any perceived disagreement over their precise location.
>
> > > The worst scenario, Hollis said, is to give Iran any cause to turn the
> > > incident into a wider fight against the United States and the West
> > > over its nuclear program or allow the crew to be turned into hostages
> > > that could be swapped.
>
> > > U.S. forces in Iraq are holding five Iranian officials who were taken
> > > into custody in January in northern Iraq in an Iranian liaison office.
> > > The officials had been suspected of having ties aimed at targeting
> > > Iraqi and coalition forces.
>
> > > So far, Iran has said the current incident is not linked to any other
> > > issue.
>
> > > Contributing: Wire reports- Hide quoted text -
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