Channel 4 Newsflash: Iran to release British soldiers

[Hocus Eye.]

The fall in the price of oil is not because the markets don't like the peaceful solution that is promised. It is just a return to more normal prices after them going up in the aftermath of the original incident and the talk of war.

The West needs that oil. In fact we need it so much that it will in the end be necessary for us to concede to Iran the building of nuclear power stations so that they don't have to use up more of the oil for their own energy requirements and can sell it to us.

While we go over to increasing use of nuclear power to create electricity for our own energy needs in the production of electricity and the rest of the world does the same, driven ostensibly by 'green' concerns then there may come a time when Australia becomes the major supplier of energy to the world. Will we threaten them with military force to make them deal with us, I think not. They have the uranium.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

WHERE THE FUCK'S MY FUCKING WAR?!

Haha, methinks many a Neo Con are thinking exactly that right now!

 

[Louloubelle]

How Iran treats prisoners:

How the allied forces (avoiding a USA rant!) treat prisoners:

My thoughts exactly

 

[rekil]

Counterbalance that with a few pictures of UK spooks jumping on suspected IRA sympathisers? The tit-for-tat could go on forever.

U75's very own Sasaferrato told me that he and his BA mates used to torture suspects in Castlereagh. The sailors are fortunate that they weren't being looked after by chaps like that or the savages in abu-ghraib.

 

[Dowie]

U75's very own Sasaferrato told me that he and his BA mates used to torture suspects in Castlereagh. The sailors are fortunate that they weren't being looked after by chaps like that or the savages in abu-ghraib.

You seem to have gobbed off about this supposed incident on a few threads even though IIRC Sasaferrato actually corrected you and specifically stated that he served in the army as a medic and has done no such thing as far as prisoners are concerned.

Also doesn't this count as some form of cross thread posting?

 

[shagnasty]

it's great news that they will be back with their families for easter.the diplomat who was reported to secured their release is an advisor for blair all i can say is if he is a sensible and wise man then blair couldn't have listened to him

 

[Barking_Mad]

you can feel the humiliation and anger of the patriotic zealots building by the minute.....

 

[Kid_Eternity]

 

[ovaltina]

If the whole thing was a PR stunt by the Iranians from the start it was genius - it'll be quite hard to invade Iran now they've done this. Don't know whose water they were in or care- I don't trust either country. Good if risky bit of diplomacy.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

This made me laugh:

Britain: Can I have my ball back please?

Iran: No, I was here first.

Britain: No you weren’t. Give me my ball back!

Iran: Not until you admit that you smell of poo.

Britain: Don’t be ridiculous, just give me the ball back.

Iran: Not until you say that you smell of poo.

Britain: [sighs] This is so stupid. OK, I smell of poo.

Iran: Did you hear that everyone? Britain said he smells of poo! [throws ball back]

Britain: I only said that to get my ball back. Everyone knows I don’t smell of poo. Anyway, I had my fingers crossed when I said it. Everyone hates you. You’re just a big bully.

The stakes may be higher in the Gulf, but the principles are the same.

 

[Dowie]

^^^^ sums it up pretty well tbh...

was a very cheeky PR move by Iran but it has worked in their favour pretty well

 

[JHE]

How Iran treats prisoners:

The [Iranian] government routinely uses torture and ill-treatment in detention...

See: http://www.payvand.com/news/06/jan/1151.html

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

See: http://www.payvand.com/news/06/jan/1151.html

Balance that with "Civilized" countries have brutal penal systems too

 

[Loki]

They left Tehran Airport at about 0800 local time (0530 BST) on a British Airways flight bound for Heathrow.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6528235.stm

 

[free spirit]

which has precisely feck all to do with the UK

would be like us holding the Iranian Ambassador hostage next time one of Iran's allies say one of the iranian backed groups in Palestine capture a british journalist.

nah - see we actually invaded 2 countries on Iran's borders in coalition with the US, and say fuck all when the US kidnaps 5 Iranians, and attempts to kidnap 2 of the most senior Iranian security officials then holds them hostage without trial or diplomatic access for months then we can't really go complaining when our people get similar (but better) treatment IMO.

We really ought to choose our invasion partners more carefully in future, maybe have some rule about only going into coalition with countries who've signed upto the international criminal court, follow the geneva convention and don't go round the world kidnapping people and imprisoning them without trial for years.

(source = the independent)

 

[nino_savatte]

Balance that with "Civilized" countries have brutal penal systems too

Quite and the US has a particularly brutal and racialised system.

 

[Scaggs]

Strange how the sailors have changed their story after being briefed by the navy

And the way that the British media are blamining Iran for the soldiers killed in Iraq.

 

[Fullyplumped]

Strange how the sailors have changed their story after being briefed by the navy

And the way that the British media are blamining Iran for the soldiers killed in Iraq.

Strange how the sailors have changed their story after being freed from captivity in the Islamic Republic.