Alleged letter from (captured) sailor: Please leave Iraq

[truthpusher]

Source: CNN

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran has released what it says is a second letter from captured British sailor Faye Turney in which she criticizes British policy in Iraq.

The Iranian embassy in London released the letter, in which she called on Britain to start withdrawing its troops from Iraq, on Thursday.

"Isn't it time for us to start withdrawing our forces from Iraq and let them determine their own future?" said the letter, addressed to the British parliament and faxed to Reuters from the Iranian embassy.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/29/iran.uk.sailors/index.html

[gratuitous]

1. Who could possibly doubt the letter's authenticity?

After all, you don't support the troops if you don't believe Faye Turney wrote that of her own free will. And even if she was tortured into doing it, surely the U.S. government as currently constituted would lend the letter credence. I mean, now that they have the guy who masterminded 9/11 from A to Z, who cut of Daniel Pearl's head with his blessed right hand, who bombed the USS Cole and kidnapped the Lindbergh baby, the U.S. surely believes every word out of every captive's mouth.

We are so well and truly screwed by this horrible administration. And the folks who suffer the most for it will be people such as Faye Turney while the actual perpetrators skip off scot-free to their ersatz ranches in Texas or hideouts in Paraguay.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Reminds of Patty Heart making a taped message to tell the world

what a capitalist pig her grandfather was (when she was held hostage by the Symbanese Liberation Army).

Do the Iranians really think this message is going to be taken seriously??

[snappyturtle]

3. My first impression--YES! I do think the Iranians believe this

letter should be taken seriously. Why go to the trouble to get Faye to write it?

[pampango]

4. I agree with you, although they may realistically expect that it

will be taken seriously by the Iranian public. It may also be that the faction that conducted the operation it not well schooled in how this will be regarded in the West.

I wonder why they are only having the one woman write a letter and not some or all of the men.

[snappyturtle]

6. You're wondering is a reason why they do think it will be

taken seriously especially in the West because of our sympathetic attitude towards a woman captor....does this make sense?

[Purveyor]

5. I heard a report this afternoon while listening to AAR that the US Navy was in the "area"

at the time of the UK sailors capture. The report said it was a CNN report but I've been unable to find details at the CNN website.

I would like to hear more on this, indeed!

[0rganism]

7. IOW, "we are only making her write letters now, but she could do so much more...."

Under the circumstances, they're better-off making veiled threats than direct ones. It's unclear to me what the Iranians hoped to gain by taking the prisoners anyway, but it's pretty obvious they don't think this letter's contents will be taken seriously by the recipients.

[Mike Daniels]

8. Well, the one hostage in Iraq (Jill Carroll?) was seen on videotape saying a lot

and once she was free she basically confirmed that she was forced to say the stuff that we saw on the video.

At this time, until the woman is free and reaffirms she wrote what she did of her own free will I'll look on anything the hostages say while captive with skepticism.

[951-Riverside]

9. She also said something about a "gift from Iran"

Is the Iranian leadership brain dead... do they REALLY want a war?

Its not like anyone seriously believes the propaganda this poor woman is forced to write.