8 British troops handed over to U.K. diplomats

[Judi Lynn]

8 British troops handed over to U.K. diplomats
Marines, sailors were detained after straying into Iranian waters


Hasan Sarbakhshian / AP
Eight British servicemen sitting inside a vehicle are watched by an Iranian security guard as they arrive at Mehrabad airport in Tehran, Iran on Thursday.

The Associated Press
Updated: 8:11 a.m. ET June 24, 2004TEHRAN, Iran - Eight British troops who were detained after straying into Iranian territorial waters have arrived in Tehran, state-run television reported Thursday, and Britain said the men were in the custody of British diplomats.

Hard-line protesters tried to approach the six Royal Marines and two sailors at the airport on their arrival but were kept away by police.

The eight were detained Monday after their boats apparently strayed on to the Iranian side of the Shatt al-Arab waterway, or Arvand River, that runs along the Iran-Iraq border while delivering a patrol boat to Iraq's new river police.

Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the eight traveled from the Persian Gulf area to Tehran with British consular officers.

"I'm told that they are in very good spirits and were well cared for," he said in a brief statement.
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Gale Sondergaard, career wrecked because of the commie wars/witch hunt in Hollywood.
Yet another Republican-collaterally-damaged life. You may remember her in Bob Hope's "Road to Rio."
Tentative epitaph: "She should have learned how to suck up."