So are the missing Brit Soldiers...

[SPKrazy]

a ruse to lead us to war with Iran?

:shrug:

[opihimoimoi]

1. Were they in Iranian Waters??? or in International waters?? Look for the footprints...

[SPKrazy]

3. Supposedly in Iraqi Waters...

taken by Iranian soldiers?

:shrug:

[kirby]

2. That was my thought exactly...

Sometype of manufactured crisis to escalate things...

Bush: Hey Tony, I'm a bit occupied over here-things are unravelling. Can you send some of your brave soldiers into Iranian waters accidentally.
Blair: No problem.
Bush: Thanks, I've got to get back to dealing with these here Defeatocrats.

[MonkeyFunk]

4. No

Come on, we're not going to war over 15 Brits in a dinghy.

[Turbineguy]

6. It must be about time to

send in Maxwell Smart.

[WinkyDink]

8. Why not? We went to war in Iraq over nothing.

[yy4me]

5. Seeing that the President of Iran is due here Friday, does it

seem likely that Iran would provoke some kind of an incident now? Me thinks it stinks

[stillcool]

7. Maybe it's these guys?...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/19/content_3514065.htm
Iraqi police detain two British soldiers in Basra
The two soldiers were using a civilian car packed with explosives, the source said.
He added that the two were being interrogated in the police headquarters of Basra.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/international/middleeast/20iraq.html

September 20, 2005
British Army Storms Basra Jail to Free 2 Soldiers From Arrest
By SABRINA TAVERNISE

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 19 - Two British soldiers working under cover were arrested Monday in the southern city of Basra and then freed as a British armored vehicle blasted through the wall of their jail after an angry crowd began rioting outside, an Interior Ministry official said.

The official said that the soldiers were undercover officers dressed as Iraqis and that Iraqi police officers had arrested them after the men fired at a traffic police officer.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16678785%255E2703,00.html
SAS fears sparked jail raid
Correspondents in Baghdad
September 22, 2005

....demonstrators on to the streets to protest that the "British saboteurs" had been planning explosions in the city which would be blamed on followers of Moqtada al-Sadr, the Shia cleric. ....The Iraqis displayed photographs of the explosives, weaponry and several bags of equipment allegedly found in the boot of the men's unmarked car when they had been stopped at a checkpoint. ....There were also wigs, Arab headdresses and sophisticated communications equipment.

all articles found here:
http://newsmine.org/archive/war-on-terror/iraq/insurgency/undercover-brits-basra/news-clips-of-events-in-basra-undercover-brits.txt

[iamahaingttta]

9. Gulf of Tonkin...

...was my first thought when I saw that story.

[SPKrazy]

15. Mine too...

seemed a little too convenient

since the Brits are wanting to pull out of Iraq

:shrug:

[KiraBS]

10. I don't think the Brits are interested in war with Iran...

Blair isn't going to get in to another war when he will be leaving office in the summer.
He will never, ever get the support, the votes or anything but damned by the media here. There concern about weapons is there but the UK will erupt if the undergo a third war.
It maybe a ruse by the US to keep us in Iraq but the if these men are hurt in anyway, it will make the call to withdraw louder. This country is still furious that one of ours was killed by an American and the evidence withheld.
The best view is the interview with their Commandant on the BBC website, he does not want to see his men in body bags.
I am hoping this will be an even that will end up highlighting good diplomacy and will not be used as a n excuse for the Americans to get involved, like the biggest bullies in the playground.

[newyawker99]

14. Hi KiraBS!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[SPKrazy]

16. Think IRAN and B*sh

not Blair

:shrug:

[blues90]

11. I don't doubt it

The bush admin will use anything they can and spin it into a form to go to war with Iran .

[bdamomma]

12. here's the article from Raw Story

on how the US is watching, oh, oh.

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_watching_fate_of_British_sailors_03232007.html


US watching fate of British sailors detained by Iran
Published: Friday March 23, 2007

The White House said Friday that some 15 British sailors held by Iran had been involved in "routine" inspections in Iraqi waters and that Washington was closely watching the situation.

"They were engaged in routine boarding operations of merchant shipping in Iraqi territorial waters," said spokesman Tony Snow. "We're keeping watch on the situation."

[onethatcares]

13. routine operations allow the U.S. navy to stop and board

any ships they feel like on the open ocean? Right? Or is that only the Coast Guard that is allowed to board vessels in international waters surrounding the United States of America?

[SPKrazy]

17. No Shit That's Bad!

when we watch, we end up blowing something up

:shrug: