国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

   

Britain: Vessels were in Iraqi waters

(AP)
Updated: 2007-03-28 19:25

In this recent but undated image released by the British Royal Marines, marines from 539 Assault Squadron Royal Marines conduct operations on waterways in the Basra region of southern Iraq as part of Operation Troy. Iranian naval vessels on Friday seized 15 British sailors who had boarded a merchant ship in Iraqi waters of the Persian Gulf. British officials do not know where Iran is holding 15 sailors and marines captured in the Persian Gulf, and requests for access to them have been denied, the Foreign Office said Sunday as Tehran again protested what it called their illegal entry into Iranian waters. (AP
In this recent but undated image released by the British Royal Marines, marines from 539 Assault Squadron Royal Marines conduct operations on waterways in the Basra region of southern Iraq as part of Operation Troy. [AP]
LONDON - Britain's military said Wednesday that British boarding vessels were 1.7 nautical miles inside Iraqi territorial waters when a Royal Navy crew was captured by
Iran.

Related readings:
 Blair warns Iran standoff could escalate
 Iran: Sailors being treated humanely
 Blair hopes diplomacy gets sailors back
 Iran: Brit sailors may face charges
 Blair calls capture of sailors 'serious'
 Iran: British sailors admitted aggression
 Iran seizes 15 British sailors
Meanwhile British Prime Minister Tony Blair said it is time to increase pressure on Iran following capture of navy crew.

Vice Admiral Charles Style told reporters that the Iranians had provided a position on Sunday - a location that he said was in Iraqi waters.

By Tuesday, Iranian officials had given a revised position 2 miles east, placing the British inside Iranian waters - a claim he said was not verified by GPS coordinates.

"It is hard to understand a legit reason for this change of coordinates," Style said.

Britain and the United States have said the sailors and marines were intercepted Friday after they completed a search of a civilian vessel in the Iraqi part of the Shatt al-Arab waterway, where the border between Iran and Iraq has been disputed for centuries.

Iran has said that the 15 British sailors and marines were being treated well, but refused to say where they were being held, or rule out the possibility that they could be brought to trial for allegedly entering Iranian waters.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said the case was following normal procedures, holding out the possibility that the Britons could be brought to trial.

He said the Britons were being treated well and that the only woman among the sailors, 26-year-old Faye Turney, had been given privacy.

"They are in completely good health. Rest assured that they have been treated with humanitarian and moral behavior," Hosseini told The Associated Press.

In talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett demanded that British diplomats be allowed to meet with the crew to make their own assessment.



Related Stories  
Top World News  
Today's Top News  
Most Commented/Read Stories in 48 Hours
上饶市| 保亭| 英德市| 临桂县| 如东县| 泽州县| 班玛县| 潜江市| 苍南县| 襄汾县| 筠连县| 阿鲁科尔沁旗| 韶关市| 乌拉特前旗| 大丰市| 综艺| 双峰县| 桓台县| 二手房| 安陆市| 阿荣旗| 安溪县| 中卫市| 福州市| 始兴县| 图木舒克市| 荥阳市| 长顺县| 定州市| 利川市| 威信县| 星座| 塔河县| 铜梁县| 裕民县| 灯塔市| 嘉禾县| 大同县| 太谷县| 永泰县| 正阳县|