It might be one thing for a nation to capture soldiers they believe have wandered into their sovereign territory, but if this news item is true then Iran has truely taken these British soldiers hostage
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LONDON (AP) - Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday that Britain would not negotiate over British sailors and marines held hostage by Iran. In an interview with ITV News, Blair again called for the unconditional return of the 15 Royal Navy personnel who were seized by Iranian authorities last week.
Britain's Sky News meanwhile said Iran had released another letter by captured sailor Faye Turney, this time calling for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq
"The important thing for us is to get them back safe and sound, but we can't enter into some basis of bargaining," Blair said. "What you have to do when you are engaged with people like the Iranian regime, you have to keep explaining to them, very patiently, what it is necessary to do and at the same time make them fully aware there are further measures that will be taken if they're not prepared to be reasonable.
"What you can't do is end up negotiating over hostages; end up saying there's some quid pro quo or tit for tat; that's not acceptable," he said.
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It sounds like the Iranians are either forcing this female soldier to write this or they are writing it for her. In other words this is a bargaining chip which is typical of taking hostages. Iran doesn't give a hoot about Iraq's sovereignty as a nation. They want Iraq to become another "Iran" as far as religious and Islamopolitics are concerned as part of their religious agenda
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