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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Freed 15 Deals Spur Outrage

Officials defend go-ahead to cash in

Apr 9, 07 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain’s military chiefs are under fire for allowing 15 British sailors and Royal Marines released by Iran to sell their stories. Faye Turney has already closed a deal for almost $200,000, and at least two others are considering offers. The families of British servicemen killed and wounded in... More »

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Resisting Captors Was "Not an Option"

Brit sailors say they were threatened, psychologically tortured

Apr 6, 07 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's freed sailors say they were blindfolded, psychologically tortured, and isolated from each other during their captivity in Iran. They were lined up while weapons were cocked, and told that if they did not say they were in Iranian waters when they were caught, they would face seven years in... More »

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Iran • terrorism • war • sailor • Britain • Marine • hostage

Britons Ask: Were Captives Too Cozy With Iranians? 

Co-operation called, "Bloody Shambles"

Apr 6, 07 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the euphoria over the homecoming of the 15 British captives subsides, some Britons are charging that the sailors and marines went overboard in co-operating with their captors. Lt. Gen. Sir Michael Gray tells London’s Daily Mail: "In my days you would have got name, rank and serial... More »

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Iran • Tony Blair • terrorism • propaganda • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • war • sailor • Britain • Marine • hostage

Was There
a Deal with Iran?

Iranian prisoner in
Iraq was freed before
British sailors were

Apr 5, 07 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Officials deny that concessions were made to Iran for the release of the captured British sailors, but the Times speculates that there may have been a secret deal. An Iranian diplomat held in Iraq for eight weeks was freed the day before the British prisoners were. Also, American officials said... More »

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British Sailors Come Home

Apr 5, 07 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fifteen British sailors captured by Iran are back in the UK. As soon as the British Airways jet touched down as Heathrow, Blair traded his measured diplomatic tone  for harsher words, warning the "elements of the Iranian regime" were still arming insurgents inside Iraq." More »

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Iraq • Iran • Tony Blair • terrorism • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • war • Britain • hostage

IRAN TO RELEASE SAILORS

Apr 4, 07 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 15 captured British sailors are to be released immediately, says Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The surprise announcement came toward the end of an hour-long press conference, in which Ahmadinejad berated the British government for using the situation to create "media hype." He maintains that the Brits invaded... More »

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Iran • War on Terror • politics • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • US troops • Britain • hostage

Brit Standoff Shows Deeply Divided Iran

Radicals and moderates fight it out, tacitly, over captured sailors

Apr 4, 07 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - An internal squabble between Iran's radical president and more moderate officials  is in evidence in the crisis over the captive British marines and sailors. President Ahmadinejad and his Revolutionary Guards are pushing for a trial. Cooler heads, including Ali Larijani, the diplomat who offered bilateral negotiations yesterday, are pushing back,... More »

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Iran • War on Terror • politics • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ali Larijani • Britain • hostage

Iranians, Brits Move Toward Talks

Top diplomat lays out roadmap for brokering sailors' release

Apr 3, 07 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran is ready to negotiate freeing its 15 British captives, according to the country's top diplomat. In a cryptic TV interview, Ali Larijani suggested the marines and sailors could be released if the Brits apologized and stopped putting international pressure on Tehran. "We are not interested in the issue... More »

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Iran • War on Terror • Ali Larijani • John Bolton • British Foreign Office • Britain • hostage

U.N.'s Worthless If It Can't Get Tough on Iran

U.N. Lawyers outraged at anemic repsonse to hostage-taking

Mar 30, 07 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran's taking hostages, and the the United Nations is merely "gravely concerned"? Two U.N. lawyers, writing in the LA Times, are disgusted. "The international community's failure to show immediate outrage at Iran's action is deafening," say David Rivkin and Lee Casey. "Ancient legal principles... More »

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Iran • United Nations • war • hostage • UN Security Council

They're Lucky They're Not in Guantánamo

Novelist notes British captives have it easy, as detainees go

Mar 30, 07 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran's British captives may be embarrassed and anxious, but they  appear to be better off than many detainees in American and British hands, observes novelist Ronan Bennett. "They have not been hung from a forklift truck and photographed for the amusement of their captors. They have not had electrodes... More »

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Iran • torture • captives • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • hostage

Brits Prove Captured Sailors Were in Iraqi Waters

Iran can't stick to a story

Mar 28, 07 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 15 British sailors captured by Iran last week were inside Iraqi waters, British evidence released today shows. The craft's GPS system put it 1.7 nautical miles outside Iranian territory, which a British military helicopter confirms. The Iranian government revised its own version of the location Monday, when its... More »

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Iran • Tony Blair • terrorism • Angela Merkel • European Union • war • Britain • hostage

Italians Ransom Journalist for 5 Taliban Prisoners

Widely criticized deal is first swap
for a hostage in Iraq or Afghanistan

Mar 22, 07 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Italian government bought the freedom of a kidnapped Italian journalist by arranging the release of five Taliban militants from an Afghan prison. The New York Times says it’s the first time prisoners have been openly exchanged in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan., and the move was widely... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Taliban • prison • jihad • Italy • kidnapping • war • journalist • hostage

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