Iran Watch: Iranian TV Shows New Video of Captured British Sailors

AP: Iranian TV airs new video of Britons

Iran’s state television aired new video Sunday showing two of the 15 captured British sailors pointing to a spot on a map of the Persian Gulf where they were seized and acknowledging it was in Iranian territorial waters.

Britain’s Foreign Office immediately denounced the video, saying it was “completely unacceptable for these pictures to be shown on TV.”

The captives first appeared on appeared on the state-run Arabic-language TV channel Al-Alam in separate video clips looking relaxed in military fatigues and pointing at the same map of the Persian Gulf. They were talking to a camera but the channel did not air their voices. Two state-run Farsi-language TV stations later carried their voices along with the video.

The first sailor, who was identified as Royal Marine Capt. Chris Air, pointed with a pen to a location on the map where he said two boats left a coalition warship around 8:30 a.m. on March 23. He said the seven marines and eight navy sailors were seized around 10 a.m. and according to Iran’s maps and GPS, it was “apparently … inside Iranian territorial waters.”

“We’ve been treated very well and we thank you for that,” he said.

More humiliation for Britain and doesn’t Iran just love to rub their nose in it? But, Americans have a like experience with our 444 day captives from the American embassy fiasco of President Jimmy Carter.

Isn’t it obvious that the Brits were in Iraqi Waters and that this capture was a set-up by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards? After all, if the Brits were in Iran’s waters a couple of things:

1. Why would the British government NOT admit straight away their mistake, swallow thier pride and apologize?

2. Why wouldn’t the sailors put up some sort of struggle to get the “hell out of there?”

3. Why did the Iranians NOT shoot across the bow of the Brit ship? As a warning?

Obviously, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards wanted to capture, hold hostage and humiliate the West by holding military personnel and parading them before the Arab Street.

Now, let’s look at the British response. Here is a clip of Prime Minister Tony Blair on the 30th:

Doesn’t the PM look like he is about to shit his pants?

What kind of signal does this send to the Mullahs? the European Union? the Arab Street?

How do you spell WEAK and SCARED?

As the negotiations draw out, news commentators will start counting the days the hostages have been held – just like ABC’s Ted Kopell and Nightline in 1979.

And what about Iran’s nuclear program?

Do you think Britain will ever be credible on stopping Iran’s nuclear weapon’s program?  Hell, they cannot even protect and stand up for fifteen of their own sailors.

Like Flap has said over and over – the United States and Israel are on their own.

Stay tuned………Next will be the burning and attempted take over of the British Embassy in Tehran.

A video grab taken from the Iranian Arabic-speaking television station Al-Alam shows a British sailor speaking in front of a chart of the Gulf waters. Britain and Iran were engaged in direct talks over 15 detained British naval personnel, both sides said Sunday, but high emotions threatened to derail diplomatic efforts as Tehran showed new television footage of the captives

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