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British Vice Adm. Charles Style said that the global positioning system on the ship proved the vessel was "clearly" 3.1 kilometers (1.7 nautical miles) inside Iraqi waters and that the 14 men and 1 woman who were inspecting a merchant ship were "ambushed" by the Iranian forces.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/...ors/index.html
They even made the female prisoner where a head scarf and "write a letter" to her family. This shit is getting out of hand.
The last British prisoners Iran took in 2004 they conducted "mock executions" with them.
Another interesting note:
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Even if the ship had somehow strayed into Iranian waters, Beckett said, "under international law, warships have sovereign immunity in the territorial sea of other states."
"The very most Iran would've been entitled to do if they considered our boats were breeching the rules on innocent passage would've been to require the ship to leave their territorial waters immediately," the foreign secretary explained.
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