>I'm confused with the ease at which the sailors are admitting that >they were in Iranian waters. I could see one, or two giving in, but >surely not all of them. I'm assuming the Iranians wouldn't be >torturing them, but then again I could be wrong.
You would be assuming wrong, for instance: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/06/07/iran8774.htm They've been cited a lot by Amnesty International for using torture on dissidents etc. You can do a lot with a pair of pliers, and the Iranians, especially the Revolutionary Guards are considered experts. Besides the training now given by the military leans towards trying to avoid torture instead of playing the hero. > >Still, it's not a far stretch to think the Brits were in Iranian >waters do some kind of surveillance. > Everything I've found on the issue suggests it was as the British Navy says it was, a simple anti smuggling search. larry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231845 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
