When our soldiers are kidnapped by similar scum as those that took the British sailors & we go to war in order to try & rescue them,we are branded as " agressors" by all including GREAT Britain! Interesting to see how they deal with their problem!!

A number of the British Sailors captured by the Iranians are members of Britain's elite - The Royal Marines. This is a unit that since its inception has been a source of pride to the UK and have excelled in combat and have taken on many "missions impossible" and succeeded, very often with heavy casualties. Now, a little tin pot maniacal country captures Royal Marines without the Marines fighting their way out! What a bloody disgrace! If Blair and the Beckett Woman had been in government in 1939, all of Europe and the UK would be singing Deutchland Uber Alles today!

David, you're an idiot. There are times when you go down fighting and times, such as this hostage incident, where diplomacy will eventually carry the day and end with no loss of life. Not only would the UK have lost all 15 sailors and Marines if they had fought, but the international ramifications would have been worse. The Iranians will have to learn that they cannot act like this and be a player on the international scene. They can't support terrorism, deploy agents into Iraq, and then seize Western sailors as revenge for the capture of their terror agents by Western forces. Respect goes both ways and the Iranians have a long way to go before they earn any respect from the West.

Royal Marines, and British Sailors captured, and Iran believes that is within it's Authority? I am amazed.. AS a U.S. Marine if one of my Brothers or Sisters were to be captured, i would personaly like to see war declared.. but then again that is what i am..

They didnt want to stop Hitler in the 1930s.They were then joined by the so called Upperclass who enjoyed Nazi freebies trips to Germany. Those Sisters, Oswald Mosely Blackshirts Brownshirts Duke of Windsor .The whole gang.. All the Jewhaters of today have a rich heritage.. The same gang today are in business again .-Arab freebies,Israel hating , Anti war with Terros The consolation is that today they always say "Some of my best friends are Jews"-Its just Zionism they dont like ... Tickle me to make me laugh . Lets see how they handle that Gaza Goebbles , Mr Johnson's kidnapping and the Hezby style kidnap of the UK Marines!!!

YNET refers to the arrest of the UK sailors as a "kidnap." Is the US detainment of Iranian diplomats and soldiers in Iraq also a kidnapping? Is YNET's journalistic approach fair and even-handed or simply anti-Islamic propaganda?

This is what started the Lebonon war. This is what they did to Israeli soldiers and now they are doing it to British soldiers. See the writing on the wall people!!

Americans are very prepared to exact a heavy toll on Iran, it's been along time coming. Smart Americans know that it is Iran behind much of the the terrorism we've experienced over the past 25 years and we are ready for some payback.

THEREFORE THEIR STATUS AS DIPLOMATS IS NULL AND VOID. DIPLOMATS USE DIALOGUE AND DIPLOMACY, NOT ROADSIDE BOMBS AND SUICIDE SQUADS.

Coalition task forces off his coast and he's pulling these stunts. Who does he think he's playing with?

The seizure of British marines and sailors occurred outside the context of an Iran-UK confrontation of any kind. In contrast, British troops in Iraq are in a defined state of combat against Iraqi insurgents. Thus, in this case, when Iranians PLANNED IN ADVANCE to seize British personnel, who were in Iraqi waters and were in no way threatening Iran, it means Iran had no jurisdiction or legal imperative to do so. Thus, kidnapping is not an inaccurate term for British sailors and captured is not an inaccurate term for insurgents in Iraq

With handful of Hizbullahs.....the performance of IDF should still be in your memory,David.Don't underestimate the Iranians else you would probably sending wrong messages to the IDF.

The problem is all the political correct. You can not fight an enemy you can not see the Arabs have learned this thus the hiding behind woman and children. We have armies within countries who say they are not our army terrorising the world, Under cover of terrorist names. Allowing the countries to fund them indirectly with no conseqence. This is the problem and untill we all face it we are lost. The next War should spare no one. War is war.

now perhaps the british goverment will understand what we feel for ours soldiers wich are kidnaped for nine month already

this also prove that IRAN can defend themselves.....

what you want.. Taken for granted in many middle eastern countries.

is looking for the previous PM of Iran. Something about state sponsored terrorism. When will he turn himself in to the Argentina authorities.

That 6 days earlier they planned to take hostage some soldiers? What this proves is that Entire countries are to be targets and not just So called terror cells and more. Time to take the gloves off. We will not allow Terrorists to hide in countries and the countries claiming they have no Ownership. In War your all a target its time to take the gloves off and hit cities not buildings.

Iran has tried this method before. If the West plays its cards right, this kidnapping could backfire on the Persians. Let's look back at the hostage crisis during Jimmy Carter's presidency. On February 14, 1979, about a month after the shah had fled Iran, the US embassy was attacked and briefly occupied, during which several of its personnel were killed or wounded. On November 4, 1979 the embassy was attacked by a mob of perhaps 3,000, some of whom were armed and who, after a short siege, took 63 American men and women hostage. (An additional three members of the U.S. diplomatic staff were actually seized at the Iranian Foreign Ministry.) Negotiations produced no results. Neither did an embargo and other sanctions. On April 24, 1980, a small U.S. task force landed in the desert southeast of Tehran. The operation was bungled. Eight U.S. service members were killed, and their bodies, left behind, were later paraded before Iranian television cameras. The Carter administration, humiliated by the failed mission and loss of life, expended great energy to have the bodies returned to the United States. In mid-August, 1980 Iran installed a new government, and the Carter administration immediately sought to extend diplomatic overtures. No results. On September 22 Iraq invaded Iran. Although the subsequent Iran-Iraq War (1980–90) distracted Iranian officials from hostage negotiations in the short term, the embargo continued to wear away at the Iranian economy and the country's ability to stave off Iraqi forces. When Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Raja'i visited the UN in October, numerous world leaders made it clear to him that Iran could not expect support in the Iraq conflict as long as it held the U.S. hostages. The hostages were released on January 20, 1981, minutes after the inauguration of the new U.S. president, Ronald W. Reagan. (Encyclopedia Britannica on line)

USA is not your father's !

To quote one of my favorite lines from Forrest Gump to the leaders of Iran "are you retarded or just plain stupid". President Bush, in his last major speech, already warned the Iranians that any escalation in Iraq by them would result in military action beginning with airstrikes on their nuclear facilities. Think what you like about President Bush, he doesn't make threats, he makes promises. The Iranians are either plain stupid or else they want a war. Then a war they shall have.

The idiot, Ahmadinejad, thinks he is destined to bring about the coming of the Mahdi, a figure they believe will bring about their Day of the Standing, an apocolyptic battle between the forces of Islam and non-Muslims. In other words, he's out of his freaking mind. We should have taken military action against these nutjobs as soon as they elected the fool, and now we are paying the price for not doing so. Hopefully the UK forces will be handed back unharmed, but this smacks a bit of Saddam's use of human shields in Gulf War I. This has more to do with the defection of a high ranking Iranian general who is actively spilling the beans concerning Iran's nuke program.

The captured troops were working fro the the interest of the Iraqi government and accordingly the have the right to claim them back and the brithish goverment best interest to deal with this matter indirectly through Iraqi governmet.

We're just beginning to see the end results of the election of liberal, peacemonger Democrats and their UK counterparts. Welcome back to the days of Jimmy (Brain the size of a peanut) Carter.

Now is the time that the countrys of the EU and America need to sever all ties with Iran. Kick their diplomats out and starve them out. They will crumble without trading partners or worse will make the mistake of attacking Israel who will wipe them off of the map.