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Originally Posted by punky
Update: They are being prosecuted.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...d=540&ncid=716
God knows what punishment they'll get. Iran isn't renowned for its leniency. I saw a bit of the BBC report last night. They made out that not even Iran and Iraq knew where the border was. The best they could say was "between these two towns", 1km apart. They raised the good point that they could have been chasing criminals.
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One thing is certain, they're not going to end up in some smelly Iranian jail. The Iranians don't like us very much but they can ill-afford that kind of dent in their international standing. This is just further muscle-flexing. There will probably be a show trial, leading to some appalling sentence, and at that point, they will be handed over as a 'sign of good will'.
I say we storm in there and get them out ourselves, and show those tinpot 'Revolutionary Guards' how the job is done.
