British Soldiers Treated Harshly
"We were bound, hands behind our backs, blindfolds on, and then shoved up against a wall. I could see people's feet under my blindfold...One of the lads heard weapons being cocked. He freaked out and dropped to the floor. He was screaming: 'Lads, they are going to execute us.' Somehow I undid my hands from behind my back, pulled my blindfold off. There were guys with weapons there, but it didn't look like a firing squad. They were just playing with their weapons...That was the worst moment. There was a lot of trickery and mind games being played."
In the aftermath of the Iranian's release of 15 British marines and sailors they had in custody, some have said this is a sign of peace from Iran and its leaders. Ahmadinejhad has even come forward and said that it is now time for the leaders of the UK to show positive action in return.
Here is what the Iranians didn't want the rest of the world to find out: Those captured by Iran were blindfolded, bound, held in solitary confinement and subjected to "constant psychological pressure." Some members of the group even described being lined up as Iranian soldiers cocked their weapons. They were also told that if they confessed, they would be set free and go home...if they did not, they would serve 7+ years in an Iranian prison. I believe they wanted a confession to a false crime in order to further undermine the efforts of the Western Coalition in the Middle East.
This really brings to light what the Iranians were dong with these innocent soldiers patrolling Iraqi waters on a UN mandate. It is no wonder that the one woman involved appeared before Iranian cameras proclaiming they were being treated well...She was probably scared out of her mind.
Iranian leaders did make the right move by setting them free, yet they did not make the right moves while the UK soldiers were in their custody. The sad part about this situation is that Iran will be able to create some good will in the world by focusing on the fact that they set these "criminals" free.
One thing is for sure, Iran has boughten more time.
-Lieutenant Felix Carman
In the aftermath of the Iranian's release of 15 British marines and sailors they had in custody, some have said this is a sign of peace from Iran and its leaders. Ahmadinejhad has even come forward and said that it is now time for the leaders of the UK to show positive action in return.
Here is what the Iranians didn't want the rest of the world to find out: Those captured by Iran were blindfolded, bound, held in solitary confinement and subjected to "constant psychological pressure." Some members of the group even described being lined up as Iranian soldiers cocked their weapons. They were also told that if they confessed, they would be set free and go home...if they did not, they would serve 7+ years in an Iranian prison. I believe they wanted a confession to a false crime in order to further undermine the efforts of the Western Coalition in the Middle East.
This really brings to light what the Iranians were dong with these innocent soldiers patrolling Iraqi waters on a UN mandate. It is no wonder that the one woman involved appeared before Iranian cameras proclaiming they were being treated well...She was probably scared out of her mind.
Iranian leaders did make the right move by setting them free, yet they did not make the right moves while the UK soldiers were in their custody. The sad part about this situation is that Iran will be able to create some good will in the world by focusing on the fact that they set these "criminals" free.
One thing is for sure, Iran has boughten more time.
posted by Carl Soderberg at
10:15 AM
1 Comments:
All I can say is that Iran is lucky that they let those UK soldiers go unharmed. They should stay have to pay tho for unlawfully incapacitating them. Regime change in Iran!
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