Video of female sailor

Cross posted from Right Truth

Iranian Arabic-language al-Alam television has released video of the 15 UK sailors and marines. Of specific interest is the video of the one female sailor, Faye Turney. She is wearing two different head-scarves in two video clips. She is smoking in one clip, but looks very uncomfortable doing so. When she speaks, she is very careful of what she says, as if scripted. In the video and in a letter to her family, she appears to admit the sailors were in fact in Iranian waters when captured. In another video the sailors are eating a meal, again in what appears a staged video.

Turney is to be released by Iran and allowed to return to the UK tomorrow. At least one commenter suggested she should refuse to be released, and insist on staying with her fellow sailors and marines as a gesture of solidarity with them. Release us all, or release none of us. I don't see her doing this.

Former US Ambassador to Morocco Mark Ginsberg says the letter appears to be 'contrived'. No duh! We have no idea what has transpired behind the cameras in order to intimidate these sailors to say and act as they are in the video. Shame on the Iranians for doing this and double shame on them for using the one female sailor. Iran will gain NO sympathy from intelligent freedom loving people around the world.

The British government said these tapes are 'completely unacceptable'. All bilaterial business deals with Iran have been halted by the UK. See "Britain Freezes Business with Iran Until British Sailors Released" Turkish Weekly. All diplomatic links have been cut with Iran except for talks over the release of the sailors.

Alireza Jafarzadeh, FNC Foreign Affairs Analyst says that Iran's release of the one female sailor shows that this situation is going to continue and Iran is preparing for the long haul. He suggests that Tony Blair should take some steps in London, arresting Iranian officials, etc. There is no indication anything like this will happen so far.

More interesting UK news:

Tablighi Jamaat is the evangelical radical Muslim group that plans on building a giant mosque on a site adjacent to the Olympic Stadium in London. Today the South Asia Analysis Group raises serious questions about the possible involvement of the group and radical Islam in the murder of world renowned cricket coach Bob Woolmer. Read it hear. One Jerusalem.org

Did Pakistani cricket coach Bob Woolmer's criticism of the growing influence of the Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) of Pakistan, a jihadi organisation, on many players of the Pakistani cricket team contribute to his brutal murder after Pakistan lost to Ireland in the current World Cup Cricket Tournament in the West Indies?

2. Coinciding with the inauguration of the tournament, Amir Mir, the well-known Pakistani columnist, had written a disturbing article on the growing influence of the TJ on many members of the Pakistani cricket team and its negative impact on the performance of the team in recent years. His article did not receive the attention it deserved. (more)

Iran has made mistake after mistake in continuing with their nuclear program, but resorting to hostage taking as they have in the past, may be the straw that broke the camel's back. Many, including Iran, are suggesting that the nuclear program and the hostages have no connection, that they are two completely different topics. That may be so. I highly doubt that Tony Blair will sit by while Iran holds his people hostage indefinitely.