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Iran has thrown down the gauntlet by hijacking 15 British sailors and marines in the Persian Gulf.(Brief article)
Operating under a U.N.
Iran has thrown down the gauntlet by hijacking 15 British sailors and marines in the Persian Gulf. Operating under a U.N. Security Council resolution, they were carrying out the inspection of a cargo ship suspected of smuggling oil, and, according to British authorities, were in Iraqi waters. The rightful description of what occurred is piracy. Iran may have hijacked the sailors in order to use them as a bargaining chip in the confrontation over its ...
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