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On 04/05/07: ‘No deal done with Iran’ – Blair
Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted no deal was done to free 15 Royal Navy crew members, as they arrived in the UK after being held in Iran for 13 days.
They were released “without any deal, without any negotiation, without any side agreement of any nature”, he said.
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The diplomats insisted the only written communication was an exchange of diplomatic notes several days earlier.
It is thought the British note included an offer to hold discussions to clarify the border line to avoid problems in future, says the BBC’s Frances Harrison in Iran.
On 04/04/07: Iran ‘access’ to Iraq detainees
Iranian officials have dismissed any link between the British crew and Iranian detainees in Iraq, while Britain and the US have said any exchange deal would be out of the question.
On 04/03/07: Seized Iran diplomat free in Iraq
US officials denied any involvement in the kidnapping and said they did not know about the diplomat’s release.
Francis Urquhart: “You might well think that. I couldn’t possibly comment.”
Oh, well, at least they appear to be considering actually drawing the border that everyone keeps pretending exists.
4 comments
I don’t think that it’s over yet. Although I’m sure that the reason that Dumbya’s so extra-pissy this week is that the Iranians scooped him on yet another fake reason to invade their country. Their pre-emptive co-operation has totally fucked up his Tao of War.
The keep forgetting that the President of Iran doesn’t control anything. This was orchestrated by the Grand Ayatollah. The man has the equivalents of a Doctor of Divinity and a Doctor of Laws. He was trained in religious politics and had to fight his way to the top of the heap. We don’t have anyone in power who can balance him out.
Blair is seriously weakened by going along with the Shrubbery. If those people were released quickly, Blair would probably be forced to resign by his own party to cut their losses.
Blair can’t afford another war.
Blair should be thankful that none of his severely-pissed-off countrymen haven’t capped his little-succubus-with-an-accent ass and take his pension check and get the fuck off of Downing Street. He has no credibility in his own fucking country — just like Dumbya.
I think the Labour Party would dump before his May planned retirement if they could. The party is going to have a problem in the next election because of Blair and his ties to Bush.