Of course the NuLab MoD wants to turn this into a reality TV meeja circus, they are masters of spin. While the Great British Press wallows in personal tragedies, photo opps and post-feminist discussions of who's minding the baby; no-one will be asking the real questions such as why has the RN been reduced to such a state that we have people trying to operate unsupported in dangerous waters with a few rubber boats, pistols and Palitoy SA80s between them? Especially after the IRG had boasted beforehand that they wanted some western captives in retaliation for their men captured by the US in Iraq.
There's a reason the IRG thought the UK Forces were the soft touch of the coalition.