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Old 12th Jan 2016, 20:26
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Not just the RN then....
Iran holds US boats and sailors - BBC News
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Bet there is no tears about missing music players though......

Will be treated well and released quickly with smiles all round due to navigation errors.
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Worse actually, the RN didn't run aground. The USN seem to have run two aground.
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That and this sad farce

Ex-British Troops Get Jail Terms In India

He said that the Iranians informed the US that the sailors were safe and "will promptly be allowed to continue their journey".
Obviously just holding them while they run up some badly fitting suits for them.
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How would HM Constabulary treat a ship like this ?
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In precisely the same way I would imagine, maybe not so long on remand.
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Will be treated well and released quickly with smiles all round due to navigation errors.

Well that was an easy one to predict.
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In precisely the same way I would imagine, maybe not so long on remand.
But with long jail terms though.
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I think Gary Powers had "navigational errors" in his "weather research" U-2 as well....
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