British government lied about 2007 Persian Gulf naval incident

I remember writing about this incident last year:

http://alwaysshariff.blogspot.com/2008/01/us-iranian-naval-incident_13.html

Now it is becoming clear that the Blair Gov lied about the incident all along.

"Secret Ministry of Defence documents released to the Times newspaper reveal that the British government lied about the circumstances surrounding the capture of 15 sailors and marines from HMS Cornwall in the Persian Gulf by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRG) in March 2007.

The navy personnel were part of Britain’s contingent in a US-led naval force mustered by the Bush administration aimed against Tehran, demanding that Iran end its nuclear programme and alleged sponsorship of the insurgency in Iraq. The US, with two aircraft carrier battle groups, had built up its largest naval presence in the region since it launched the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Britain had doubled the size of its naval presence over the preceding six months."

This is the WSWS article. All the main media are ignoring it as news. No surprises there.


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