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Thursday, April 05, 2007
They Made it...Royal Sailors & Marines Return Home
April 5, 2007
Iran hostages are back in Britain
The Royal Navy personnel detained at gunpoint by Iran arrived by
helicopter at a Marine base in Devon this afternoon to be reunited with
their families after flying back to Britain on a British Airways flight
from Tehran.
As the first flight touched down in London, the Prime Minister contrasted his joy at the return of the 15 sailors and Marines with the "sober and ugly" reality of terrorism in Iraq -- which he said Iran was "backing, financing arming and supporting".
Article continues at the Times of London website: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1618003.ece
Edited on: Thursday, April 05, 2007 14:15.15
Categories: Counter-Terrorism, Military