Tag: ministry of defense

This has a real potential to become a fire storm: Fifteen British Marines on patrol in the Persian Gulf have been “seized” by the Iranian navy, the British Ministry of Defense said. The Marines were “engaged in routine boarding operations of merchant shipping in Iraqi territorial waters,” the ministry said in a statement on Friday. […]

Here’s a poll of a different twist. This one comes out of Iraq and is in regards to the war. Poll shows Iraqis back attacks on UK, US forces LONDON (Reuters) – Forty-five percent of Iraqis believe attacks on U.S. and British troops are justified, according to a secret poll said to have been commissioned […]