>>>>>And yes, he did pardoned them, because if they were catched in Iran territorial waters as it is claimed by Iran, then proceedings leading to release could hv been lot lot longer.
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>>>>"Claimed by Iran" being the key word. Do you really believe that they were in Iran territorial waters?
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>>>Mike, doesn't this question come down to who you want to believe? I certainly don't know because I simply do not have access to that information. Does anyone outside of the top military brass really have this information? For the man in the street this becomes a choice of what/who to believe. Maybe they were, maybe they weren't. One thing for sure though - the British navy weren't too smart putting their (unprotected) people that close to wherever the exact line is. Unless they wanted the reaction they got...
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>>They actually gave out the GPS reading. I'm sure if you google you can find it.
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>Who is "they" and how do you know "they" are telling the truth? The other "they" will have another story.


http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2987650
Note the line
"By Tuesday, Iranian officials had given a revised position 2 miles east, placing the British inside Iranian waters a claim he said was not verified by GPS coordinates."