They were also lined up against a wall blindfolded while weapons were cocked making them "fear the worst".Sick.
UPDATE: More here.
Marine Tindell, from Shooters Hill, south east London told BBC News 24: "On day two the mood completely changed, they changed from the military dress to all black, their faces covered."We thought we were going to the British embassy but we got taken to a detention centre, all 15 of us.
"We had a blindfold and plastic cuffs, hands behind our backs, heads against the wall. Basically there were weapons cocking. Someone, I'm not sure who, someone said, I quote 'lads, lads I think we're going to get executed'.
"After that comment someone was sick and as far as I was concerned he had just had his throat cut.
"From there we were rushed to a room, quick photo and then stuffed into a cell and didn't see or speak to anyone for six days."
UPDATE: Comment and response: Not quite Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo, though, is it?
THAT is sick.
Not quite? Much worse.AG and G were captured on a battlefield and most were known terrorists. They were hazed at AG by a few rogue officers in the style of a Larry Flynt porn flick. (Note: a big and welcome Dem supporter.) At no time did they think they were going to be killed there. In fact, some of those guys bit and beat an American questioner to death early on in the Afghan war.
There are no instances of abuse at Guantanamo. In fact, the only abuse has been of our guards, who have been attacked repeatedly.
The Iranian action was taken in contravention of the Geneva Convention and international law, and was sanctioned at the highest levels in Iran by President Ahmadinejad's hand-picked personal army.
http:// www.realclearpolitics.com...the_circus.html
"And what urged the change of direction as well was that the Iranians were made to understand that any action taken against the British sailors, especially since the latter were operating under UN mandate, would be considered a breach of international law. Any mistreatment, blatant abuse of rights, or even kangaroo court procedures would be considered as cause for action against the regime. Iran's PR advisors know that such a development would be very dangerous for business."
So spare me your knee-jerk anti-American intellectual dishonesty and laziness, not to mention moral bankruptcy.
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