Britain to resume boarding in Gulf after captures

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Source: Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is to resume naval boarding operations in the northern Gulf that it suspended last month after 15 sailors and marines were held by Iran, Defence Secretary Des Browne told parliament on Tuesday.

Britain suspended its participation in anti-smuggling searches after Iranian gunboats captured the sailors near the sea border between Iran and Iraq shortly after they searched a cargo ship.

But Browne said in a written statement to parliament the mission would now resume with unspecified new measures taken "to ensure the risk to boarding operations is minimized."

Britain has been part of the mission searching ships in the area alongside the U.S. and Australian navies to prevent smuggling into and out of Iraq.



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1. Tony Blair is still trying to enable a Bush/Cheney war with Iran