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Iran: Two British sailors "confess" trespassing into territorial waters
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Two additional British personnel among a group 15 detained sailors
and marines have admitted trespassing into Iranian territorial
waters.
A video aired by the Arabic Alalam TV showed the pair with
accompanying audio standing in front of an Iranian chart of the
northern Persian Gulf waters where the whole crew were detained on
March 23. In the video, Captain Chris Air pointed to the charts,
saying that at "approximately about 10 o'clock in the morning, we
were seized, apparently at thi...
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