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Date: March 27, 2007 9:13:05 PM PDT
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Subject: US Forces "Simulate" Air Strike on Iran / (Rumor) Iran's
Missiles Hit US Ship
Oil prices surge as tensions in Iran escalate
March 27, 2007 | 8:40 AM ET
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2007/03/27/british-sailors-070327.html
Crude oil prices rose to a six-month high on Tuesday, triggered by
false reports of an Iranian missile attack on a U.S. ship as well
as increasing tensions over Iran's capture of 15 British sailors
and marines.
The U.S. military was quick to deny rumours of the attack on one of
its ships in the Persian Gulf. Military officials said they checked
all their ships and no evidence of any attack was found.
Still, oil prices rose by eight per cent.
Meanwhile, Britain and Iran were battling over the British navy
crew seized by Iran on Friday.
Britain and the United States say the sailors and marines were
intercepted after they completed a search of a civilian vessel in
Iraqi waters near Iran. Iran claims the British crew was in Iranian
waters.
Demand crew's release
British Prime Minister Tony Blair demanded the crew's release on
Tuesday.
"I hope we manage to get them to realize they have to release
them," he said. "If not, this will move into a different phase.
"But at the moment, what we are trying to do is make sure that
diplomatic initiative works."
He did not specify what he meant by "a different phase," but
officials in his government were quick to clarify he wasn't talking
about military action, rather that he is ready to release evidence
proving that the crew was seized by the Iranians in Iraqi waters.
Such evidence would show the Iranian ships strayed into Iraqi
waters, which could spark a row between the two Middle Eastern
countries, a British official said, speaking on condition of
anonymity.
British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett echoed Blair's demands
Tuesday, telephoning Iran's foreign minister to demand the crew's
swift release.
Iran would not address Britain's demands publicly. Instead,
Mohammed Ali Hosseini, spokesman for Iran's foreign minister, would
only say that the captured sailors and marines are being treated well.
He said the only woman in the crew — 28-year-old Faye Turney — is
being held separately to ensure her privacy.
U.S. forces flex muscles in Gulf
Iran has said it's questioning the British sailors and marines to
determine if their alleged entry into Iranian waters was
intentional or unintentional. Once Iran gets answers, it will
decide what to do with the crew.
Meanwhile, the U.S. navy instructed its warplanes to run through
simulated attacks and manoeuvres off the coast of Iran on Tuesday.
It was the United States's largest demonstration of force in the
Persian Gulf since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
U.S. commanders said the exercises were not a direct response to
the capture of the British navy crew. They said the demonstration
was planned weeks ago. <<Untrue>>
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