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March 28, 2007

(Video) Full Video of Hostage Faye Turney on Iranian TV

Full video of Iranian state television's broadcast of British hostage Faye Turney and her "confession".

Where are the human rights organizations for this intentional breaking of the Geneva Conventions which explicitly forbid this kind of public display of P.O.W.'s?

Here is the text of the letter, allegedly written by Faye Turney:

Dear Mum & Dad,
I am writing to you from Iran where I am being held.
I will try to explain to you the best what has happened.
We were out in the boats when we were arrested by Iranian forces, as we had apparently gone into Iranian waters.
I wish we hadn't because then I'd be home with you all right now.
I am so sorry we did because I know we wouldn't be here now if we hadn't.
I want you all to know that I am well and safe.
I am being well looked after. I am fed three meals a day and have a constant supply of fluids.
The people are friendly and hospitable, very compassionate and warm.
I have written a letter to the Iranian people to apologise for us entering into their waters.
Please don't worry about me, I am staying strong.
Hopefully it won't be long until I am home to get ready for Molly's birthday party with a present from the Iranian people.
Look after everyone for me, especially Adam and Molly.
I love you all more than you will ever know.
All my love,
Faye

Update: It looks like the vid was uploaded by Shawn Wassan to Liveleak, who adds, "Clearly These Statements Were Made Under Duress".

UPDATE: Brits governement reacts to video:

Britain called the broadcast "completely unacceptable" and said it was concerned that the statements from sailor Faye Turney were coerced. The British government earlier released what it called proof the boat crews were seized in Iraqi waters, and said it was freezing all contacts with Iran except negotiations to release them....
Before the video was broadcast, a Blair spokesman said any showing of British personnel on TV would be a breach of the Geneva Conventions.
"It's completely unacceptable for these pictures to be shown on television," the Foreign Office said after the broadcast. "There is no doubt our personnel were seized in Iraqi territorial waters."...
The Foreign Office said it had "grave concerns" about Turney's state of mind when she spoke on video.
"I am very concerned about these pictures and any indication of pressure on or coercion of our personnel," said Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett. She added that Britain had "comprehensively demonstrated today that our personnel were operating inside Iraqi territorial waters."

MORE Updates and background below--> From Vicki's previous post: Iran to Release Female Sailor

Iran's Foreign Minister said today that Faye Turney, the 26-year-old British sailor who was captured along with 14 male colleagues last week, would be freed on Wednesday or Thursday. (Rusty: the price of her freedom was to be her taped 'confession')

"Today or tomorrow, the lady will be released," Manouchehr Mottaki said Wednesday on the sidelines of an Arab summit that he was attending in the Saudi capital.

The British released the GPS coordinates of the vessels seized by Iran, showing that they were well inside Iraqi waters.

Vice Adm. Charles Style said the British vessels were 1.7 nautical miles inside Iraqi waters when Iran seized the sailors and marines on Friday. He gave the satellite coordinates of the British crew as 29 degrees 50.36 minutes north latitude and 048 degrees 43.08 minutes east longitude, and said it had been confirmed by an Indian-flagged merchant ship boarded by the sailors and marines.
Style told reporters that the Iranians had provided a position on Sunday â€” a location that he said was in Iraqi waters. By Tuesday, Iranian officials had given a revised position 2 miles east, placing the British inside Iranian waters â€” a claim he said was not verified by global positioning system coordinates.
"It is hard to understand a legitimate reason for this change of coordinates," Style said.

Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said today that Britain is freezing all ties with Iran until the abducted sailors and Marines are released.

"They should not be under any doubt at all about how seriously we regard this act, which is unjustified and wrong," Mrs Beckett said.

Posted by: Rusty at 12:17 PM | Comments (31) | Add Comment
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1 All I am saying is that if these were SAS guys who were captures, or American troops, there would be no forced confession like this. No "I'm sorry to the people of Iran for our injust entry into their waters" spoken with eyes that say "Please let me go!"

Posted by: T at March 28, 2007 01:19 PM (w66lR)

3 And thus, the shit is about to hit the fan.

Posted by: QC at March 28, 2007 01:25 PM (PX+vn)

4 I am disgusted this with this woman. Betraying her oath, her comrades, and her country. Makes me think some troops really do deserve to be spat upon.

Posted by: wooga at March 28, 2007 01:28 PM (t9sT5)

5 She doesn't say anything harmful, does she? She just tells the truth, it seems. They're treating me well, we didn't know we were in Iranian waters, etc. Give her a break. She's being held hostage for Chrisake.

She's not praising the Mullahcracy and ranting against the Zionist-infidel pigs.

Posted by: Rusty at March 28, 2007 01:31 PM (JQjhA)

6 Agree with Rusty - she is being held against her will. I haven't studied the video closely, and frankly wouldn't know what I would be looking for, but do the British have an equivalent "signal" like we do for "I am saying this under duress, and don't believe it"? Like crossed fingers, etc.?

Posted by: TXEric at March 28, 2007 01:44 PM (ghsFT)

7 Parading them on video, false confessions. I did notice how fast one soldier was eating like he hadn't eaten for 3 days. I wondered if she was a smoker but it did show she inhaled. What is going to happen next? She gave a (apparant false) confession and didn't they say they would put them on trial? Notice how they scanned her letter. I maybe wrong but I don't think she is going to be released.

Posted by: allahahachew at March 28, 2007 02:00 PM (BrndJ)

8 I sure hope to Allah those were halal meals they were given!!

Posted by: mrclark at March 28, 2007 02:16 PM (MEa82)

9 Woga, back the hell off her and tighten up.

Let's see how much of a bad ass your are with a pistol aimed at your head.

That statement was made under duress. Do you even know what that word means?

Posted by: Dick at March 28, 2007 02:36 PM (XlQVK)

10 You bet your a$$ there won't be any American troops held by Iran (only attacked) - obviously propaganda since they know the UK wont do a damn thing. The last time this happened it was the same story, same country's troops. After their release we'll hear about what really happened to them while in 'custody'.

Posted by: tbone at March 28, 2007 02:37 PM (HGqHt)

11 I'd be curious to hear whether the Brits are treated better or worse than the prisoners at GITMO.

You know, the guys who were captured fighting us, out of uniform, hiding behind civilians.

Where's the International Committee of the Red Cross? Where's Amnesty International?

Posted by: Lurking Observer at March 28, 2007 02:42 PM (/ZD7V)

12 Rusty said: "She doesn't say anything harmful, does she? She just tells the truth, it seems."
However, she wrote, "I have written a letter to the Iranian people to apologise for us entering into their waters."

This not the truth. She has no business apologizing to the Iranian people. I'm not calling her a traitor (as she did not praise the mullahs), but she is still a failure as a sailor. None of the men have apparently caved so quickly (or else we would have heard/seen their 'confessions'). It's a horrible sign of weakness. She should have at least had the backbone to suffer the torture of being deprived a cigarette before capitulating.

If you can't at least take a beating before you give in to the enemy, you have no business being in a combat zone.

Posted by: wooga at March 28, 2007 03:01 PM (t9sT5)

13 Point taken about the apology, but, as far as she knows, she was in Iranian waters. Since all her information is coming from the Iranians, then she may well believe that they had mistakingly went over the imaginary line. Happens all the time.

Posted by: Rusty at March 28, 2007 03:40 PM (JQjhA)

14 How do the British train their military personnel? Are they given instructions if captured? This broad uses the term "arrested" as opposed to "captured" which suggests her words are not hers. Maybe her politically correct world has taken a right turn and after she crapped in her bloomers she decided living was better than dying...so she sold out, knowing that as a woman her fellow British citizens would understand her "feelings" when she returns. We need more women like her in all democratic armies...so sensitive towards others, especially our enemies, both real and imagined. She makes me puke...but it is not her I am angry toward, it's her officers who placed such an idiot in that boat that didn't know where it was...yea sure they were lost in Iranian waters. They were captured after being given surrender orders from their Mother Ship...it's the command structure with the political structure who are running this stupid game.

Posted by: RJ at March 28, 2007 03:45 PM (yyxO/)

15 The US has had its share of Iranian hostage taking. The same "students" ie akmadinnerjacket is in control now as well a coldmania How long were our people held? Who was in power? The Iranians are bolden because diddly squat has been done to them in taking hostages. Go ahead bash the female soldier. Do you know what is going on behind the scenes? The picture of her is worth a thousand words. She is wearing a muslim head scarf. She is not with her fellow commrades. It is prohibited in islam unless they are her family. This is not a female issue but a hostage issue. A commentor on another board said during vietnam the hostages didn't look into the camera when speaking to send a message. She did not look into the camera. Our anger needs to be placed against the Iranians not our allies. She is being used as a scape goat and some of you are falling for it.

Posted by: allahahachew at March 28, 2007 03:47 PM (BrndJ)

Hey Allahahachew...soldiers fight to die a glorius death. What valor is there in surrender? I am not angy at this broad, it is her senior officers...they surrendered to the political leaders... Five days of capture and this broad is coughing up "arrested" etc. You want to offer her our feelings of understanding because she may have had a gun pushed into her ear and cocked? Oh please, don't be so easy to wash away your guilt for not enlisting on such dribble. This is war, not some poli sci class. Do you think the Cruiser from which those boats belong didn't have radar intercepts on the Iranians? They had time to call home to the politicians, therefore they had time to load a few rounds into the 5 incher and make a little love with the Iranian boats coming closer! War is not pretty, it is real, and very very ugly, that's why PTSD is an active part of true combat vets. I want America to win, the Islamofacists to lose...everything they've got!

Posted by: RJ at March 28, 2007 04:02 PM (yyxO/)

17 Ahmadinejad whined that the movie "300" portrayed the Persians of 2500 years ago as "savages." How little things have changed over the milennia. Mahmoud must be put to death. Soon.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at March 28, 2007 04:39 PM (p52Ne)

18 Those of you trashing this broad STFD and STFU. Replay it. Watch the body language as she takes a hit off her smoke. Watch the eyes stare down the muzzle, you pussilanimous little pukes. Jeebus!

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 28, 2007 05:36 PM (tM5S2)

19 And by the way, where is the condemnation of the Iranians for making this western, Christian woman wear the headscarf indicative of submission to the Religion of misogyny, perpetual outrage, and anal goat sports? Can't hold enemy combatants in an actual POW camp, but THEY can make POWs bow to a false G-d. Fucking barbarians.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 28, 2007 05:41 PM (tM5S2)

20 I'm with wooga. She should shut up. Being held captive, being well fed and cared for is not a reason to praise the Iranians. Truth is is that she isn't being tortured. She is merely a weakling. She doesn't say a thing about the other troops going home with presents from the Iranian scumbags. Just thinking of herself. Not her country or her fellow prisoners. She should shut up and act as one of the group.

Posted by: greyrooster at March 28, 2007 08:20 PM (LXuMj)

21 Shit rolls down hill. Weak officers and COWARDLY brass put this set of boobs on the iranian gong show. Rooster is right, she should not of been there in the first place. I just don't believe in putting women in harms way. At least if it had been rozy odonnalphant green peace would of put up a save the gay whales fight. Nope, the fault lies at the top and with the correctness that put her there. Every moment of inaction is another moment the enemy grows stronger in the eyes of those on the fence, don't forget, the arabs have never been on the losing side in a war.

Posted by: wb at March 29, 2007 05:22 AM (D4E90)

22 In the past, women in service (WW2) freed up a man to go be in heavy combat. As for the capture I will say I'm furious with command structures which allow this sort of thing. Even on the Enterprise 'D' they showed more spine than this. On treatment of hostages in general, she may have been told what would happen to the men with her, if she didn't speak up, and that would be a prety hard threat to ignore. For a good person, it is not easy to risk the life of one teammate. Fear for a friend can do what a beating might not. Rather than dog on the lady, lets pray that giant leeches crawl up all of the Mullah's asses! USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at March 29, 2007 12:47 PM (2OHpj)

23 "arabs have never been on the losing side in a war." Not that they ever seem to remember. Charles Martel, and el Cid should get a modern interpretation. Acted out for real. USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at March 29, 2007 12:49 PM (2OHpj)

I'd suggest to Tony that he tell all non-Muslims to get the f#ck out of Iran, 'cause he's about to start dropping nukes on their major cities unless the sailors are released unharmed and with a formal apology. Since it's war they want, we might as well get it over with while we're still the only ones with nukes.

Posted by: Duex at March 29, 2007 09:24 PM (7z6ZK)

25 Many of you are very prompt at attacking the sailor shown in the video. As far as I'm aware, she is following her instructions in case of capture: As a member of the Royal Navy, her number 1 duty is to stay alive and to keep her team members alive. If need be, try to buy time. A dead sailor is no use to anybody. If any of them makes it back, then they might be able to give crucial intelligence information. The letters are obviously being dictated. She is wearing a headscarf, etc. If this is what it takes so that her companions avoid torture and murder, then she HAS to do it. If she refuses to be paraded and write letters, then her team mates and herself will be killed and the entire point of their mission lost. There is no honor or lack of honor involved in a situation like that. She is obeying her orders 100%. If you don't find it to your taste, then don't look, but bear in mind that wars aren't just fought with guns and bayonets.

Posted by: redjackbonney at March 30, 2007 09:34 AM (xg3Zv)

26 Its typical for iran morons to parade prisoners in front of cameras with forced confessions. Blair is right this just makes the public more discusted in iran than they already are. So when iran is pounded with holes from bombs, nobody will have any sympothy.
So take that pathetic rag off Faye's head. Save it for your slave arab.

Posted by: Jordan at March 30, 2007 11:13 AM (gw7O2)

27 redjack, I think you're right. the issue about her being there in the first place is moot now anyway as she is a hostage just like the rest. But...... this never should of taken place to begin with and your leaders are only making it more costly with each hour that passes without a full and devastating response. groveling in front of the un is yet even more dispicable when they should be blasting the ever living shit out of the irainian leadership with no let up until they cry out. Only after the exact same apology and begging of their leaders to spare them internationaly broadcast should the onslought cease.
THAT is how you project power.

Posted by: wb at March 30, 2007 11:20 PM (L3O5+)

28 Redjack: Now I know what happened to what was once the bravest nation on earth. Honor has been forgotten. Somethings are bigger than life. Like the future of your grandchildren.

Posted by: greyrooster at March 31, 2007 02:02 AM (LDOOz)

29 Faye Turney is a traitor and a complete sellout, she should be shot, not welcome home with open arms. She said what she had to to stay alive, but forgot all about oaths to county. This is why woman so be in the kitchen and on their backs instead of combat. They cave in under pressure.

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