"Ambushed"

Telegraph:

The 15 British service personnel captured by Iran were "ambushed" 1.7 nautical miles inside Iraqi territorial waters, the MoD has confirmed.

Tony Blair told the House of Commons it was time to "ratchet up" the diplomatic and international pressure on Iran.

At a briefing in London, the MoD said it "unambiguously contested" claims from Teheran that the UK vessel carrying the sailors and Marines had strayed into Iranian waters.

Vice Admiral Charles Style said that the Iranians had given two different positions for the Royal Navy boarding party - the first inside Iraqi territorial waters.

"It is hard to understand a legitimate reason for this change of co-ordinates," he said.

Admiral Style said the boarding party was "ambushed" during the routine after the search of a vessel and that their detention was "unjustified and wrong".

Tony Blair today condemned the "completely unacceptable, wrong and illegal" detention.

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It is still hard to understand why the UK has waited so long to produce this evidence, which is obviously compelling. Military groups are ambushed when they did not have adequate forces to screen their activity.

This is the MOD map of the event.

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