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It's all explained in the article:Art said:Sky News has released an interview they filmed with the captain of the arrested team a few days before their detention. In it the captain stated their mission was to stop ships to search for terrorists which as already shown is illegal under the Law of the Sea so as I said the excuse the British gov't gave about searching for smuggled cars was just that - an excuse or to be more precise - a lie and crucially he also said part of his mission was to gather intel on Iran
I wonder which part of the UN mandate the British claimed their people to be operating under authorised this? http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1259413,00.html
You've seen too many American action movies. When you hear "gathering intelligence" you must think it means some sort of 007 diving around and photographing stuff. The truth is most intelligence gathering in the form of observation diaries and casually talking with the locals. Intelligence gathering is an inherent part of every military activity, and in the form described in the article is not only reasonable but necessary considering the UN mandate."Secondly, it's to gather int (intelligence). If they do have any information, because they're here for days at a time, they can share it with us.
"Whether it's about piracy or any sort of Iranian activity in the area. Obviously we're right by the buffer zone with Iran."
The UK Defence Secretary Des Browne told Sky News it was important to gather intelligence to "keep our people safe".
He said: "Modern military operations all have an element of gathering intelligence.
"We need to understand as much as we can about the environment we operate in and intelligence gathering is an every day part of that."
He added: "The UN mandate would clearly empower the military taskforce to gather information about the environment in which they were working."
Captain Air said that fishing dhows had been robbed by Iranian soldiers on a number of occasions.
"It's good to gather int on the Iranians," he said.
To the discredit of whom?Art said:If Sky had broadcast this interview before their release I doubt very much they would be back home in England now.
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