Release Signals Softer Line From Isolated Regime ; Commentary

Evening Standard - London › April 05, 2007

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THE news that Iran is releasing the 15 sailors and Royal Marines they have detained for the past fortnight is good news indeed. It may be better news for Britain than the British realise, or George Bush for that matter the main target of this astute diplomatic move.

From the first it looked like a squall in the diplomatic cauldron of the Gulf.

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Release Signals Softer Line From Isolated Regime ; Commentary

The point of dispute was whether the British boarding party was detained a mile one side of a disputed line according to the Briti...

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