While the Iranians were able to kidnap fifteen British sailors and Marines, the Iranians earlier had been unable to capture Austrialiian sailors. The BBC:
Iranian naval forces in the Gulf tried to capture an Australian Navy boarding team but were vigorously repelled, the BBC has learned
Love this tidbit.
The BBC has been told the Australians re-boarded the vessel they had just searched, aimed their machine guns at the approaching Iranians and warned them to back off, using what was said to be “highly colourful language”.
“Colourful language”, I just bet.
