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Iraqi Foreign Minister Calls on Iranian FM to Release the British Sailors

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zibari called on his counterpart in Iran, Manouchehr Mottaki, to release the 15 British sailors arrested by Iran in Iraqi territorial waters. Zibari said the soldiers are part of the multinational force operating in Iraq at the consent of the Iraqi government and in accordance with a Security Council resolution.

Source: Sotaliraq, March 26, 2007

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