bb - You have stated, "The Iraqi fisherman stated that the British were in Iraqi territory."

Get your facts straight.

"The Iraqi military commander of the country's territorial waters cast doubt on claims the Britons were in Iraqi waters.

We were informed by Iraqi fishermen after they had returned from sea that there were British gunboats in an area that is out of Iraqi control," Brig. Gen. Hakim Jassim told AP Television News in the southern city of Basra."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070324.wiran0324/BNStory/Front