heric - How could a few Iranians in a gun boat, outman and outgun the British Navy with a ship, a helicopter and a couple of dinghys in the area? Unless of course, it all happened very near the Iranian shoreline.

I'm interested in learning more about this.

I agree that the 'innocent' bystanders need to be questioned more thoroughly but by now I'm sure they have been de-briefed by the Iraqis as well as the Brits.

Why don't the Brits just say, "Oops, sorry for the confusion," and get their people back?