Faye Turney Interview (Video On the Way)
Charles Johnson
Mon Apr 9, 2007 at 11:47 am PDT • Views: 242
Faye Turney, the female British sailor held hostage by Iran, is appearing (for money) on ITV today. We’ll have the video a bit later, courtesy of LGF operative Kasper. Meanwhile, the UK government has now banned paid military interviews.
LONDON (AP) - Britain on Monday banned all military service members from talking to the media in return for payment in the future, reversing its decision to allow the 15 marines and sailors held captive in Iran to sell their stories.
Defense Secretary Des Browne issued a statement saying the navy faced a “very tough call” over its initial decision to allow the payments, which came under sharp criticism. The new ban will not affect those who already gave accounts, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.
On Monday, in one of the first accounts, Faye Turney, the sole woman in the detained crew, said that she “felt like a traitor” for agreeing to her captors’ demands to appear on Iranian TV and that she believed they had measured her for a coffin.
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