Iranians expected to release female sailor soon

The second Iranian hostage crisis, yes they're hostages, continues to drag on with a piece of good news: One sailor, a woman, will probably be released today or tomorrow.

Those who were around for the first hostage crisis will remember that early on, a month or so into the 444 day ordeal, the mullahs released all of the American female and African-American hostages. A few months later a white male hostage suffering from multiple sclerosis was set free.

So it's wrong to view the expected release of Faye Turney as a softening of the hard-line stance of the Iranians.

Meanwhile, the British have released pretty compelling evidence that their patrol boat was ambushed in Iraqi waters.

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