My Oz-swoon continues, thanks to
this from
ninme, Queen of Links. Recall the Iranian taking of British hostages back in March? Seems they tried to pull a similar stunt on the Aussies in 2004, but
the Australians were having none of it.
The BBC reports that
Iranian naval forces tried to capture the boarding team, but were repelled in the face of machine guns and "highly colourful language".
Stop thinking what you're thinking!
"The point of this story is not that the Aussies were fantastically brave and the Brits were a bunch of cowards, although I'm sure some people will interpret [it that way],'' he said.
Some people.
