By Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Ministry of Defense faced fierce criticism on Monday for letting 15 sailors and marines held captive in Iran sell their stories to the media.
The two sailors who have so far done so have also been roundly admonished, with former military commanders suggesting they were being used as pawns in a government propaganda war.
Faye Turney, the 25-year-old mother who was the only woman captive, has given exclusive interviews to Britain's leading tabloid newspaper and to a television news program, earning what one newspaper said was 100,000 pounds ($197,000). More...
