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| UK captive 'felt like a traitor' | UK captive 'felt like a traitor' |
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| Leading Seaman Faye Turney has told how she "felt like a traitor" when she was forced to write "confession" letters shown on Iranian television. | Leading Seaman Faye Turney has told how she "felt like a traitor" when she was forced to write "confession" letters shown on Iranian television. |
| The only woman among the 15-strong Royal Navy crew has also defended her decision to sell her story to ITV1's Trevor Macdonald and the Sun newspaper. | The only woman among the 15-strong Royal Navy crew has also defended her decision to sell her story to ITV1's Trevor Macdonald and the Sun newspaper. |
| Some of the reported six-figure sum for the interview will go to navy families. | Some of the reported six-figure sum for the interview will go to navy families. |
| Relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq have criticised the decision allowing the crew to sell their stories. | Relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq have criticised the decision allowing the crew to sell their stories. |
| Meanwhile, the Sun newspaper has defended its decision to pay Leading Seaman Turney for her story. | |
| Critical letters | |
| The paper's defence editor, Tom Newton-Dunn, who refused to reveal how much she was being paid, said: "She has a right to do this. We are a free country. Faye has been through the most extraordinary ordeal, which is clearly graphically illustrated." | |
| In an interview to be broadcast on ITV1's Tonight with Trevor Macdonald, Leading Seaman Turney said she was told she would be charged with spying unless she wrote the letters shown on Iranian television. | In an interview to be broadcast on ITV1's Tonight with Trevor Macdonald, Leading Seaman Turney said she was told she would be charged with spying unless she wrote the letters shown on Iranian television. |
| In one letter, she criticises the Bush and Blair governments for intervening in Iraq. | In one letter, she criticises the Bush and Blair governments for intervening in Iraq. |
| "When they wanted me to write what was written about the British and American troops I felt like a traitor to my own country," she says. | "When they wanted me to write what was written about the British and American troops I felt like a traitor to my own country," she says. |
| Cpt Chris Air and Lt Felix Carman say they do not intend to profit Lt Carman speaks | Cpt Chris Air and Lt Felix Carman say they do not intend to profit Lt Carman speaks |
| In the programme, to be broadcast at 2000 BST on Monday, she defends her decision to sell her story and says a percentage of the money will help the crew and families of HMS Cornwall. | |
| "I was offered a hell of a lot of money for my story. I've not taken the biggest offer, I've gone down...because I wanted to speak to yourself and the Sun because I knew my point would be put across. | "I was offered a hell of a lot of money for my story. I've not taken the biggest offer, I've gone down...because I wanted to speak to yourself and the Sun because I knew my point would be put across. |
| "I want everyone out there to know my story from my side, see what I went through," she told the programme. | "I want everyone out there to know my story from my side, see what I went through," she told the programme. |
| She also said that there were times during her two-week ordeal when she cried herself to sleep. | She also said that there were times during her two-week ordeal when she cried herself to sleep. |
| Coffin | Coffin |
| In a separate interview with the Sun, Leading Seaman Turney said she feared her Iranian captors were measuring her for a coffin before killing her. | |
| Her captors asked how she felt about dying for her government and never seeing her daughter again, she said. | Her captors asked how she felt about dying for her government and never seeing her daughter again, she said. |
| Leading Seaman Turney, known as Topsy, said her lowest moment came when her captors isolated her from her colleagues and told her they had been sent home. | Leading Seaman Turney, known as Topsy, said her lowest moment came when her captors isolated her from her colleagues and told her they had been sent home. |
| "All I could think of was how completely alone I was. They could do anything now and nobody would know," she told the Sun. | "All I could think of was how completely alone I was. They could do anything now and nobody would know," she told the Sun. |
| 'Nightmare' | 'Nightmare' |
| Meanwhile Arthur Batchelor, 20, the youngest of the British sailors to be held captive, told the Daily Mirror about his "nightmare" at the hands of his captors and how he "cried like a baby" in his cell. | Meanwhile Arthur Batchelor, 20, the youngest of the British sailors to be held captive, told the Daily Mirror about his "nightmare" at the hands of his captors and how he "cried like a baby" in his cell. |
| He told the newspaper: "A guard kept flicking my neck with his index finger and thumb. I thought the worst, we've all seen the videos. I was frozen in terror and just stared into the darkness of my blindfold." | He told the newspaper: "A guard kept flicking my neck with his index finger and thumb. I thought the worst, we've all seen the videos. I was frozen in terror and just stared into the darkness of my blindfold." |
| The crew returned to the UK on Thursday after 13 days in captivity | The crew returned to the UK on Thursday after 13 days in captivity |
| Both of the officers among the captives have said they do not plan to profit from the story. | Both of the officers among the captives have said they do not plan to profit from the story. |
| Royal Navy Lt Felix Carman said any fee was likely to go to charity. | Royal Navy Lt Felix Carman said any fee was likely to go to charity. |
| "I am not interested in making money out of this," the 26-year-old from Swansea told the BBC. | "I am not interested in making money out of this," the 26-year-old from Swansea told the BBC. |
| "My main aim is to tell the story. There's some people who might be making money, but that's an individual's decision, that's very private." | "My main aim is to tell the story. There's some people who might be making money, but that's an individual's decision, that's very private." |
| I think it would have been better if maybe they handled it in a slightly different way Admiral Sir Alan West Media deals - for and against Officers deny media cash aim | I think it would have been better if maybe they handled it in a slightly different way Admiral Sir Alan West Media deals - for and against Officers deny media cash aim |
| Captain Chris Air said that he did not plan to sell his story but insisted his fellow service personnel had the right to. | Captain Chris Air said that he did not plan to sell his story but insisted his fellow service personnel had the right to. |
| The MoD said its decision would ensure officials "had sight" of what might be said as well ensuring "proper media support" to the captured crew members. | The MoD said its decision would ensure officials "had sight" of what might be said as well ensuring "proper media support" to the captured crew members. |
| Sally Veck, whose 19-year-old daughter Eleanor Dlugosz was killed in Iraq, criticised the MoD for letting the sailors and marines profit from their ordeal. | Sally Veck, whose 19-year-old daughter Eleanor Dlugosz was killed in Iraq, criticised the MoD for letting the sailors and marines profit from their ordeal. |
| She told the Times: "If you are a member of the military, it is your duty to serve your country. | She told the Times: "If you are a member of the military, it is your duty to serve your country. |
| "You should do your duty and not expect to make money by selling stories." | "You should do your duty and not expect to make money by selling stories." |
| 'Backlash' fear | 'Backlash' fear |
| The sailors and Royal Marines were held after Iran accused them of entering its waters, a claim they denied. | The sailors and Royal Marines were held after Iran accused them of entering its waters, a claim they denied. |
| The MoD has said experiences of the navy crew amounted to "exceptional circumstances" that allowed its usual ban on such payments to be lifted. | The MoD has said experiences of the navy crew amounted to "exceptional circumstances" that allowed its usual ban on such payments to be lifted. |
| Maj Gen Patrick Cordingley, who led the Desert Rats in the first Gulf War, said he was "depressed" by the decision to sell stories as they had "not overplayed their experiences" in the press conference which took place when they returned to the UK. | Maj Gen Patrick Cordingley, who led the Desert Rats in the first Gulf War, said he was "depressed" by the decision to sell stories as they had "not overplayed their experiences" in the press conference which took place when they returned to the UK. |
| He said the Ministry of Defence or the government seems to be "manipulating this whole particular process" for propaganda purposes. | He said the Ministry of Defence or the government seems to be "manipulating this whole particular process" for propaganda purposes. |