[R-G] Iranian Video 'Shows No Threat to US Navy'

[aaron at istop.com]

When ever I think of this, I think of the gulf of tonken.
                                              Aaron

Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages at gmail.com> said:

> "Iran: Strait of Hormuz Incident from the Point of View of Iran":
> <http://www.politube.org/show/341>
> 
> <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;;?
xml=/news/2008/01/10/wiran110.xml>
> Iranian video 'shows no threat to US navy'
> 
> By Richard Holt
> Last Updated: 2:15pm GMT 10/01/2008
> 
> Iran has released a video which is claimed to show that its boats did
> not threaten US navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as has been
> claimed by the Americans.
> 
> The confrontation at the weekend in the strategically vital Gulf
> waterway was described by President George W Bush as a "provocative
> act".
> 
> A Pentagon spokesman had said that five Iranian Revolutionary Guard
> Navy boats harassed and provoked three US ships, giving a radio
> warning saying: "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of
> minutes."
> 
> The Americans said the Iranian boats came within 200 yards of the US
> vessels, which were sailing in international waters.
> 
> The Pentagon released its own video which it claimed backed up their claims.
> 
> But the new video, broadcast by Iran's Press TV satellite station,
> gives a completely different version of the incident.
> 
> Press TV said the video, released by Iran's Revolutionary Guards a day
> after the force dismissed the Pentagon video as fake, included a
> recording of what it said was the exchange between the two sides.
> 
> Guards Brigadier General Ali Fadavi said Iran's boats had only
> approached the US ships to examine the registration numbers as they
> had been unreadable, Press TV said.
> 
> The video showed an Iranian naval officer on a small boat speaking via
> radio to a ship which can not be clearly identified. A total of three
> ships can be seen on the video.
> 
> The Iranian officer says: "Coalition warship 73 this Iranian navy patrol 
boat"
> 
> "This is coalition warship 73. I read you loud and clear," the person
> replied in what appears to be an American accent.
> 
> The Iranian officer then appears to ask for the ships to identify
> themselves, although not all his words can be understood:
> 
> "Coalition warship 73 this Iranian navy patrol boat, request side
> number ... operating in the area this time," the Iranian voice says.
> 
> Gen Fadavi, describing the Iranian action as normal inspections of
> vessels, accused the United States of creating a "media fuss",
> according to Iran's Fars news agency.
> 
> "The governing system of America, at the time of Bush's failed trip to
> the region, is in need of such media fuss in order to reach its
> specific political goals," he said.
> 
> In contrast, the Pentagon video included a voice from a US ship
> informing one of the small craft that it was "straying into danger and
> may be subject to defensive measures".
> 
> President Bush has warned Iran of "serious consequences" if it
> attacked US ships in the Gulf and reiterated his country's strategic
> position towards the Islamic Republic by stressing that "all options
> are on the table".
> 
> The incident is the latest sign of tension between Washington and
> Teheran. It coincides with Mr Bush's visit to the Middle East this
> week.
> 
> --
> Yoshie
> <http://montages.blogspot.com/>
> 
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