World-News

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/070108_iranian_ships.htm

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Iranian Boats 'Provoke' US Navy Ships in Hormuz
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/07/6223/

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US plays up murky naval confrontation with Iran in Strait of Hormuz
http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/7003/

US releases video of US-Iran encounter in Strait of Hormuz
http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/7005/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

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U.S. Says Iranian Gunboats Harassed Warships

By Jim Miklaszewski - NBC News

Iranian Revolutionary Guard gunboats harassed three U.S. Navy warships in the Strait of Hormuz Sunday, in what the U.S. military officials described as a "significant provocative act."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19013.htm



Iran warned against threatening US ships

Just hours before US President George W. Bush was to embark on his Middle East tour, the White House and US military in the region said Iran was engaging in "provocative acts".

http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iran/10180305.html



Iran Denies Threats Against U.S. Navy

Revolutionary Guards Dismiss U.S. Claims That Iranian Boats Threatened To Explode War Ships.

http://snipurl.com/1wxyb



Persian Gulf incident part of U.S. psyops: Iran's Majlis speaker

Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel has described U.S. reports about a confrontation between Iranian speedboats and U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf as "part of a psychological and propaganda campaign against the Islamic Republic."

http://www.payvand.com/news/08/jan/1076.html



Manufacturing Consent For War With Iran

US warns Iran of consequences of any new naval crisis : U.S. President George W. Bush warned Iran on Wednesday of "serious consequences" if it attacked U.S. ships in the Gulf and said all options were on the table.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L09705818.htm



Video purports to show Iranian 'provocation' of US forces

The Pentagon has released footage of Iranian boats threatening three US ships in The Gulf, in what President George W Bush described as a "provocative act".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/09/wiran109.xml



Iranian TV: Pentagon Video, Audio Fake

Iran accused the United States on Wednesday of fabricating video and audio released by the Pentagon showing Iranian boats confronting U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7211334,00.html


From Information Clearing House

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Iran: Pentagon sends up Gulf of Tonkin trial balloon

Bucyrus Telegraph Forum

01/08/08

An Iranian fleet of high-speed boats charged at and threatened to blow up a three-ship U.S. Navy convoy passing near Iranian waters, then vanished as the American ship commanders were preparing to open fire, the top U.S. Navy commander in the area said Monday. No shots were fired an an Iranian official in Tehran said the incident amounted to ’something normal’...

http://tinyurl.com/39xuwp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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What Is This 'Iranian Provocation' BS?
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/08/6256/



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