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Iranian Report: Pentagon Video Was ‘Fabricated’Posted on Jan 9, 2008
Last Sunday’s alleged confrontation between five Iranian boats and a U.S. Navy vessel, the Hopper, in the Strait of Hormuz was not the dangerous confrontation American officials claimed it was, as evidenced by the somewhat confusing footage the Pentagon released Tuesday. In fact, according to a source in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the video itself was fabricated.
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By cyrena, January 14, 2008 at 5:52 pm #
You’re certainly right on the money here ender.
Israel has indeed committed more
Report thisBy lilmamzer, January 14, 2008 at 3:31 pm #
By ender, January 11 at 7:20 am
So are you a Jewish Citizen or a US Traitor?
I dont have problem with Jews, I have a problem with the interest of Israeli Zionist having priority over the interest of my nation, the USofA. My first wife was Jewish.
No wonder she divorced your Jew-hating bigot ass.
Report thisBy GW=MCHammered, January 11, 2008 at 4:01 pm #
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Not exactly the info I hoped for from one of our ships involved in the incident but all too human nonetheless:
“They (Iranians) were awfully close to being greeted with some lead. (sailor’s name withheld) had wished that they had. (sailor’s wife’s name withheld) told him ‘I don’t want war yet’ but (sailor’s wife said) ‘He is a man and wanted to see something blown up’.”
Report thisBy ender, January 11, 2008 at 12:20 pm #
I don’t have problem with Jews, I have a problem with the interest of Israeli Zionist having priority over the interest of my nation, the USofA. I have a great deal of respect for the Jewish people. My first wife was Jewish.
Zionism is an ugly anomaly on par with fascism and it has turned the state of Israel into the #1 TERRORIST STATE AND IS RAPIDLY LEADING THE US IN THE SAME DIRECTION. ISRAEL IS IN VIOLATION OF MORE UN RESOLUTIONS THAN SADDAM, AND HAS NEVER MET NOR INTENDED TO MEET THE BOUNDARIES IT WAS CREATED WITH UNDER UN CHARTER.
If you are an American Citizen that places Israeli interest above that of the US, then you and Joe Lieberman are both traitors and should be in prison or a kibbutz.
Report thisBy Douglas Chalmers, January 11, 2008 at 1:51 am #
By Gomerspile, January 1): “We have kept a split fleet in the Persion Gulf for over 20 years…. We have been there since the ragheads took over the Embassy….”
With an attitude like that, no wonder oil is at $100 barrel and going ever higher. But that IS all the USA cares about, uhh.
No doubt you’ll be proud that the USA launched the first nuclear strike, whoever it is upon - Iran, Pakistan, Syria - when it happens, and that it happens, you don’t care.
Some Iranians you might know http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWwVsKchDWA
Report thisBy cyrena, January 11, 2008 at 1:36 am #
Wish it was you. No such luck I guess.
Report thisBy karim29007, January 10, 2008 at 8:37 pm #
My dear Paul,
I am writing this just because you have been respected as a politician or may be due to the fact that you are not a politician.
You have been marginalized because you have spoken against Iraq’s occupation and the subsequent on going genocide in a land that once upon a time used to be an independent country.
The day and the moment you expressed your opinion that America should not interfere in the internal affairs of Iraq you were marked and condemned and shall be chastised until America wakes up and regain it sovereignty.
During the lunch with President Bush, the chief rabbi expressed his gratitude for attacking Iraq.
Your words warms my heart replied president Bush. Jerusalem post 01-10-2008.
How dare you to speak out my dear Paul?
Did you not know that the people and institutions that ever have the tenacity to utter a word against the Zionist entity, their desires and their agents in specific AIPAC have been destroyed for the last 60 years?
Allow me just to begin with the Kennedy’s.
JFK refused to be bought while campaigning before the 1960 election and having been elected made a request to inspect the Israelis nuclear facilities with the full commitment to support it!
Well we all know what happened in Dallas, dont we?
Take the case of Mervyn M. Dymally, a Dem. Congressman in 1982.
The first black American to go to Israel, paid his total homage with perfect credentials as a supper supporter.
However he made the cardinal mistake of asking on 2-occasions about aid to Israel and on 1 occasion abstained on the said subject.
On the same year he lost his seat!
The scope of this posting does not permit to go through the list.
At this point it would be quite sufficient to have a look at the manifest of the legislators whom attended the last years dinner and dance of AIPAC!
You may find that more than 60% of them were present in that happy gathering!
The cause of Israel is the cause of America was the deafening cries of the madding crowd.
The consolidated Zionist consortium with AIPAC is in control of every aspects of Americans way of life.
Sometimes I resist delving further into the swampland of Zionists and Zionism doctrine, it is sort of like trying to decide how far one can go before overwhelmed by the nauseating stench of its vile and evil contents.
Last week Giulianis Secretary of State to be John Deady, in a very clear and concise terms publicly demanded for the extermination of 1.2 Billion Muslims!
This zeal for genocide is only the latest entry in a list of fascist qualities embodied by their dedicated and well looked after agents.
In this case J. Deady is an honest politician!!
Report thisAnd an honest politician is the one that once bought stays bought, specifically with AIPAC blood drenched money.
America has got Zionist problem and until such day that the said problem can be solved the genocides will continue in Palestine, Iraq,
And my dear Paul YOU are just another casualty along the way towards world domination by the Zionists.
The Protocol is on course and is on auto-pilot.
By don knutsen, January 10, 2008 at 7:35 pm #
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re: from voice of truth:
Case in point is your first comment, hardly a day has gone by when this administration since its inception hasnt lied to the american people. Isnt that a bit of a stretch, regardless of your contempt for the government?
I have no problem at all proclaiming my contempt for what Bush / Cheney / Rove have turned our goverment into while crapping all over our nation’s reputation in the world. They have systematically dismantled every agency of goverment, chased out all the competant people if they didn’t past the Rove smell test, politicized and rendered departments like FEMA, the EPA, FCC, etc, as well as our Justice Department in large measure too..all into nothing but corporate welfare or just incompetant boobs incapable of delivering even a bit of their stated mission. I’m sick and tired of a goverment that favors the profit margin of corporations over the needs of the citizens of this country. I’m sick of everyone who labels this disdain as simple “hatred for Bush”...The outrage you see, and apparently can’t understand in so many people is in large measure coming from people like myself who are so thourghly discusted with what the republicans have brought us and with the spineless democrats pathetic response but for a very few in congress. I doubt that saying they’ve lied to us every day is much of an exaggeration at all. How many stories have we already heard, much from the mouths of this administration themselves trying to ferment as much fear as possible. Fake Homeland Security warnings, yellow, orange, pants on fire, etc.., Jessica Lynch’s heroic recovery from an Iraqi hospital, Saddam’s supposed WMD’s , Al Queda’s supposed complicity in 9/11, How about the Help America Vote Act ( HAVA )- where the mission is to install elec. balloting machines that an 11 yr. old can hack, into all the voting stations ( made ofcourse by republican backers )...on and on. Volumes have already been written on their deceptions in everything they undertake with apparently only one goal as far as they were concerned. To increase the strangle hold of the GOP and the turn a peoples democracy into something more a corporate state heading towards facism. I submit that if your not outraged by what these criminals have done to our country, if your not willing to push back against it, then your an enabler and a part of the problem.
Report thisBy Douglas Chalmers, January 10, 2008 at 6:17 pm #
If you believe Iran “harassed” US ships, you have forgotten USS Vincennes - The US navy claimed yesterday that Iranian fast boats harassed them in the Straits of Hormuz. On July 3, 1988, USS Vinceness shot down Iran Air Flight 655 (IR655) killing 290 innocent civilian from six nations including 66 children.
The US navy initially claimed that they mistakenly identified the passenger liner as an Iranian fighter, and denied that they were not inside Iranian territorial waters.
But the official ICAO investigation found that the US Navy guided missile cruiser’s attempts to contact Iran Air 655 were sent on the wrong frequency and addressed to a non-existent “Iranian F-14”. US government’s own investigations found that both IR655 and the USS Vincennes were inside Iranian territorial waters at the time of the attack.
Instead of admitting its mistake and issuing an apology, the US Government the people responsible for the atrocity were awarded medals for “heroic achievement”.... http://presscue.com/node/37550
Who, then, is responsible for which war crimes? GWB is ready to start WW3 as he buys his fake “peace legacy” in Jerusalem where Jesus, the original peacemaker, was murdered on a pretext arranged by the Jews/Zionists (the church and state of the time).
Iran Air Flight 655, also known as IR655, was a civilian airliner shot down by US missiles on Sunday July 3, 1988 over the Strait of Hormuz, towards the end of the Iran Iraq War….. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655
Report thisBy lilmamzer, January 10, 2008 at 6:16 pm #
Patriots are indeed owned by a Jew. Just one more Jewish American success story guaranteed to keep Jew-Problem bigots like “ender”, Chalmers, Cyrena, and the rest of the losers upset for a long, long time.
Tom Brady has been to Israel at least once, and Patriots team owner Robert Kraft has built Israel’s first American football stadium in Israel (Jerusalem, I think) back in 2001.
Jew-Cooties are everywhere.
MUAWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Report thisBy voice of truth, January 10, 2008 at 6:10 pm #
“They are already guilty of war crimes on par with Hitler”
This is the kind of stupid shit that makes the folks on this site look like idiots. Do you have any idea how many deaths Hitler was responsible for? Do you? Of course you don’t, because you are a moron. Start at 20 million and go from there.
In fact, I’ll bet that you didn’t know that moron is actually a scientific term, and not name-calling. A moron, like you, is someone with an IQ below 28. Of course, I am sure you have a high EQ.
Report thisBy voice of truth, January 10, 2008 at 6:07 pm #
Everyone on this site has a “Jew Problem”. Don’t forget, they run Hollywood, the Media, the Financial system and secretly control the government. That is a hell of a lot of power and evil for a religion of only 20 million people! Oh yea, they also financed 9/11, faked the moon landings and are going to beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl!
Well, the last one I made up, everyone knows the Pats will go undefeated, because they are owned by a Jew!!!
Report thisBy lilmamzer, January 10, 2008 at 6:02 pm #
By ender, January 10 at 12:43 pm
Or, in lilmamzers case, a Jewish Citizen
Report thisYou say that like it’s a bad thing. Got a Jew problem do ya?
By ender, January 10, 2008 at 5:43 pm #
Are going off the deep end. They are absolutely determined to attack Iran. They are already guilty of war crimes on par with Hitler, and should be tried by the same Hague international laws they claim to have withdrawn us from as a nation.
What do they have to lose by conjuring up fake footage to start a confrontation? The faked up photos of WMD plants that Colin Powell showed to the UN looked like they’ed been done by 8 yr olds with Crayola.
If you can believe ANYTHING they have to say about war against a middle eastern nation, or in favor of Saudi Arabia or Israel, you are probably already wearing a foil hat, and on heavy medication. Or, in lilmamzers case, a Jewish Citizen and Zionist, or American Traitor and Zionist, which ever he owns up to.
Report thisBy voice of truth, January 10, 2008 at 5:17 pm #
Actually, you are correct, Don. Anyone with a truly functioning brain should not always assume that what they are being told from the government is the whole truth.
However, in the same vein, one should also not let their hatred overshadow logic and therefore jump at the chance to take the word of a despotic regime simply because it is against President Bush.
Case in point is your first comment, “hardly a day has gone by when this administration since its inception hasnt lied to the american people.” Isn’t that a bit of a stretch, regardless of your contempt for the government?
Report thisBy lilmamzer, January 10, 2008 at 5:06 pm #
By cyrena, January 10 at 11:03 am
Not sure how comments from us have any connection to the the foil on the shelves at Wal-Mart though. Am I missing something
You are missing something.
Report thisBy voice of truth, January 10, 2008 at 4:50 pm #
I’m sorry, but why are you referencing Isreal from my post? Are you ignorant? Can you read? Where did I mention Isreal?
That said, you have proven that if it were not for Bush, Isreal and Evil Corporations you and your crowd would have no outlet for your hate and vitriol.
Report thisBy cyrena, January 10, 2008 at 4:34 pm #
Joe,
I think it’s more like the Repugs want to run against Hillary because they know that even if they lose, they won’t really lose. What could be better than that? Only have your OWN candidates in the race, and no real competition.
Now THAT has Karl Rove all over it. The repugs (at least the ones that matter - since they really don’t care a whit about their funda-christies) know perfectly well that Hillary will be true to their own agenda. Again, at least the part that matters; which is maintaining the power of the corporate oligarchy.
As for the alleged ‘incident’ in the Persian Gulf, that has nothing to do with election politics. That agenda has been in the Dick Bush Rumsfeld Wolfowitz works for a decade, and they’re getting desperate. The plan was to have taken over Iran long ago, but they screwed everything else up so badly, that they’re now behind schedule, and getting MORE desperate. (as is clearly obvious here…come on, some speed boats can threaten warships?)
Please.
Report thisBy cyrena, January 10, 2008 at 4:03 pm #
Ah, but lilmamzer, we have far better things to do. So, why don’t YOU stop coming to the site, and that will leave YOU free, to make all of those little hats.
Not sure how comments from us have any connection to the the foil on the shelves at Wal-Mart though. Am I missing something, or are you just missing your meds again?
Report thisBy voice of truth, January 10, 2008 at 3:24 pm #
more fun that I should be allowed with my clothes on!
Report thisBy lilmamzer, January 10, 2008 at 3:19 pm #
By voice of truth, January 10 at 9:51 am
I have to stop coming to this site. Everytime I see that hunk of meat all cooked up perfect like that on the side column I get hungry. MMMMMMMmmmmmmm. I think the point of the add was to turn me off to meat, but it certainly isnt working with me!!
PETA to me means People Eating Tasty Animals.
Don’t stop coming to this site. A few more posts from you and Chalmers, Cyrena, and the rest of them will buy up all the Reynolds Wrap off the shelves of Wal-Mart and spend the rest of 2008 making tin-foil hats for each other.
Report thisBy don knutsen, January 10, 2008 at 3:01 pm #
(Unregistered commenter)
The reason for the scepticism over the pentagon’s version of what happened is because hardly a day has gone by when this administration since its inception hasn’t lied to the american people. Their credibility is in the toilet and no investigations have been allowed untill last Nov. 6th. All you who still believe that this administration is doing right by america, that despite whatever their decision it’s the duty of every american to support it, that believe for some bizzare reason that our bombing the middle east is somehow enhancing our nations security, are the problem..its you, some of the bloggers below who apparently never had a clue what being a patriot in our democracy means. It certainly dosen’t mean to never speak-up when you disagree with our elected leaders, its the ability to do exactly that.
Report thisBy voice of truth, January 10, 2008 at 2:51 pm #
I have to stop coming to this site. Everytime I see that hunk of meat all cooked up perfect like that on the side column I get hungry. MMMMMMMmmmmmmm. I think the point of the add was to turn me off to meat, but it certainly isn’t working with me!!
Report thisBy DuckPhup, January 10, 2008 at 2:43 pm #
The NEXT time something like this happens… and it SURELY will… a mixed load of VT-Frag and AA Common will quickly sort things out. Then… when the Iranians start asking if anybody has seen their boats… the reply will be…“What boats?”
Report thisBy voice of truth, January 10, 2008 at 2:29 pm #
Lilmamzer
This is like the intellectual equivelant of whacking baby seals.
I had a guy tell me yesterday that Iraq has never, ever had weapons of mass destruction, that it was actually Turkey who had gassed the Kurds and the Iranians. He was absolutely serious. It reminded me of Baghdad Bob who, when bombs were falling all around, would simply reply, “what bombs?”
Report thisBy lilmamzer, January 10, 2008 at 1:50 pm #
By voice of truth, January 10 at 6:55 am
You people are nuts
You are so absorbed in your hatred of Bush and the US. It really is astounding.
Bad - America, where you have the freedom to think and say anything and there is no limit on what one can achieve.
Good - Totalitarian regimes who will execute a woman for being raped, indoctrinate children into wanting to kill and forcing religion onto people, under pain of death.
Bad - US Navy, full of fellow countrymen/women making it safe for you to voice your ludicrous views.
Good - Iranian Republican Guard, who have executed hundreds of thousands over the years and even forced children at gunpoint to lead an attack against Iraq (during that ruinous war).
Yes, very good, but you forgot to mention the <strike>Truth</strike>CrapDig Uber-Boogeyman: The Zionist Jew, AKA ZioNazi, Neocon, Likudnik, AIPAC agent.
The ultimate scapegoat is always The Jew, and here at <strike>Truth</strike>CrapDig it is no different.
After all, who really controls Congress, US foreign policy, the media, international banking, and craves world domination?
Note to Chalmers: this is where you say something especially asinine followed with a poignant “uhhh”.
Report thisBy weather, January 10, 2008 at 1:14 pm #
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VoT was hit in the head by a high speed bag of rocks.
If you love Israel, move there and fix it. Its made America very ill, but keep right lying to your sad self and everyone else. Its what you and Israel do best, in fact, its an art form.
Report thisGood luck w/yourself.
By GW=MCHammered, January 10, 2008 at 12:08 pm #
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“Clearly, they did not set out to attack US ships”
Exactly. But that’s not what I’ve been hearing from BushCo supporters (yeah, there are still a few). And the incident isn’t uncommon. Ask the Air Force or even a Mexican Border Guard.
“But seriously, why not float some of your theories to the crews of USS Port Royal, the USS Hopper and USS Ingraham who were aboard during these incidents, and see what they have to say about it. Id love to hear that conversation.”
Just did float questions that way. Will get back to you. ‘Cause I used to hear from Baghdad too and nearly none of BushCo’s media got it to US right.
Report thisBy cyrena, January 10, 2008 at 12:02 pm #
Cyrena, Budweiser logo? Did you see Elvis in the video too? PT was obviously joking
Frank,
Sorry you didnt get it, and Ill try to do better. I was obviously joking as well, having made my jet-ski comment a few days ago. In short, this was nothing about nothing, about nothing, for the Iranian standpoint.
So, no. I didnt see Elvis, and I didnt need to see any more than what I saw to begin with. A few speed boats having fun in the Persian Gulf, on what appeared to be a beautiful day there. Did you check out the whole scene the sky and the water where they merge into each other? Lovely. But then, its a beautiful part of the world.
I also dont go along with your suggestion that the Iranians had some grand scheme to provoke an attack on themselves. Actually, I think its bullshit. So, consider some real basics here. THEY live there. They have lived there for thousands of years. THEY are not anywhere where they should not be.
OTOH, the US has a minimum of 5 WARSHIPS in the Persian Gulf, though only THREE of the huge suckers were there for this particular incident. (The others are no doubt within a few hundred miles, and its been this way for well over a year closer to two). The US home for these WARSHIPS is at least 6,000 miles away. So, lets think just a bit more reasonably here. WHO THE HELL IS HARASSING WHO?
Anyone who has paid even 5% attention to anything in the past 5 years, knows damn well that it is the U.S., based on the long made plans of the Dick Cheney Rumsfeld crowd, harassing Iran, and hoping to provoke an attack, to give them any excuse, (since all of the others have been exposed for what they are) to attack.
So, there is every reason to believe that the Pentagon fabricated this video, in advance, to put out there as the standard propaganda, that theyve used for years, in order to accomplish these same goals. (were you in a comma from 2001 -2003).
They are referring to the area as International waters, for their own purposes, and can push that off on an unknowing public, simply because the Strait IS a heavily travelled shipping/trade lane. But, thats NOT why WARHIPS should be in the area, and if we wanted to get technical about it, the US is out of line in this incident. (though we dont know the exact coordinates).
So yes, I can joke with the best of you, and at the same time, this is NOT a joke, because we all know damn well, what your commanders-in-chief are up to. This isnt exactly a new tactic for the US military.
And, I don’t have to ‘float’ any theories anywhere. Better for you to ask these guys why they’re hanging around in the Persian Gulf? Don’t they know their mamas are calling them home for dinner?
Report thisBy voice of truth, January 10, 2008 at 12:01 pm #
By the way, wether you believe the video is real or not, the Iranians have, in fact, confirmed that there was an incident, so use of the word “alleged” constitutes either poor journalism (which I expect on TruthDig) or a blatant attempt to mislead. Take your pick
Report thisBy voice of truth, January 10, 2008 at 11:55 am #
You are so absorbed in your hatred of Bush and the US. It really is astounding.
Bad - America, where you have the freedom to think and say anything and there is no limit on what one can achieve.
Good - Totalitarian regimes who will execute a woman for being raped, indoctrinate children into wanting to kill and forcing religion onto people, under pain of death.
Bad - US Navy, full of fellow countrymen/women making it safe for you to voice your ludicrous views.
Good - Iranian Republican Guard, who have executed hundreds of thousands over the years and even forced children at gunpoint to lead an attack against Iraq (during that ruinous war).
Not Credible - US Government / US Media, which clearly controls all media so that they can never be questioned and no opposing views are aired.
Credible - Ahmadinejad, who straight-faced is convinced there are no homosexuals in Iran, and that Isreal needs to wiped off the map.
Report thisGive it a rest. As for the video, I swear I saw, on one of the speedboats, the same guy who was shown on the top of the WTC as the AA flight was about to crash into it.
By ocjim, January 10, 2008 at 11:39 am #
We have very little trust in our own government when we can take statement from the opposition’s radical representatives and believe it is truth.
Witness the statement, “In fact, according to a source in Irans Revolutionary Guards, the video itself was fabricated.”
Has it just been the Bush propaganda/dirty tricks forces or are we still remembering things such as the “Gulf of Tonkin” fabrication?
Report thisBy lodipete, January 10, 2008 at 11:24 am #
Can you say “C.Turner Joy & Maddox”? Can you say boo,hiss to Wayne Morse & Ernest Gruening? Can you say Deja Vu ?
Report thisBy Expat, January 10, 2008 at 11:05 am #
By republicanSScareme, January 10 at 12:29 am #
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30 Minute Delivery
Its obvious to me those are pizza delivery boats.
LOL, thanks, that’s funny!
Report thisBy Frank, January 10, 2008 at 9:53 am #
Clearly, they did not set out to attack US ships or they would have. They probably set out to do exactly what they did which was harass them. Speedboats are the only thing Iran has on the water that can match the speed of US warships and allow them to beat a hasty retreat when they want to.
I don’t know whether this was orchestrated by Iran to try and provoke the US into firing on the boats, which may in fact have been unarmed, in an attempt to use such an attack as propaganda against the US (perhaps by claiming they were fishing boats, or “baby’s milk” boats to follow Saddam’s lead) or whether it was simply some bored, testosterone-laden Revolutionary guards who were out to prove their bravado by ‘standing up’ to US ships.
Cyrena, Budweiser logo? Did you see Elvis in the video too? PT was obviously joking. The boats hulls can be seen clearly in full screen versions of these videos all over the net and there are no logos or markings of any kind. There is a clear photo of one of the boats here:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080109/NEWS07/801090357/1009
But seriously, why not float some of your theories to the crews of USS Port Royal, the USS Hopper and USS Ingraham who were aboard during these incidents, and see what they have to say about it. I’d love to hear that conversation.
Report thisBy Joe R., January 10, 2008 at 9:21 am #
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The best explanation for this little Gulf of Tonkin incident yet came off of NPR. The reporter stated that it was probably staged so the vote in New Hampshire would shift to the right giving Hillary a boost. The Repubs want to run against Hillary because they know they can beat her. It has Carl Rove all over it.
Report thisBy myiq2xu, January 10, 2008 at 9:06 am #
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Those don’t look like attack boats, they look like ski boats. There are no guns or other weapons visible, and only 2 people in them.
I kept expecting to see a waterskier cruising behind them.
Report thisBy Expat, January 10, 2008 at 7:49 am #
Thanks for the laugh!
Report thisBy Expat, January 10, 2008 at 7:01 am #
Ooops! We did. Oh well, the countdown clock is ticking. How do we shut him up?
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JA10Ak03.html
Bush’s last throw against Iran
By M K Bhadrakumar
Another very well written article in the Asia Times for anyone interested.
Report thisBy republicanSScareme, January 10, 2008 at 5:29 am #
(Unregistered commenter)
It’s obvious to me those are pizza delivery boats.
Report thisBy GW=MCHammered, January 10, 2008 at 3:41 am #
(Unregistered commenter)
If you were looking to attack an American WAR ship, would you go out in a BRIGHT BLUE boat and ORANGE life jackets? Hell with the life jackets. I’d know I was going out to die!
Report thisBy Outraged, January 10, 2008 at 3:05 am #
Sure P.T., I’ll take one of each and a case of Bud Light.
Report thisBy cyrena, January 10, 2008 at 2:06 am #
You’re still on the Yellow Brick Road Frank.
The Pentagon doesn’t even do a good job with these forgeries, and you believe them.
THREE US WARSHIPS, and five speed boats, one with a budweiser logo on it. The only thing they’re missing is the jet skis.
Geeze…
And you’re right. Iran doesn’t do YouTube. That’s why we know the Pentagon did it. Thing is, they aren’t ready for it either.
And actually, Iran is quite well known for it’s excellent cinema. They would never produce any trash like this.
Report thisBy P. T., January 10, 2008 at 2:05 am #
We’ve seen this movie before.
By the way, anyone want to buy some yellowcake and aluminum tubes?
Report thisBy cyrena, January 10, 2008 at 2:02 am #
“...US President George W Bush described the incident as “provocative”, adding that it was a “dangerous situation” that should not have happened.”....
NO! NO! NO!
HE…GWBUSH..is the ‘DANGEROUS SITUATION’ that should NOT HAVE HAPPENED!!
He’s a walking advertisment for contraception.
Report thisBy Frank, January 10, 2008 at 1:41 am #
So what’s more likely? That Iran is lying because their Iranian Revolutionary Guard got filmed misbehaving, or that hundreds of sailors aboard multiple US naval vessels, along with many honorable Naval officers, are party to an fraud by the Bush administration aimed at bringing them closer to war that will keep them away from their families, and yet can be counted on by the Navy to support the lie and never say anything to the press or their families and families back home?
Occam’s razor anyone?
Where have I have heard this ‘fake’ claim before? Was it when Ahmadinejad was filmed describing to top Iranian clericss how the UN audience to his speech reacted: “I felt that all of a sudden the atmosphere changed, and for 27 to 28 minutes the leaders did not blink,” he said. “They were astonished…. it had opened their eyes and ears for the message of the Islamic Republic.” . Of course, he later claimed this video was a fake when it was leaked to the media outside of Iran and the rest of the world could laugh at his mischaracterization of his UN reception. Or am I thinking of I former Iranian president Khatami claiming the photo of him shaking hands with a woman was fake? http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2140846,00.html
It’s hard to keep track, really, of all the times Iranians forget cameras exist in the world that they can’t control, and then have to claim ‘fake’ when their version of events doesn’t match the footage. One thing is for sure, Iran is definitely not ready for YouTube.
Report thisBy P. T., January 10, 2008 at 1:22 am #
If you look closely you can see it.
Report thisBy Douglas Chalmers, January 10, 2008 at 12:13 am #
Dozens killed in Iran blizzards
“Iran is a threat to world peace”? You’ve got to be joking, uhh!
Dozens killed in Iran blizzards - The Iranian authorities are urging people to stay at home - Travel chaos: At least 28 people are reported to have died in Iran’s heaviest snowfall in recent years.
Eight people froze to death as severe blizzards left 40,000 people stranded in their cars, authorities said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7178192.stm
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