Gulf video ‘fabricated,’ Iran says

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Gulf video ‘fabricated,’ Iran says
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jan 9, 2008 22:12:22 EST

Iran on Wednesday called video and audio released by the Pentagon showing Iranian Revolutionary Guards boats confronting U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz “fabricated,” an English-language state-run television station reported.

State TV did not give the name of the Revolutionary Guard figure and did not offer more details about how the official knew the footage was “fabricated.”

The Pentagon on Tuesday released a four-minute, 20-second video that included audio showing small Iranian boats swarming around U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf. In the recording, a man speaking in heavily accented English threatened, “I am coming to you. ... You will explode after ... minutes.”

The Iranian boats appeared to ignore repeated warnings from the U.S. ships, including horn blasts and radio transmissions, according to the video, which was shot from the bridge of the destroyer Hopper.

From the Hopper, after spotting the approaching Iranian boats, a U.S. Navy crew member says over the radio: “This is coalition warship. I am engaged in transit passage in accordance with international law. Intend no harm.”


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/01/ap_iranaudio_080108/