Friday, February 15, 2008

Iran Accuses U.S. of Faking Persian Gulf Video 11 Jan 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/world/middleeast/10iran.html?bl&ex=1200200400&en=ab0fa0fbe1b14f9c&ei=5087%0A
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>Date: Jan 11, 2008 10:31 AMSubject: Iran Accuses U.S. of Faking Persian Gulf VideoTo: letters@nytimes.com

to the Editor: The U.S. navy has reported receiving threats in the straits of Hormuz. The Iranian navy denies making them. The U.S. navy that reports the threatening broadcast knows something. It knows with great precision when the broadcast was made and at what frequency and where the speedboats were at that time. They point out that they do not know if the broadcasts came from one of the speedboats. This too is knowable. Surely one of our assets (landbased? airborne? satellite? seaborne?) in such an active area can pinpoint the source of such a radio burst. On the face of it, the denial from the Iranian navy is credible. Whether the crews of our ships in the straits knew it or not, it is possible that this broadcast was faked to provide causus belli. Before our Legislature passes a new Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, and involves us in yet another unwarranted war, we need to know what happened. Barry Levine1142 Brown AveLafayette, CA 94549510 220 6948

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