Zimbabwe: Iran, U.S. - Who's Threatening Whom?

15 January 2008
opinion

IT is very likely that a Pentagon video showing Iranian patrol boats confronting three U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz was deliberately embellished to back up U.S. president George Bush's efforts to enlist allies to confront Iran.

The video was released on the eve of Bush's departure on "a five-day, five-country tour of the Arab world - to build a common front to pressure Iran - which Bush said - 'was a threat to world peace' - into ceasing its efforts to acquire nuclear technology."

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