[Peace-discuss] U.S.-Iranian Naval Confrontation in the Strait of Hormuz -dueling videos

[Paul Mueth]

not a surprise, The pentagon claims the iranian video
was edited. . .

There's one AP story, dateline Cairo on this so far ..

as well as Arkin musings . .

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2008/01/what_to_make_of_the_iranian_vi_1.html

William M. Arkin on National and Homeland Security
     What to Make of the Iranian Videotape

Iran has now aired a video of the incident in the
Straits of Hormuz on Sunday, and according to the wire
services (AP, AFP, Reuters) the video stresses routine
and not confrontation.

As I said yesterday, the Iranians on Sunday wanted to
send a not-so-subtle message to their Persian Gulf
neighbors that they could disrupt the flow of oil and
that any U.S.-Iranian confrontation would hurt the
pocketbooks of the ruling sheiks. Now, by issuing a
video that seems to call into question the
authenticity of the Pentagon videotape, Iran seeks a
bigger victory with international public opinion.