U.S.: Voices on Recording May Not Have Been From Iranian Speedboats
Chilling Threat Could Have Come From the Shore or Another Ship, Navy Says
Just two days after the U.S. Navy released the eerie video of Iranian speedboats swarming around American warships, which featured a chilling threat in English, the Navy is saying that the voice on the tape could have come from the shore or from another ship.
The near-clash occurred over the weekend in the Strait of Hormuz. On the U.S.-released recording, a voice can be heard saying to the Americans, "I am coming to you. You will explode after a few minutes."
The Navy never said specifically where the voices came from, but many were left with the impression they had come from the speedboats because of the way the Navy footage was edited.
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Chilling Threat Could Have Come From the Shore or Another Ship, Navy Says
Just two days after the U.S. Navy released the eerie video of Iranian speedboats swarming around American warships, which featured a chilling threat in English, the Navy is saying that the voice on the tape could have come from the shore or from another ship.
The near-clash occurred over the weekend in the Strait of Hormuz. On the U.S.-released recording, a voice can be heard saying to the Americans, "I am coming to you. You will explode after a few minutes."
The Navy never said specifically where the voices came from, but many were left with the impression they had come from the speedboats because of the way the Navy footage was edited.
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abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story
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Re: Voices on Recording May Not Have Been From Iranian Speedboats
Sun, January 20, 2008 - 4:28 PMThe Asia Times had a few articles about this, that were more fully elaborated..
www.atimes.com/atimes/Mid...16Ak02.html
www.atimes.com/atimes/Mid...18Ak01.html
From the second link:
"The Pentagon has since admitted that it dubbed the mysterious voice over its video "to give a better idea of what is happening". The Iranian version has no smidgen of aggressive behavior. It shows an Iranian official speaking in Persian trying to identify one of the warships (Number 73). " -
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Re: Voices on Recording May Not Have Been From Iranian Speedboats
Sun, January 20, 2008 - 4:41 PMGood articles, Joy. Thanks for posting those links.
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