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ABC News: U.S. Concedes Voices on Recording May Not Have Been From Iranian Speedboats

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.

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Check even wat presidentskandidaat Ron Paul een jaar geleden zei...

Iran denies threat to blow up US ships

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Tuesday rejected US charges that its naval forces threatened to blow up American ships in the Strait of Hormuz, amid renewed tensions ahead of US President George W. Bush's visit to the region.

US defence officials said five speedboats from the naval forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guards menaced three US warships in the strategic waterway on Sunday, radioing a threat to blow them up.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice described the incident as "provocative" and "dangerous", amid fears such an insolated encounter could spark a major confrontation between the two foes.

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Pardon??? Wie provoceert er eigenlijk wie??! Wat hebben de Amerikaanse schepen daar eigenlijk te zoeken?