January 11, 2008
Non-Iraq Middle East

U.S./Iranian war games: "You videotaped us almost sinking your battleship!"

An unnamed Iranian military official has accused the United States of faking a video that shows Iranian speedboats confronting U.S. Navy warships in the Persian Gulf. The original video (which you can watch by clicking here), shows the speedboats behaving in what a Pentagon spokeman called an aggressive manner, cruising around the Navy ships and refusing to identify themselves after repeated attempts at radio contact.

Iran, of course, says the whole thing is made up. Though they don't deny that their boats were in the area, the Revolutionary Guard says there was no hostile intent, and released this follow-up video to show the world what really happened.

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