Iran Boats

How Mainstream Media Echoed a Fabricated Story

Omid Memarian | Posted 01.25.2008 | Home

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Omid Memarian

There have been lots of outlets criticizing the fake story of speedboats. But mainstream media outlets did not cover the reality behind the story properly.

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It's Time to Hold Democratic House Leaders in Contempt

Naomi Wolf | Posted 01.25.2008 | Home

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Naomi Wolf

Where it counts most, Democratic leaders in Congress have completely abdicated their Constitutional oversight role.

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Reading The Pictures: A Judy Miller-ish Fixation On Little Boats

Michael Shaw | Posted 01.21.2008 | Home

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Michael Shaw

2008-01-21-shaw_miller_iran.jpgThe way the New York Times has been handling the Iranian speed boat story has now become just plain, well, Judy Miller-ish.

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Investigate the Pentagon's Strait of Hormuz Scandal

Gareth Porter | Posted 01.18.2008 | Home

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Gareth Porter

Could the White House have been taken in by reports from overeager commanders in the Gulf who sent panicky reports with an exaggerated sense of threat from Iranian boats?

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The Eternal Underdog

Robert Koehler | Posted 01.17.2008 | Home

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Robert Koehler

Regardless of our own heavily armed belligerence, we see and portray ourselves as the underdog, fighting off the savages only because we have no other choice. And God, yet again, is on our side.

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Congress Should Investigate Release of Pentagon Iran Video

Robert Naiman | Posted 01.16.2008 | Home

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Robert Naiman

It is unacceptable that the Pentagon can release false information that makes military conflict more likely, thus hijacking democratic accountability at the great risk of blood and treasure.

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Threatening Voice On Iran Boat Tape May Be "Filipino Monkey"

Associated Press | Posted 01.14.2008 | Home

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A threatening radio message at the end of a video showing Iranian patrol boats swarming near U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf may have come from a pr...

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Iranian TV Airs Video Of US-Iran Naval Encounter In Persian Gulf

AP | LAUREN FRAYER | Posted 01.10.2008 | Home

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Iran aired video Thursday of its boats and U.S. naval ships in the Persian Gulf in an apparent attempt to show that there was no confrontation between...

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Fool Me Once, Won't Get Fooled Again

Harry Shearer | Posted 01.09.2008 | Home

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Harry Shearer

After a period in which the administration's credibility on matters foreign has been tattered, why is the "incident" with Iran being reported totally out of Pentagon press releases?

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Video Recordings Show Iran-US Clash In Persian Gulf

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR and SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 01.08.2008 | Home

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Small Iranian fast boats swarmed around massive U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf, and a man speaking heavily accented English threatened, "I am comin...

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U.S. Describes Confrontation With Iranian Boats

NY Times | THOM SHANKER and BRIAN KNOWLTON | Posted 01.08.2008 | Home

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Five armed Iranian speedboats approached three United States Navy warships in international waters in the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, then m...

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