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US Protests Iran Harassment of US Ships - AP (1/10/08):

The United States on Thursday lodged a formal diplomatic protest with Iran over an incident last weekend in which Iranian speedboats harassed U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf.

The protest repeats U.S. complaints about Sunday’s “provocative” action in the Strait of Hormuz and was sent to the Iranian Foreign Ministry via the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which represents U.S. interests in Iran, the State Department said.

“It reiterates the points that we have made publicly in the last few days,” deputy spokesman Tom Casey told reporters. “We certainly don’t want to see the Iranians taking any kind of provocative actions or provocative steps against our ships or against any ships that are transiting what is a primary international waterway.”

U.S.: Voices on Recording May Not Have Been From Iranian Speedboats - ABC News (1/10/08):

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.

In light of the ABC News report, this guy Tom Casey really needs a promotion on the strength of this statement:

In his remarks, Casey dismissed Iranian claims that there was nothing unusual about the incident as well as a videotape aired by Iranian television on Thursday that appeared to be an attempt to show there had not been a confrontation between the vessels.

“We all understand what happened in this incident,” he said.

Now they have lost even the ability to properly lie this country into war.