Strait of Hormuz: Keeping the Neocon Iran Attack on the Front Burner
by Kurt Nimmo
The Huffington Post is quoting the Associated Press:

• "In what is being called a serious provocation, Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, officials said Monday.
  

U.S. forces were on the verge of firing on the Iranian boats in the early Sunday incident, when the boats ended the incident and turned and moved away, said a Pentagon official."

Another news day, another lame attempt to get Iran to respond and thus provide the provocation required for the United States and Israel to kill Iranian toddlers and mothers.

 

Of course, the Strait of Hormuz is part of Iran — in fact, it actually takes a detour into the country (see map). In other words, this “serious provocation” would be like Iran calling foul if their ships were “harassed and provoked” in New York Harbor.

It’s all part of the continuing propaganda effort in the build-up to attack Iran, slated to occur before the decider-commander departs the Oval Office.

But never mind. Most Americans would be unable to find the Strait of Hormuz on a map, let alone Iran or for the matter the Middle East.

 

A news report via Reuters follows:

• "Five Iranian boats made aggressive maneuvers and showed hostile intent against three U.S. Navy ships at the weekend in the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipping route in the Gulf, the Pentagon said on Monday.

• The Pentagon said the incident was serious. It described the Iranian actions as “careless, reckless and potentially hostile” and said Tehran should provide an explanation.

• In Tehran, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman had no immediate comment on U.S. accounts of the incident."

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