Kamangir points out that a photograph published of the recent missile tests is from the same test that was photographed 2 years ago.
Check out his blog and compare the pictures for yourself.
Update: This just in from AFP:
Photographs published on the Iranian Revolutionary Guards website showed four missiles taking off from a desert launchpad.
But one of the missiles had apparently been added to the photograph using elements from the smoke trail and dust clouds from two of the other missiles.
After being shown the photograph by AFP, Mark Fitzpatrick of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said: "It very much does appear that Iran doctored the photo to cover up what apparently was a misfiring of one of the missiles.
"The whole purpose of this testing was to send a signal so Iran both exaggerated the capabilities of the missile in their prose and apparently doctored the photos as well."
2 comments:
Its funny on the parts of both Iran and the media. The media, in the fact that they fell for it. And Iran, for thinking they could slip this one through without anyone recognizing it. Lets hope this crisis is peacefully settled!
We should be careful what we assume about Iran, or any country.
Puor bien savoir les choses, il en faut savoir le detail, et comme il est presque infini, nos connaissances sont toujours superficielles et imparfaites.
Unfortunately, what we do know is that the Bush administration cannot be trusted to do what it says. Iraq taught us that lesson.
"On ne donne rien si liberalement que ses conseils."
But it is the man who follows his own counsel, he's the one that should lead.
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