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Pentagon: New Photos Offer More Proof Iran Attacked Oil Tankers Last Week

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   STATE DEPARTMENT /PENTAGON - VOA's Carla Babb contributed to this
   report.

   The Pentagon has released new photographs it says are more proof that
   Iran attacked two foreign oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week.

   The pictures show what the U.S. says are Iranian Revolutionary Guard
   forces taking an unexploded mine off the side of the Japanese-owned
   Kokuka Courageous tanker. Another shot shows where the mine had been
   attached.

   Other pictures show a large hole in the Courageous that the Pentagon
   says was likely caused by another mine.

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