IRAN TV: US CLOSE TO AIR STRIKES?

Over the weekend www.AFP.com reported that Iranian news had broadcast footage shot from an Iranian spy plane. The footage was of an American Navy aircraft carrier in the Gulf--and it was clearly stuffed to the gills and looking very threatening. Check out a screengrab I snagged off of [http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/11/061111210706.9ddls4rg.html|the November 11, 2006 AFP article] at the oddly named news site Breitbart.com :

See that big plane toward the center of the picture? I believe that's a surveillance aircraft. You can sort of make out the disc that's you see on some surveillance aircraft--see the Navy's P3-B below:

To me this aircraft on deck (and all the other smaller fighters on deck) could mean two things: 1) Training exercises. 2) They're planning air strikes. Why else would you need a surveillance aircraft?

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