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Plane carrying Shelby and Cramer fired on above Iraq
Al.com ^ | August 30, 2007 | vdmartin

Posted on 08/30/2007 3:57:51 PM PDT by RDTF

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To: doug from upland

Yep, that’s for sure!

The help they give us with their pontifications is priceless.


41 posted on 08/30/2007 5:49:10 PM PDT by Syncro
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To: highimpact
george carlin put it best:

BOOM!

"Well, nearly missed 'em."

42 posted on 08/30/2007 5:49:42 PM PDT by thefactor
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To: SandRat; StarCMC; freema

ping to #34 - so proud of these airmen!


43 posted on 08/30/2007 5:54:53 PM PDT by RDTF (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: RDTF

Were they unguided RPG type missiles or guided such as Redeye / Stinger / Grail?


44 posted on 08/30/2007 5:56:52 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in Vietnam meant never having to say I was sorry......)
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To: maine-iac7
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45 posted on 08/30/2007 5:56:57 PM PDT by NCjim (The more I use Windows, the more I love UNIX)
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To: maine-iac7

The HercBird is more nimble in the air than you might think.

Not an F16 as to roll rate, but it is a military acft, not a civie. It will toss the passengers around if needed.


46 posted on 08/30/2007 5:58:07 PM PDT by wrench
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To: RDTF

K.Couric due to land shortly.


47 posted on 08/30/2007 6:04:28 PM PDT by JOE6PAK (blithering intellectual.)
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To: RDTF; Brucifer

Glad everyone was OK. Kudos to the alert crew and pilots.


48 posted on 08/30/2007 6:06:24 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: RDTF

I’m....I’m ....shocked! Firing in Iraq? Who would have thunk it???


49 posted on 08/30/2007 6:08:30 PM PDT by Wheee The People (Go FRed)
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To: RDTF
3 R's and only 1 D? Holy Toledo!!!
(Toledo Spain has murderous Muslim significance in case you din't know)
50 posted on 08/30/2007 6:17:37 PM PDT by SierraWasp (Thou shalt not steal!!! Our greedy governments in Sacramento and Washington hate competition!!!)
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To: Recovering Hermit

Angelina has already returned.


51 posted on 08/30/2007 6:27:30 PM PDT by sarasota
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To: RDTF

How odd that it was not the plane carrying Couric and Clinton.


52 posted on 08/30/2007 6:43:36 PM PDT by omega4179 (Was one of the guys named Mohammed?)
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To: BurbankKarl
Not Jim Cramer?

That was my thought too! Boo-yah! :0)

53 posted on 08/30/2007 6:47:13 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Withhold Taxes - Starve a Liberal)
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To: RDTF
Given who was on the plane (3 US Senators and 1 US Congressman), one of their offices might have leaked the iternary, which might have jeopardized all of their lives -- including the US Servicemen flying the plane.

I would not be surprised if there was a leak in one of the offices of these politicians...

54 posted on 08/30/2007 6:56:17 PM PDT by topher (Let us return to old-fashioned morality - morality that has stood the test of time...)
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To: PeterPrinciple
Just taking a wild-*ss guess here: Maybe because Shelby and Cramer represent Alabama, and the story's from the Birmingham News's "Everything Alabama" online site?

(The other senators were Jim "voice-of-sanity-on-the-illegal-invasion" Imhofe of Oklahoma, and Mel "gives-me-mixed-feelings-about-the-rockets" Martinez of Florida.)

55 posted on 08/30/2007 7:06:29 PM PDT by Tenniel2 (The heroes of Flight 93 diverted the wrong plane.)
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To: RDTF

Alabama boys. Shelby is a converted Democrat, ostensibly conservative and, IMHO a total POS. The north congressional district can do better than Cramer. I hope Senator Sessions was not on that plane. He is the true patriot and conservative.


56 posted on 08/30/2007 7:16:39 PM PDT by RatRipper
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To: Tenniel2

Now Inhofe I would miss.


57 posted on 08/30/2007 7:32:15 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: RDTF

Guess they’ll get the silver star for that! (ref. Lyndon Johnson’s silver star)


58 posted on 08/30/2007 8:13:38 PM PDT by saganite (Billions and billions and billions----and that's just the NASA budget!)
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To: Wheee The People

Just target practice for firing on Katie Couric’s plane...small price to pay to get rid of Commie Couric.


59 posted on 08/30/2007 8:15:26 PM PDT by Stayfree (*************************Get your copy of The Fred Factor by David Gill at Capitol Hill Comedy.com)
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To: RDTF

Shelby is a national treasure, in my opinion. Pretty big news.


60 posted on 08/30/2007 8:16:31 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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