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US expresses condolences over Iran air crash
breitbart ^ | 7/15/09 | ap

Posted on 07/15/2009 9:18:31 PM PDT by Nachum

The US government on Wednesday expressed its sympathy for relatives of the 168 people who were killed when their Caspian Airlines flight crashed in Iran earlier in the day. Washington "extends it condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in today's crash," read a brief statement by State Department spokesman Ian Kelly.

"We are working through the US embassy in Yerevan and the Swiss Protecting Power in Iran to determine whether any American citizens were on board," the statement said.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhoiran; caspianairlines; condolences; expresses; iran; planecrash; us
But didn't say jack **** when a bunch of soldiers were killed in Afghanistan earlier.
1 posted on 07/15/2009 9:18:32 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

I don’t have a problem with it, it’s directed to the families not the state.

Parents and children are suffering loss from this.


2 posted on 07/15/2009 9:21:09 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Nachum

Kimbaya


3 posted on 07/15/2009 11:00:24 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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