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SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN'S PLANE TOOK EVASIVE ACTION (COMING BACK FROM IRAQ LAST WEEK)
KFWB News ^ | 12/9/04

Posted on 12/09/2004 8:51:36 AM PST by areafiftyone

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) 12.9.04, 8:10a -- Senator Dianne Feinstein is describing a harrowing experience during her visit to Iraq last week.

Feinstein told KCBS radio during take-off from Baghdad, the C-130 military transport plane she was a passenger on was forced to take evasive action because of a what may have been a missile attack.

The senator told the station that shortly after take-off, she could see light flashing through portholes on the side.

The pilot then began taking what Feinstein described as -- "extraordinary evasive action."

Feinstein says once the plane landed the pilot explained to her that there was no way to determine if the plane really came under a missile attack because once the warning system goes off, he automatically takes evasive action.

Feinstein says passengers on board were shaken up a bit, but she was not concerned after the first few moments.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bia; iraq
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1 posted on 12/09/2004 8:51:36 AM PST by areafiftyone
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To: areafiftyone

Sorry, since this is a lib telling the story, and they cannot tell the truth about anything at all, I really question this story.


2 posted on 12/09/2004 8:53:07 AM PST by technomage
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To: areafiftyone

Don't you know the pilot did it just to knock Sen. Anti-Military around a bit?

I sure would have.


3 posted on 12/09/2004 8:53:20 AM PST by MeanWestTexan
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To: areafiftyone

She didn't publicly announce her flight plan in advance so everyone in Iraq would know about it??? /sarcasm


4 posted on 12/09/2004 8:53:38 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: areafiftyone

They should have thrown her out as chaff...


5 posted on 12/09/2004 8:54:17 AM PST by frog_jerk_2004
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To: MeanWestTexan

LOL A little evasive Dem Bashing? It was Bush's fault - he ordered the pilot to knock Feinstein's block off!


6 posted on 12/09/2004 8:54:30 AM PST by areafiftyone (Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
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To: areafiftyone
From "the things I wish could be said" file ... Sorry, Senator ... we forgot to put the big honking sign on the outside of the aircraft identifying it as us having an anti American aboard.
7 posted on 12/09/2004 8:54:41 AM PST by mgc1122
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To: areafiftyone
Poor baby. That's what happens in a war zone, stupid.

I guess the enemy didn't know not to Dis Diane.


8 posted on 12/09/2004 8:55:07 AM PST by pabianice
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To: areafiftyone

Now why would peaceful terrorists target someone who sympathizes with their movement?


9 posted on 12/09/2004 8:55:14 AM PST by BlkConserv
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My guess is the action happened before she boarded the plane. Where the pilot performed evasive maneuvers trying to duck the assignment of ferrying her lame carcass around.
10 posted on 12/09/2004 8:55:36 AM PST by Damifino (The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
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To: technomage; areafiftyone
Sorry, since this is a lib telling the story, and they cannot tell the truth about anything at all, I really question this story.

Why?

Given the circumstances, it's certainly plausible. And the pilot can at least verify that he took evasive action.

11 posted on 12/09/2004 8:55:45 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (CHRISTmas: One season. One reason.)
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Was that one of those eeeeeevil "Assault" MANPADS?


12 posted on 12/09/2004 8:56:28 AM PST by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: areafiftyone

Make the plane lighter. Throw the Senator out.


13 posted on 12/09/2004 8:57:19 AM PST by bmwcyle (I wear sleepwear therefore I think (When they are off I am single minded))
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To: Corin Stormhands
And the pilot can at least verify that he took evasive action.

The pilot, the crew I would believe. Not Feinstein.

So far, I have heard no independent confirmation of this from anyone other than DF. Until then, I am skeptical.

It would not surprise me at all that this lib would fabricate a story for sympathy.

14 posted on 12/09/2004 8:58:19 AM PST by technomage
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To: MeanWestTexan
Don't you know the pilot did it just to knock Sen. Anti-Military around a bit?

I would not put it past them at all. The pilot is the supreme authority in the air and can do exactly as he(she) damn well pleases.

15 posted on 12/09/2004 8:58:40 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: areafiftyone
Confucius say: Flying Dianne Feinstein upside down will have crack up!
16 posted on 12/09/2004 8:58:51 AM PST by TRY ONE (NUKE the unborn gay whales!)
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How long do you think Feinstein would survive as a Muslim woman with her big yap? Liberal fool.


17 posted on 12/09/2004 9:00:20 AM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: areafiftyone

Damn! Wasn't the pilot in on the conspiracy?

Get us that Wellstone pilot!


18 posted on 12/09/2004 9:00:49 AM PST by OwnershipSociety
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To: areafiftyone

She should write a ban on antiaircraft missiles. That would fix the problem.


19 posted on 12/09/2004 9:00:53 AM PST by Redcloak ("FOUR MORE BEERS! FOUR MORE BEERS! FOUR MORE BEERS!" -Teresa Heinz Kerry)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Is she going to get a Silver Star with Flying "V"?

So what if it didn't happen and they dont exist. WOuldn't be the first time a senator did something like that.


20 posted on 12/09/2004 9:02:40 AM PST by BookaT (My Cat's Breath smells like Cat Food!)
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