Posted on 01/08/2006 11:56:49 PM PST by HAL9000
An Iranian military plane crashed in the northwest of the country on Monday, killing 13 people including the head of the Revolutionary Guards ground forces, Iranian news agencies reported.The crash came barely a month after a decrepit Iranian military transport plane crashed into the foot of a high-rise housing block after suffering engine failure.
A total of 108 people were killed.
He added that the IRGC's Ground Forces Commander Ahmad Kazemi, Commander of Rassoulollah Army Division 27 Saeed Mohtadi, Deputy Commander of Ground Forces for Operation Affairs Saeed Soleymani and the Official in Charge of Information for Ground Forces Hanif Montazer-Qaem were among those killed in the crash.
Also confirmed killed in the crash was the Commander of Artillery Unit Gholam-Reza Yazdani, 2 members of the Ground Forces' Command Office Hamid Azinpour and Mohsen Assadi, Deputy Commander of Ground Forces Safdar Reshadi along with pilot Abbas Karvandi and IRGC Colonels Ahmad Elhaminejad and Morteza Basiri.
The plane, a Falcon, crashed in Aidinlou village, 12 kilometers west of Orumiyeh, capital of the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan Monday morning.
That's what I was thinking.
The Ruskies were especially good at 'martyring' those who strayed from the party line.
No one's mentioned the possibility of the Israeli Air Force?
Purge by the president of Iran. Perhaps the General was plotting a coup.....Not everyone in Iran is a nut case.
Sunni secret plane dropping death-ray bump
even if this really *was* a typical planecrash, there is a lot more to this story than is being told...
one must also assume that it may be pure disinformation and these guys are still alive but off doing something sinister...
IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS MAKING A BID FOR INCREASED POWER
Kamal Nazer Yasin 5/19/04 .....
Others believe the Revolutionary Guard commanders may be overplaying their hand, and thus could soon be subject to action designed to curb their political ambitions.
"IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS MAKING A BID FOR INCREASED POWER"
Kamal Nazer Yasin 5/19/04 .....
"Others believe the Revolutionary Guard commanders may be overplaying their hand, and thus could soon be subject to action designed to curb their political ambitions."
...forgot the quotation marks on authors work..sorry..
"Purge by the president of Iran. Perhaps the General was plotting a coup.....Not everyone in Iran is a nut case."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>........
please name the "one" non nut case.. Thanks
Probably just good ol-fashioned Islamic pinheadism. Like when the nutjob Jihadists couldn't get their F-14's working after all the Grumman techs left and took some parts with them. Probably only had to take the stepladders and ignition keys.
The irony is it could be true, assuming it is possible to successfully tamper with the fuel gauge on such a plane.
Plane crashes seem to be a favorite world-wide for cleaning up domestic politlcal problems. I guess because there is usually no hard evidence left that is not strictly controlled by government investigators, if any at all.
comment by Pat Robertson to follow.
I came across this yesterday, you might be interested:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1554011/posts
Right.......Ahlah who blesses the camel, doesn't do so well with aircraft.
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto replay?
http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/midway/yamamoto.htm
Just about the time I start to feel smug I remember Ron Brown's unfortunate airplane trip.
Don't all airplane crashes result in .45 inch holes?
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