Posted on 09/28/2007 9:17:08 PM PDT by Blogger
Mystery surrounds deaths of Minot airmen Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:10:30
Capt. John Frueh Six members of the US Air Force who were involved in the Minot AFB incident, have died mysteriously, an anti-Bush activist group says.
The incident happened when a B-52 bomber was "mistakenly" loaded with six nuclear warheads and flown for more than three hours across several states, prompting an Air Force investigation and the firing of one commander.
The plane was carrying Advanced Cruise Missiles from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base on August 30.
The Air Combat Command has ordered a command-wide stand down on September 14 to review procedures, officials said.
The missiles, which are being decommissioned, were mounted onto pylons on the bomber's wings and it is unclear why the warheads had not been removed beforehand.
In addition to the munitions squadron commander who was relieved of his duties, crews involved in the incident, including ground crew workers had been temporarily decertified for handling munitions.
The activist group Citizens for Legitimate Government said the six members of the US Air Force who were directly involved as loaders or as pilots, were killed within 7 days in 'accidents'.
(Excerpt) Read more at presstv.ir ...
Ping.
this would have made the national media for days!!! it would give them another hate the troops chance
Since this would appear to be an Iranian website, you might want to don the tinfoil hat.
My BS meter is off the scale on this story!!!!!!!
You are assuming that it's true. Unless you've got obits for them, I wouldn't be too certain of that.
I saw the .ir Wasn’t sure what that meant (is it Ireland, Iran, or what?). Some UK kook site picked up the story from the Press TV site. So, I posted the original story as it was found on that site. I’ll put TIN FOIL in the keywords.
Complete BS.
This is from an Iranian Web site. Why should we believe them?
Anything that can make Bush look bad will be published by the MSM... Either this isn’t that bad, or it’s not true. Republicans don’t get “passes”.
Looking up obits, some appear to be from Minot and legit. Whether they were involved in the incident is another story. Here is one
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2007/07/20/news/state/136489.txt
1st Lt. Weston Kissel, 28, was a B-52 pilot assigned to the 23rd Bomb Wing at the Minot base, said Lt. Col. Gerald Hounchell, the 23rd Bomb Squadron commander. Kissel died Tuesday in the crash, while on leave, the base said.
Sounds way far out to me.
From the source “About Us” web page:
About Us
PRESS TV is the first international Iran-based news network to broadcast in English on a round-the-clock schedule.
Our Tehran-based headquarters is staffed by media professionals from around the world. PRESS TV has an extensive network of bureaus located in the world’s most strategic places.
Goals
PRESS TV offers broad news coverage, specifically focusing on the Middle East.
PRESS TV dares to tackle the controversial global news agenda and broadcasts cutting-edge documentaries with political, social and economic contents.
PRESS TV’s goal is to present a deeper analysis of current affairs, aiming to show the other side of the story.
Our Vision
1- To break the global media stranglehold of western outlets.
2- To bridge cultural divisions pragmatically.
3- To highlight the versatility and vitality of political and cultural differences, making up the human condition.
Better wait for confirmation of the details in this story from a better known source before getting too spun up about it.
This incident was already wierd enough- I saw on a website- either Texas Minutemen or Liberty Post ( I’m not quoting) something about actually losing one of the six warheads- that only five made it to Barksdale......developing.....
Good catch, I did not see the IR on the web site addy.
......Bob
Not that they shouldn't be freaking.
The activist group Citizens for Legitimate Government said the six members of the US Air Force who were directly involved as loaders or as pilots, were killed within 7 days in 'accidents'.
The victims include Airman First Class Todd Blue, 20, who died while on leave in Virginia. A statement by the military confirmed his death but did not say how he died.
In another accident, a married couple from Barksdale Air Force Base were killed in the 5100 block of Shreveport-Blanchard Highway. The two were riding a 2007 Harley-Davidson motorcycle, with the husband driving and the wife the passenger, police said.
"They were traveling behind a northbound Pontiac Aztec driven by Erica Jerry, 35, of Shreveport," the county sheriff said. "Jerry initiated a left turn into a business parking lot at the same time the man driving the motorcycle attempted to pass her van on the left in a no passing zone. They collided."
Adam Barrs, a 20-year-old airman from Minot Air Force Base was killed in a crash on the outskirts of the city.
First Lt. Weston Kissel, 28, a Minot Air Force Base bomber pilot, was killed in a motorcycle crash in Tennessee, the military officials say.
Police found the body of a missing Air Force captain John Frueh near Badger Peak in northeast Skamania County, Washington.
The Activist group says the mysterious deaths of the air force members could indicate to a conspiracy to cover up the truth about the Minot Air Base incident.
I checked the Minot Daily News website, but the archive search only goes back 7 days, not nearly enough.
The rest of these should have ended up as stories in a local paper if this is true.
Next question:
Who are the "Citizens for Legitimate Government"?
Okay. This site does a good analysis of it. Several of these guys died before the incident even happened and nothing says the others were involved in the incident.
http://www.kxmc.com/News/Nation/164330.asp
TIN FOIL HATS CAN BE TAKEN OFF NOW.
This propaganda fits in perfectly with the rest of the “stories” on the web site.
Look at the poll question, “Will Israel ever use nukes?”. 78% answer, “yes”. We can Freep that a million times but it would not change the outcome.
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