Photo refutes Hillary 'sniper fire' account

WND ^ | 21 March 08 | None

[SkyPilot]

Sen. Hillary Clinton has used a story of arriving in Bosnia under sniper fire to bolster her foreign policy bona fides, but the Washington Post retrieved a photo showing that upon landing, she actually was greeted in a customary tarmac ceremony, complete with a kiss for a native child.

_{Hillary Clinton arriving in Bosnia in 1996}

Clinton has declared on the campaign trail that a welcoming ceremony for the March 25, 1996, arrival in Tuzla was canceled, and she had to run from the airplane into an airport building for safety. The then-first lady's traveling party included 15-year-old daughter Chelsea, the comedian Sinbad and singer Sheryl Crow.

"I remember landing under sniper fire," Clinton recounted. "There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base."

[SkyPilot]

I was flying C-141s into Sarajevo, Tuzla, Split, and Zagreb in the 1993-1997 timeframe.

Sarajevo was dangerous from 93-94; then it was calm. Tuzla by 1996 was safter than Lima Peru during that timeframe.

I knew Hillary was flat out lying, and I am glad this is being exposed.

[yldstrk]

Run little girl, run for your life!

[PBRSTREETGANG]

She wants to take credit for world events that she was “near” by virtue of her marriage.

She should’ve been laughed off the stage long ago.

[Jet Jaguar]

Tuzla by 1996 was safter than Lima, Peru during that timeframe.

And safer than Philadephia.

[Brilliant]

Huh? The little girl is the sniper!

[jveritas]

This Hillary Clinton "Bosnia Sniper fire" lie has been playing very heavily on the left wing internet for the last three days, they even have a whole video from CBS news about her being greeted at the airport by little children. Now it seems that this lie is going to play in the regular liberal media as well.

[Rummyfan]

Clinton has declared on the campaign trail that a welcoming ceremony for the March 25, 1996, arrival in Tuzla was canceled, and she had to run from the airplane into an airport building for safety.

That woman couldn't run if her life depended on it.

[Brilliant]

Could be photoshopped.

I’m sure that will be Hillary’s next claim.

[blackdog]

Well, she is crouching down. It was to kiss a five year old, but things get hazy in the turmoil of sniper fire.

[sirchtruth]

Here's what really sucks about this. The people who support her will continue too because they don't care about her lying. They only care about her gaining power.

It's obvious she's lying, and she's got to know it doesn't matter!

[SlowBoat407]

The little girl is the sniper!

Impudent little whipper-sniper.

[mad_as_he$$]

I just heard one of here talking heads on MSNBc reading articles from the time period. He was claiming that since she was out in the areas where there had been fighting and there clearly was minefields marked that she was in the battle. Unfreakingbelieveable. He also claimed things were so bad she landed under the watchful eye of OUR snipers. He$$ she does that here at JFK!!!!

BTW Thanks for your service!!

[TheBattman]

Democrats have a genetic proclivity to lie.

[fredhead]

The little girl looks like she’s thinking, “Get that thing away from me!!!”

[mad_as_he$$]

There is video of that “moment” BTW Chelsea is standing at her side. What mother takes her kid into a active combat zone?

[vietvet67]

She was obviously misunderstood and meant that she was going on a Bosnian snipe hunt. :-)

[Brilliant]

Yeah, but it could be a sniper disguised as Chelsea. I would not put it past these Serbs. They’ll do anything to get at an important person like Hillary.

[mad_as_he$$]

lol...Would you get that ugly for any job?

[Sax]

Yeah right, the secret service is going to say - "We'll I guess that's it then Mrs. First Lady. The pilot says we have to deplane here, there are no vehicles available to pick you up, and there are enemy snipers covering the tarmac. We're going to have to run for it."

[USS Alaska]

Point of fact. It's not possible to run on kankles.