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Reports: US drone shot down over Iran nuke site
MSNBC ^ | 07-20-2011 | Staff

Posted on 07/20/2011 5:56:00 AM PDT by Red Badger

A U.S. drone was shot down while flying over a nuclear facility in Iran, according to reports in the Iranian media. Iran's Fars news agency reported that lawmaker Ali Aqazadeh Dafsari, a member of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, had confirmed the unmanned spy plane was flying near the Fordo nuclear enrichment plant in Qom province when it was brought down by Revolutionary Guard soldiers. It did not say when the alleged incident happened. Dafsari told Fars that the drone was trying to gather information about the nuclear facility for the CIA. Fars also said Iranian military officials had claimed to have shot down "several enemy drones" in January. "We have experienced similar incidents many times in the past and there have even been drones belonging to the occupying Zionist regime (Israel), the United States and Britain which have been shot down in the Persian Gulf during the past 7 years," Fars quoted a senior military official as saying at the time. Other Iranian media reported the same story, including Hamsayeh.net.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: drone; iran; nukeplant
FWIW...............
1 posted on 07/20/2011 5:56:06 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Probe?


2 posted on 07/20/2011 5:59:25 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Red Badger
Fars also said Iranian military officials had claimed to have shot down “several enemy drones” in January.

And they didn't parade them in front of the media cameras? BS.

3 posted on 07/20/2011 6:04:50 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't go wobbly on me now GOP leadership)
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To: Travis McGee

If they don’t show pics, don’t believe, and even then be very skeptical............


4 posted on 07/20/2011 6:07:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
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To: Red Badger

They can send over drones meant to be attacked, to test the limits of Iranian AA systems. That’s one scenario.


5 posted on 07/20/2011 6:08:54 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: McGruff

BS? From Ahmadirtynutjob?..........I’m shocked.


6 posted on 07/20/2011 6:09:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
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To: Red Badger

MSNBC is pleased.


7 posted on 07/20/2011 6:10:45 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: Travis McGee

They could do that with a kite................


8 posted on 07/20/2011 6:14:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
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To: Red Badger

I wouldn’t be surprised if Israel has sent some drones over there.


9 posted on 07/20/2011 6:17:00 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: Travis McGee

Can we get (.)bama to fly one on board?


10 posted on 07/20/2011 6:18:38 AM PDT by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: Red Badger

Russian drone painted in US colors


11 posted on 07/20/2011 6:33:39 AM PDT by 50gunsalute
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To: Red Badger

When the Soviets shot down our U-2 in 1960, they proudly produced the wreckage.

The story is not about more lies from Tehran, but the willingness of MSNBC to believe them.

Surfed past that sinkhole of a cable channel and saw Rachel Madcow in full roar. That heeshee is demonic crazed.


12 posted on 07/20/2011 6:35:47 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("Deport Muslims. Nuke Mecca. Death to Islam. Freedom for mankind.")
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To: elcid1970

It’s how she makes her money.
The more outlandish remarks the more $$ she makes.
It’s a living.
She probably doesn’t believe even half the crap she spouts.
Just keep the schtick going and the money coming...............


13 posted on 07/20/2011 6:39:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
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To: Red Badger
Skeptical? Why would I be skeptical?


14 posted on 07/20/2011 7:19:31 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

15 posted on 07/20/2011 7:21:24 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Travis McGee

And in other news, tractor sales are up.


16 posted on 07/20/2011 7:37:37 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: CodeToad
And in other news, tractor sales are up.

I just heard the chocolate ration went up to 25 grams per week.

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17 posted on 07/20/2011 8:03:32 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: CodeToad

Grain Harvest Smashes Record!


18 posted on 07/20/2011 8:57:36 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Red Badger

More likely the Mullahs mistook a Western Spy-Squirrel
for a Drone. Ha.


19 posted on 07/20/2011 9:13:53 AM PDT by Diogenesis (No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain)
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