Large-sized warplane violates Iranian airspace again

IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) ^ | 3.24.03

[Enemy Of The State]

USWAR/Large-sized warplane violates Iranian airspace again

 Arvand-Kenar, March 22, IRNA -- A large-sized British or US warplane  
violated Iranian airspace in this border region across from Iraq's    
Al-Faw Peninsula on Saturday, as the number of such violations since  
Friday rose.                                                          
    The aircraft, which flew on a low altitude, patrolled the sky for 
several minutes, sending several flashes, before heading towards the  
besieged Basra city in southern Iraq at 19:22 (1452 GMT).             
    Abadan governor, Jamal Alemi, said Friday that US warplanes had   
violated the Iranian airspace above the city five times Friday night. 
There were reports of further violations earlier Saturday in          
Arvand-Kenar.                                                         
    On Friday, three Iranians were injured after a straying US plane  
fired a rocked into an oil depot in the southwestern city of Abadan.  
    Two more American rockets hit the village of Manyuhi in           
Arvand-Kenar Saturday, a military commander in the region said.       
    The Islamic Republic has taken a position of "active neutrality"  
in the US war against Iraq but it has condemned the invasion.         
    Iran on Friday strongly objected to the violation of its airspace 
by summoning Swiss ambassador, which takes care of US interests here, 
as well as British ambassador.                                        
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[Enemy Of The State]

Islamic Propaganda?

[Terriergal]

Maybe they think they own part of Iraq.

[Mister Magoo]

They better shut up unless they want more than their airspace violated.

[smith288]

Oh Lord, who cares? Do they think we are really going to go MOAB on them or something? Retards.

[vigilante2]

did somebody say something again?

[this_ol_patriot]

Yeah, they keep crossing those black lines on the ground. Maybe the Rand-McNally logo was in the way. /sargasm

[Torie]

If any of this is true, the pilots need to clean up their act. This is wholly unnecessary.

[Keith in Iowa]

Iran's Official Statement: Stop! Or we'll tell you to stop again!

[Enemy Of The State]

hehehe...

[nevergore]

That reminds me of a great story....

A few years ago I took my then 13 year old daughter on a flight in our airplane and was teaching her to read a standard VFR (visual flight rules) map....

As we were leaving Georgia and on our way to Alabama, I showed her on the map how to compare the map to ground observations such as landforms, power lines, railroad tracks, antenaes etc.

She quickly learned and was very excited about her new skill and was impressed how the map corresponded with the topology .......

When we got Georgia/Alabama border (which is marked on the map with an artificial highlighted line), I told her to find it....She quickly announced to me after a few minutes of diligent searching that she found the line on the ground and pointed out a ridge line below....

She still hasn't lived it down.....

Of course, this past fall as a senior she received a Congressional nomination to the US Naval Academy....

Maybe she DOES have a future in Naval Aviation....

NeverGore :^)

[boris]

It was a UFO. I have it on the highest authority; came over my Interositer just now.

[boris]

Tell her "The Map Is Not the Territory" and have her look into General Semantics and the work of Alfred Korzybski.

--Boris

[struwwelpeter]

Interositer... interositer.... was that from Plan 9?

[nevergore]

Haha...very good....

Hmmmm... didn't General Semantics serve with Major Metaphor?

NeverGore:^)

[freepersup]

BREAKING- large warship picture surfaces on news wires

[this_ol_patriot]

You must be proud of your daughter. Congratulations and I wish her the best.
Of course I was joking about the map lines. I don't really know what would alert a pilot to crossing a close border like that in a fast moving jet during the heat of battle or if it's even possible.

[dighton]

"Large-sized British or US warplane" with "several flashes." That's a dinghy-launched B-79, but don't tell anyone.

[RichInOC]

...invade Iran...that's a good idea...yeah, I like that...