[seoseo]

This is the classic misdirection.

The government has let out enough evidence to convince many in the public that there was a conspiracy to cover up a friendly fire accident involving the US Navy. Others in the public are satisified that a center fuel tank just decided to blow itself up.

Here is what I learned from a close relative shortly after the incident (he is a Sr. Defense Dept employee with Top Secret clearance who works with some of the top brass at the Pentagon).

Navy ships and subs were indeed in the area that day on "classified maneuvers". These "maneuvers" were "classified" because the Navy was chasing/tracking an unknown submarine just off the coast. The U.S. has an extremely advanced underwater tracking system protecting both the East and West coast, and it detected a submarine inside the comfort zone that should not have been there.

The Navy had ships, submarines, and Sub-killer aircraft dropping buoys in an effort to track the sub. Speculation is that it was an old diesel powered Iranian submarine. It surfaced, tracked, fire at and downed Flight 800 in an alledged payback for the USS Vincennes downing of an Iranian airliner in July, 1988.

Once the navy realized that the sub had downed the airliner, the tracking of the submarine turned into a hunt. Shortly thereafter, the sub was destroyed by one of the sub-killer aircraft.

Why weren't we told of this by the goverment? Simple, they did not want it known that a foreign sub was allowed to get close enough to the US mainland to launch such an attack.

Far fetched? I used to think so. But over the years, and especially since Sept 11, I think alot more is possible that we ever dreamed.

I will go back into hiding now..

[leadpenny]

Wow! Bump for further discussion.

[Ada Coddington]

Iran has newer diesel electrics too. If they used one of them, it would not have been to easy to detect.

[Non-Sequitur]

Speculation is that it was an old diesel powered Iranian submarine. It surfaced, tracked, fire at and downed Flight 800 in an alledged payback for the USS Vincennes downing of an Iranian airliner in July, 1988.

A couple of questions. Why wait 8 years for revenge? How did the sub 'track' the airplane and know that it was a U.S. airplane instead of, say, Egyptair or SwissAir or something like that? What kind of missile did it use that could reach the 747 at that altitude? How did the sub get from Iran to Long Island without attracting attention when it stopped and refueled, which it would have had to do 5 or 6 times?