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(Hungarian Aid ) Plane forced to land in Iran

Posted on 10/07/2008 6:15:17 AM PDT by tomnbeverly

US WARPLANE FORCED TO LAND IN IRAN.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: forcedlanding; hungarianaidplane; iran; missinglink; unsourced; warplane
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To: Brian S. Fitzgerald
crew was released

Does that mean the military brass wasn't

161 posted on 10/07/2008 6:36:57 AM PDT by genxer (I'm voting for Sarah, oh and that guys she's running with)
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To: tomnbeverly
US WARPLANE FORCED TO LAND IN IRAN.

Can you back this up with any actual, you know, information?

Who says so?

162 posted on 10/07/2008 6:37:15 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: kabar; Fred Nerks; Lazamataz; TigersEye; MeekOneGOP; floriduh voter; loboinok; snippy_about_it; ...

Ping.

Thank you kabar. Some info on the ‘news’ from Iran. Also, Pentagon denies according to post 80 by sub-diver.

“Passengers included five senior American generals and three civilians, the [Iranian] report said.”

[Taking with grain of salt but something to watch for.]


163 posted on 10/07/2008 6:37:19 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (BO Change is BS Change. A little o Change to help Ayers and Raines.)
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To: tomnbeverly

No one left behind.


164 posted on 10/07/2008 6:37:28 AM PDT by SueRae
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To: silverleaf

Sorry but I see red when I see that quote — I was one of those people that bought his koolaid hook, line, and sinker in 2000.

Forgot about the sarcasm.

Thanks for bringing me back down to earth!


165 posted on 10/07/2008 6:37:44 AM PDT by PhiKapMom ( BOOMER SOONER -- VOTE FOR McCAIN/PALIN2008! LetsGetThisRight.com)
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To: thingumbob

DOD did not report it given the fact that they wanted to negotiate quietly without making it a major international incident, which could have forced the Iranians to take a more combative and hostile stance. I am sure the pilot reported that he was being forced down into Iran so DOD was aware of the condition of the plane and the passenges.


166 posted on 10/07/2008 6:37:53 AM PDT by kabar (.)
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To: tomnbeverly

REUTERS SAYS PENTAGON DENIES REPORT - http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE49653N20081007


167 posted on 10/07/2008 6:38:10 AM PDT by doug from upland (8 million views of HILLARY! UNCENSORED - put some ice on it, witch)
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To: PhiKapMom
F-16 = 5 people? Where did they put the other three if it was a two-seat version or the other four if it was a one-seat version.


168 posted on 10/07/2008 6:38:41 AM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: Izzy Dunne
Can you back this up with any actual, you know, information? Who says so?

I don't know. Maybe turn on your TV?

169 posted on 10/07/2008 6:38:41 AM PDT by McGruff (Read my lips, NO NEW BAILOUTS!)
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To: kabar

How irresponsible of Fox News....during the report there was a banner on top that said “US Warplane Shot Down in Iran”.......and we wonder how things get all screwed up..jeesh


170 posted on 10/07/2008 6:39:26 AM PDT by estrogen (No Obama please Lord)
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To: tomnbeverly

If it’s owned by the military, I guess you could technically call it a “warplane,” if you squinted.

What bugs me about this is that a Dassault Falcon is almost certainly not going to be “flying at low level to avoid radar.” It’s a business jet. It runs around up there above 30,000 feet with the airliners.

If this was a case of accidentally crossing the border, some poor pilot or navigator is about to have to find a new career.

}:-)4


171 posted on 10/07/2008 6:39:40 AM PDT by Moose4 (http://moosedroppings.wordpress.com -- Because 20 million self-important blogs just aren't enough.)
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To: tomnbeverly
From FARS news agency:

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8707161284

Iranian Fighters Force US Jet to Land

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Air Force fighters forced a US Falcon to land after the jet violated Iran's airspace.

FNA dispatches said that the US Falcon jet had entered Iranian airspace from Turkey despite repeated warnings by the Islamic Republic Air Force.

The US jet was flying at low altitude in a bid to remain unnoticed by Iranian Radars, but it was made to touch down at an Iranian air port escorted by Air Force fighter jets.

The flying crew and passengers, including five US militaries and three civilians, were released after daylong interrogations revealed that they had violated Iranian airspace unintentionally as they were en route to Afghanistan.

The US Falcon and all those aboard left Iran for Afghanistan after receiving takeoff permission from Iranian authorities.

172 posted on 10/07/2008 6:40:14 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: Yo-Yo

LOL!


173 posted on 10/07/2008 6:40:17 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Sarah Palin 08 12 16 20)
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To: estrogen

I usually go to the socialist BBC first. They do a better job at least of getting the facts straight about such events.


174 posted on 10/07/2008 6:41:06 AM PDT by kabar (.)
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To: PhiKapMom

yea, yea, yea. I didn’t hear the part about 5 people before I posted that.


175 posted on 10/07/2008 6:41:55 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Army Air Corps

The Falcon is a FRENCH jet, it should have SURRENDERED...


176 posted on 10/07/2008 6:42:15 AM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Fire the CIA and hire the Free Clinic, someone who knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: caseinpoint

in some peoples eyes any plane which contains a military peron(s) is a warplane. Just as my wife thinks that if she sees a cat in the barn it must be a “barn cat” Sheesh, city kids.


177 posted on 10/07/2008 6:42:45 AM PDT by Cyclone59 (umm, - that decision, ummm, is above my paygrade)
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To: Doctor Raoul
Anybody seen Obama today? Maybe he wanted to talk?
178 posted on 10/07/2008 6:43:22 AM PDT by McGruff (Read my lips, NO NEW BAILOUTS!)
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To: tomnbeverly

What type of aircraft?


179 posted on 10/07/2008 6:43:47 AM PDT by stockpirate (US Congress just created the right to own slaves, problem is we are slaves to the state)
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To: tomnbeverly

now if one of our high ranking military people was sent on a mission to establish contacts in Iran, and wasn’t supposed to go there, wouldn’t this serve his purpose well?


180 posted on 10/07/2008 6:43:55 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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