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U.S. military charter plane forced to land in Iran (Original Title)
WaPo ^ | 9/5/2014 | Adam Goldman

Posted on 09/05/2014 12:41:39 PM PDT by Velveeta

Edited on 09/05/2014 1:16:59 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

A U.S. military charter aircraft flying from Afghanistan has been forced down in Iran by Iranian fighter jets, according to officials familiar with the incident.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ..

[Mod note: Title and story changed at link--Western military charter plane lands in Iran]


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 201409; 20140904; 20140905; afghanistan; airlinesecurity; bagram; bandarabbas; flightfz4359; flightplan; flydubai; iran; iraq; isis; lebanon; obamasfault; plane; planeiranlanding; uae
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To: RitaOK

Thanks Rita ...


41 posted on 09/05/2014 12:50:55 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: dan on the right

Iran is just angry no one is paying attention to them anymore.


Iran is >happy< when no one is paying attention to them.


42 posted on 09/05/2014 12:51:01 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: 353FMG
President Carter, please don’t get involved.

Would they take a trade?

43 posted on 09/05/2014 12:51:02 PM PDT by alancarp
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To: Velveeta

Obama getting his own Iran Hostage crisis??

When does the evil rabbit attack come?


44 posted on 09/05/2014 12:51:06 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: Velveeta

45 posted on 09/05/2014 12:51:09 PM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: Iron Munro

Time for a protracted hostage crisis.. Valerie Jarrett is smiling from ear to ear.


46 posted on 09/05/2014 12:51:10 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: Delta Dawn

Flight plan issue, according to “anonymous” US officials.


47 posted on 09/05/2014 12:51:12 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming.)
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To: RitaOK

I was beginning to doubt your comments on the other thread, and voila.


48 posted on 09/05/2014 12:51:16 PM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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To: gr8eman

It was 52 hostages for 444 days.


49 posted on 09/05/2014 12:51:23 PM PDT by 22202NOVA (Tagline? I don't need no stinking tagline!)
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To: Velveeta

I guess this will put a kink in our working with Iran to take down ISIS /s


50 posted on 09/05/2014 12:51:32 PM PDT by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God! ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: Velveeta

This is the same flight I was on. Lots of contractors and military.


51 posted on 09/05/2014 12:51:40 PM PDT by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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To: Steely Tom

“Just ask Jimmy Carter. “

I will pass on that.


52 posted on 09/05/2014 12:51:47 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator
I will pass on that.

I would rather void on that.

53 posted on 09/05/2014 12:52:45 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: Velveeta

More goodies for Obama to give away. Just like the drone.


54 posted on 09/05/2014 12:52:52 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: gr8eman

Wouldn’t this be considered an act of war? well not war, maybe some kind of criminal activity like jaywalking.


55 posted on 09/05/2014 12:52:53 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: realcleanguy

One thing O’Reilly said that I totally agree with. He said, “this guy (Obama) acts like President of the U.N., not the United States”.


56 posted on 09/05/2014 12:53:01 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: Velveeta

I wonder if he has a strategy for that /rhetoricalSarc

Prayers for those in harms way.


57 posted on 09/05/2014 12:53:11 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Kerry, as Obama's plenipotentiary, is a paradox - the physical presence of a geopolitical absence")
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To: Velveeta

Hate to say it...but would really freak out if it were ISISISIL or what ever that forced the plane down. Iran...eh.


58 posted on 09/05/2014 12:53:11 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59

oh gosh that would be bad. I dont think they have any fighters but they could be at the airport.


59 posted on 09/05/2014 12:54:30 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Why? How would that help obama?


60 posted on 09/05/2014 12:55:08 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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