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Iran says it refrained from blowing up US plane carrying 35 people
[NYPOST] Iran  ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan,the abbreviation IRGCis a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA),the term Supreme Guideis a cognate form of either Shahor Führeror maybe both, and they hate refrained from blowing up an American plane with 35 people on board that was accompanying the unmanned drone the Revolutionary Guard Corps shot down, an Iranian commander said Friday. "With the US drone in the region there was also an American P-8 plane with 35 people on board," Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the Guard’s Aerospace Force, was quoted as saying by the Tasnim news agency. "This plane also entered our airspace and we could have shot it down, but we did not," he said. The P-8 Poseidon ‐ based on Boeing’s 737-800 airframe ‐ carries anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare equipment, as well as shipping interdiction and electronic support measures. Hajizadeh said his forces shot down the RQ-4A Global Hawk drone 10 minutes after issuing a final warning. Iranian state media on Friday released images of what the Revolutionary Guard said are pieces from the obliterated drone. Posted by: Fred 2019-06-21 |
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