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Iran to display two "US spy planes" they claim to have shot down
2011-01-16
I don't know if these are US planes or not. I don't know if they fell out of the sky or were shot down in Afghanistan and ended up in Iran or not. I don't know if they were flying over Iran or not.
The Revolutionary Guard in Iran has said it will soon put on display two spy planes that were supposedly shot down over Iran.

Officials in Iran have said the advanced reconnaissance planes had been operated by the US Navy.

They have claimed the two highly advanced spy planes were shot down earlier this month and are now in the possession of the Revolutionary Guard, which has accused the US Navy's 5th Fleet of having launched the planes.

5th Fleet ships are based in the Gulf.
What are they doing there? I thought they were assigned to patrol Lake Wobegone.
While it has not been made clear by either the US or Iran when the planes were shot down, Iranian officials have said they delayed the announcement so as not to create tensions with the US.
Because as everyone knows, they wouldn't want to cause us any trouble.
Iran is locked in a dispute with the US and its allies over Tehran's disputed nuclear program.
Really? I had no idea.
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Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-01-16 17:54  

#1  Great picture, I am SO stealing that RJ
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2011-01-16 15:15  

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