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2014-08-09 Iraq

Long overdue -- FAA restricts US carriers from overflying Iraq

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-08-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Does this mean running semi-clandestine arms shipments to the Kurds and such is now more difficult?

And speaking of the Kurds, seems to me the solution to little geopolitical problems like this is private enterprise. Imagine if you will, a Blackwater equipped with heavy weapons, a little light armor and some air...

Posted by SteveS 2014-08-09 01:19|| 2014-08-09 01:19|| Front Page Top

#2 The crews of USS Nimitz, Eisnhower and Abrham Lincoln mut be terribly disappointed: they so much wanted to overfly beautiful Iraq

Posted by JFM 2014-08-09 12:16|| 2014-08-09 12:16|| Front Page Top

#3 You mean something like this, SteveS? Countdown: The Liberators by Tom Kratman

Posted by trailing wife 2014-08-09 12:30|| 2014-08-09 12:30|| Front Page Top

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