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| 2 U.S. Senators Held at Airport |
| 2005-08-29 |
| A U.S. Senate delegation led by Senator Richard Lugar was detained for three hours at the Perm airport on Sunday as it tried to leave the country after visiting nuclear weapons-related facilities, the U.S. Embassy said. A U.S. Embassy spokeswoman said the delay was "for customs reasons." The Chicago Tribune, which had a reporter traveling with the delegation, reported that Perm border guards had demanded to inspect the group's military DC-9 jet and that U.S. officials refused, citing a joint U.S.-Russian agreement exempted military planes from inspection. "We don't search Russian airplanes in the U.S. You will not search U.S. planes in Russia," said Ken Myers, a senior Senate staff member in the delegation, the Tribune reported. Russian officials asked for proof that the jet was a military plane, the newspaper said. The plane has large logos reading "United States of America" on the sides of the fuselage. |
| Posted by:Ebbeque Glavish3183 |
| #6 LOL! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-08-29 16:14 |
| #5 In America, you search the plane. In Soviet Union, plane search YOU! |
| Posted by: Yakov Smirnov 2005-08-29 16:06 |
| #4 They already got the chance to examine one of our EP-3s, I don't think that bugging a DC-9 is going to give them that much. |
| Posted by: gromky 2005-08-29 16:03 |
| #3 Right, Bill N. I'm from Massachusetts: take my Senator ... please. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-08-29 16:03 |
| #2 Now if it had been Senator Kennedy, Senator Turbin, Pelosi et al, this could get very interesting. Your papers are not in order comrades. A brief stay at our local hotel for the night. This way. |
| Posted by: Bill N 2005-08-29 14:28 |
| #1 "Just a little bit longer, comradski. We're not finished checking your luggage for |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-08-29 09:31 |