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| Missile fired at McCain escort helicopter during European visit |
| 2006-09-05 |
| A missile was fired at a helicopter escorting Sen. John McCain during a visit to the Republic of Georgia last week. A statement from that nationÂ’s interior ministry says the surface-to-air missile was aimed at a chopper involved in a visit of a U.S. Senate delegation to the former Soviet republic. McCain was mentioned as the leader of the group. The ministry statement claims American officials were notified of the incident. State Dept. spokeswoman Joanne Moore told the Associated Press she had no information about the reported attack. The president of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, is a strong ally of the U.S. He is also trying to re-establish control over two regions of the country trying to break away from the central government. Word of this missile launch was made as part of a statement about a Sunday attack on a helicopter carrying GeorgiaÂ’s defense minister. His aircraft was damaged by large-caliber machine gun fire and forced to make an emergency landing. No one was injured. |
| Posted by:Clereng Glomolet2652 |
| #9 Lincoln Chaffee. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-09-05 19:41 |
| #8 Well, if it had to be any Republican..... |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-09-05 18:33 |
| #7 Someone threw a grenade at W. in Tiblisi, too. Keep our leaders out of Georgia! |
| Posted by: Rory B. Bellows 2006-09-05 16:06 |
| #6 Sad irony it would have been... shot down and captured. Maybe he should consider a John Deere on the back 40, some ducks and geese on the pond, bbq and lemonade. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-09-05 12:29 |
| #5 Once a SAM magnet always a SAM magnet. Glad it missed him. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-09-05 12:15 |
| #4 Clereng, I might not vote for the man in '08, and there's things he's done that I don't agree with (*cough* McCain-Feingold *cough*), but none of it's a death penalty offense. Only moonbats support the assasination of their political opponents. Glad the bad guys missed. Hope the counterbattery shoot didn't. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-09-05 11:45 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Clereng Glomolet2652 2006-09-05 09:29 |
| #2 ...well it was 'reported' and a statement issued from the interior ministry, so whether one did or not....? Or do you believe everything reported by the press these days? |
| Posted by: Elmeretch Spoque3740 2006-09-05 09:25 |
| #1 ...Man, that had to bring back some bad memories for Senator McCain. Am very glad though he is safe and sound. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2006-09-05 08:54 |