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| Plane Disappears Over Sinai |
| 2007-05-06 |
| No evidence of Islamofascist terrorist involvement yet, but given where the disappearance took place and the identity of the missing, I figure sooner or later an Islamist video will pop up on YouTube showing the operataion. CAIRO, May 6 (UPI) -- Rescuers searched the Sinai Sunday for a plane carrying members of a team responsible for security arrangements between Israel and Egypt. The plane belonging to the Multi-National Force disappeared in clear weather about 80 miles from al-Nakheel in the Sinai, reported KUNA, the Kuwait news agency. Authorities fear the plane may have hit a mountain before crashing, KUNA reported. The Multi-National Force is responsible for security arrangements between Israel and Egypt, as stipulated by the Camp David peace treaty. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #6 In this case it's an awfully short-lived message, though. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-05-06 17:47 |
| #5 No better way to teach the victim mentality than by being one. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-06 16:30 |
| #4 Cumulo-granite cloud? Oh, my. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-05-06 15:17 |
| #3 Bad biz. But gaia is ever want the airplanes for her own. Sigh... |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-05-06 15:15 |
| #2 "...may have hit a mountain before crashing..." Are they indicating that the plane bounced / glanced off a 'cumulo-granite' cloud before finally impacting? If they haven't found the wreckage yet, you can they know? They will have to follow any debris field back to initial impact point to be sure. This assumes no mid air break up or Mayday call. |
| Posted by: USN, ret. 2007-05-06 15:15 |
| #1 9 Peacekeepers Die in Sinai Plane Crash By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF (Associated Press Writer) From Associated Press May 06, 2007 6:53 AM EDT CAIRO, Egypt - Nine foreign peacekeepers, including French and Canadian soldiers, were killed Sunday when a French plane attached to the Sinai's multinational peacekeeping force crashed in a remote, mountainous area of the desert, the force's spokesman and police said. Force spokesman Normand St. Pierre said as many as eight of the dead were French, but did not have exact figures. He said a "higher than normal" load of passengers and crew were aboard the aircraft at the time of the crash because it was on a training mission. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-05-06 10:26 |