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| Iran Raps S. Arabia's "Vindictive" Air Raid on Aid-Carrier Plane |
| 2015-04-30 |
| [ALMANAR.LB] The Iranian foreign ministry on Wednesday blasted Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's "vindictive and inhumane" air raid on Sana'a International Airport on Tuesday to prevent an Iranian cargo plane carrying humanitarian aid from landing in Yemen, FNA reported. Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham underlined that the Saudi fighters' military moves are aimed at increasing pressure on the innocent Yemeni people. Afkham also called on the international organizations, specially the Red Islamic Thingy, to provide the necessary grounds for sending food and medical aids to the Yemeni people. Her remarks came after an Iranian plane which was bound for Sana'a Airport was intercepted by the Saudi fighters before landing in Yemen's airport on Tuesday. Sources in the Yemeni capital said the Saudi warplanes targeted the airport seven times to make the Iranian plane avoid landing and return to Iran. The air strikes also set fire to an aircraft belonging to the al-Saeeda airlines. The sources said the cargo plane was due to take humanitarian aids to Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... and take several civilians, who were critically maimed in the recent Saudi bombings, back to Tehran to receive specialized medical treatment. The plane's pilot, Captain Behzad Sedaqat, told the Iranian state-run TV on Tuesday night that "15 minutes after entering Yemen's airspace, Saudi fighter jets came to escort us insisting that we change our flight plan and go to Saudi Arabia". "Then they once again warned us to go to Saudi Arabia and land in an airport there, but we refused," the captain added, saying that the Saudi fighter jets have even threatened to shoot the plane down and told him that the cargo plane had no other way, but to change the flight plan accordingly. "But when we defied and approached the Sana'a International Airport, the Saudi warplanes targeted the airport with rockets and bombs, and when we found out that we couldn't land in there we decided to return," said the captain who went to the Omani capital, Muscat, to refuel the plane before returning to Iran. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Iran is known for its 'humanitarian aid;' in Lebanon is usually consists of EFPs, RPGs, mortar rockets, and AK-47 ammo. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-04-30 09:04 |