Iraq missile attack on US plane - Democratic Underground

MRDU

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Sun Sep-07-03 03:09 AM
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Iraq missile attack on US plane

A US military plane taking off from Baghdad airport came under attack from two surface-to-air missiles, it has emerged.
The heat-seeking missiles had no chance of hitting the C-141 transport plane, which was flying at 4,000 metres (14,000 feet) at the time, said British military officials.

The incident, in the early hours of Saturday, came just hours before American Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld left the airport at the end of a three-day visit to Iraq.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3087442.stm

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VolcanoJen

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Sun Sep-07-03 03:36 AM
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1. Dupe... locking

Edited on Sun Sep-07-03 03:39 AM by VolcanoJen

Please continue discussion by posting within the original, earliest LBN thread on this topic, which can be found here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=100449

MRDU, your link to the BBC's version of events would be helpful in the other thread, and I encourage you to post it there.

Thanks!
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