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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 01:53 PM Original message |
Iranian drone plane buzzes U.S. aircraft carrier in Persian Gulf |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Repeat after me... Gulf of Tonkin, Remember the Maine, etc... |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. You beat me to it. |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. exactly |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 11:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. You mean to tell me that those backward Persians have drones? |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. MUSHROOM QUICHE OVER AMERICAN CITIES! |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe the US government wants Iran to attack the fleet? |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. quite plausible |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Another possibility |
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Terran1212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. Just like they bombed Iraq in 2002 just to try to provoke them |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Just numbers on a spreadsheet...like all of us n/t |
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katamaran (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 09:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
61. That's exactly how I think the whole thing will be started |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Russian News agency |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Novosti's reporting it as the claim of an Iranian official, |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. not the NYT |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I figured it to be a fluke |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. Bullshit......anything remotely resembling a plane would not... |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. you have to see it to shoot it. |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. "...unnoticed to the Americans for 25 minutes..."?!?! |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. We don't even see OUR stuff |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I think you're probably right--remember this, from way back in the day? |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. all the earmarks of NO scrambled jets ASAP on 9-11 |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Unmanned. Probably smaller than a bird on radar. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. It probably did look like a bird. |
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puerco-bellies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
58. I was an OS on a U.S.S. Guided Missile Destroyer for 2 Persian Gulf Cruses |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. Those new Russian toys must be nice that the Iranians are buying. nt |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Iran. Iran. Iran... It's the new corporate mantra. |
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leQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. i wonder how many people realize just how different iran & iraq are |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. in reality, they're as different as Eurasia and Eastasia |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 07:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. Iran also happens to have 1,000,000 soldiers in its army |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 09:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
62. Iran is alot bigger than Iraq |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. So nice of the Iranians to point out security holes! |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. Earlier this month, Iran was supposedly trying to get this technology |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Here's a story |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. reminds me of the plan to send a fake UN plane over Iraq... |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. REMEMBER THE PUEBLO!!! |
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bigluckyfeet (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. A Russian Plane |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. My dad is a retired Navy Chief (cryptotech) and had three good |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Never heard that story before |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. That's the picture I was talking about. My dad's friend is in |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. The US Navy treated Cmdr Lloyd Bucher like shit |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. You are absolutely right. It was a disgrace the way the Navy |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. It would be ironic if Iran were to sink the Ronald Reagan |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I imagine they could sink a few US ships |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. They can also hit Saudi Arabia's oil shipping facilities |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. End Timers are waiting for this. I have heard numerous Religious whack |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. I think next Tuesday is the day... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. War at home, I'm sure. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. and that is not all |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. The true irony would be if an Iranian dhow sinks the Ronald Reagan |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
37. How come I can read the title and can only think |
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joe_shmoe (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
39. **Please sign this petition against military actin against Iran** |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #39 |
63. only 331 signatures on this petition that is really pathetic |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
48. Where is the film? It would be a lot more believable that way |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
49. Anything from a credible source on this? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 09:05 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. What? The NY Times? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 10:05 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Logic lesson for you: |
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spuddonna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
53. Wow, Iran sure has a lockdown on their military intel! |
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mortlefaucheur (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
54. More than likely Murkan disinformation n/t |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
56. Can't see therir drones, but we can sure hit their airliners. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. The crew of the Vincennes had a collective orgasm when they shotdown |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 06:53 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Safer that way: they don't shoot back. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
60. cough cough.....yeah right! |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
64. Amnesty for the illegal aliens now, we're going to need them. |
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