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Iran 'shoots down unmanned plane'
Daily Telegraph ^
| April 9, 2006
Posted on 04/09/2006 11:09:32 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
IRAN had shot down an unmanned surveillance plane in the south amid reports that the United States is planning military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, a press report said today.
"This plane had taken off from Iraq and was filming border areas," a report in the hardline Jumhuri Eslami newspaper said.
It added the Islamic Republic "officials have obtained information from the plane system and recordings", without giving any further details.
US publications reported over the weekend that the White House was studying options for military strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities to pressure Tehran to abandon its controversial nuclear program.
The US media has reported that the US military has been secretly flying surveillance drones over Iran since 2004 using radar, video, still photography and air filters to detect traces of nuclear activity not accessible to satellites.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: axisofevil; dimwitposters; iran; iranbombing; shootdown; spying; terrorism; uav
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To: West Coast Conservative
Great going guys! Now we have the location of the anti-aricraft fire!! A stealth will take them out ahead of time. ROTFOLO!!
Our military does good work!
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posted on
04/09/2006 11:12:07 AM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(Democrats/Old Media: "controversy, crap and confusion" -- Amen!)
To: West Coast Conservative
Send in the manned planes next. :)
To: West Coast Conservative
US publications reported over the weekend that the White House was studying options for military strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities to pressure Tehran to abandon its controversial nuclear program. I think that the MSM has been had and is reporting false information to scare the snot out of Iran. Who better to plant a false story with than a Bush hater?
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posted on
04/09/2006 11:22:24 AM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(Proud occupier of North America.)
To: axes_of_weezles
I love that gun.
The A-10 is an amazing piece of engineering. Gotta love the ugly mother.
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posted on
04/09/2006 11:23:57 AM PDT
by
4U2OUI
(losing what I thought was sanity...and liking it.)
To: Mike Darancette
Didn't the Bush-hating journo claim that the planned assult is using tactical nukes? Now that would be hard-core.
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posted on
04/09/2006 11:25:44 AM PDT
by
Cyclopean Squid
(History is a work in progress)
To: Cyclopean Squid
Now that would be hard-core. Yep, the useful idiot bought an outrageous story, hook, line and sinker.
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posted on
04/09/2006 11:29:04 AM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(Proud occupier of North America.)
To: West Coast Conservative
Now, we have updated information on their response chain and air defence capabilities...thank you Iran for providing the info.
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posted on
04/09/2006 11:33:18 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(The UN 1967 Outer Space Treaty is bad for America and bad for humanity - DUMP IT)
To: Mike Darancette
Of course, an idiot. It will be strategic nukes, 5MT and up.
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posted on
04/09/2006 11:34:01 AM PDT
by
GSlob
To: 4U2OUI
The A-10 is an amazing piece of engineering. Gotta love the ugly mother.They are my favorite.
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posted on
04/09/2006 11:34:31 AM PDT
by
FOG724
(http://nationalgrange.org/legislation/phpBB2/index.php)
To: CyberAnt
To: West Coast Conservative
Wasn't Iran complaining just before Christmas of last year of a marked increase in sighting of "UFOs" all across their country?
Preadators and Global Hawks must have every inch of Iran GPS mapped and designated by now. Tax dollars well spent!
Jack.
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posted on
04/09/2006 11:37:56 AM PDT
by
Jack Deth
(Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
To: Mike Darancette; GSlob
Now that would be hard-core.
Hard-Core would be nice. Scare the crap out of the rest of the Middle East Contenders in an instant!
We can make it rain Tomahawks for 40 days and 40 nights. Destroy Iran's Air Force on the ground. Up-root their ground forces, and it wouldn't put much of a dent on our Inventories.
Once the dust settles, we can haul in the MOABs, BUFs, Apaches and A-10s to take care of whatever's left standing ahead of sweeping Armor and Infantry.
Jack.
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posted on
04/09/2006 11:51:39 AM PDT
by
Jack Deth
(Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
To: West Coast Conservative
"officials have obtained information from the plane system and recordings"
But they couldn't find a Betamax to play it on.
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posted on
04/09/2006 11:58:19 AM PDT
by
james500
To: West Coast Conservative
And this is why we fly unmanned aircraft! There's no pilot to parade through the streets in a tiger cage.
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:10:56 PM PDT
by
GAB-1955
(being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Kingdom of Heaven....)
To: james500
"[Iranian] officials have obtained information from the plane system and recordings" As a result, it is feared that the Iranians might learn the art of flying.
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:36:08 PM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(Liberalism and Fundamental Islam have a lot in common....is it a coincidence?)
To: Jack Deth
Preadators and Global Hawks must have every inch of Iran GPS mapped and designated by now. Tax dollars well spent! I think they shot down our only available recon ability :)
Now will have to bomb the entire country to make sure we get the nuke plant.
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posted on
04/09/2006 1:04:34 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.)
To: West Coast Conservative
"officials have obtained information from the plane system and recordings""We have found very suspicious patterns of "1's" and "0's" in the digital recorders."
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posted on
04/09/2006 1:22:11 PM PDT
by
USMCPOP
(Proud father - USMC LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: West Coast Conservative
They told me not to fly my kite in that direction, now I know why...
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posted on
04/09/2006 1:45:04 PM PDT
by
BladeLWS
To: West Coast Conservative
The strike on Iran will be executed on a technological level that the Iranians can't even fathom. The last war that the Iranians fought was a WW I "massed troop" effort. They will be stunned.
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posted on
04/09/2006 1:53:00 PM PDT
by
Former Proud Canadian
(How do I change my screen name after Harper's election?)
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