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.
"For one thing, we learned that the shoddy American equipment is prone to blow up whenever 20 or 30 observers gather around it."
I'd think we let them have the drone as a trojan horse of sorts. Now they think they know what we can see, and, therefore, what we may know about them.
If I were playing the game, I'd be Effing with their melons every damn day.
"The US media has reported that the US military has been secretly flying surveillance drones over Iran since 2004..."
Well at least the Daily Telegraph admits it.
Dam* that's purty!
Now those are real weapons! Not the Popular Mechanics weekend projects the Iranians are touting.
Gawd!
That's the nose of an A-10 isn't it?
That sucker was built to kick serious booty!
Thanks for a great pix of my favorite bad-boy airplane!
"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."
And they can bring in a WMD in the diplomatic pouch and leave it in Times Square.
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