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Falling Fuel Tank May Have Caused Iran Blast (OOPS)
reuters ^
| 2-16-05
Posted on 02/16/2005 6:34:31 AM PST by Indy Pendance
DUBAI (Reuters) - A fuel tank falling from an Iranian plane could have caused an explosion in Iran's Bushehr province, where the country is building a nuclear power plant, Iran state television said on Wednesday.
"A local source said the explosion could have been the result of the falling of an empty fuel tank from an Iranian plane," Al-Alam said.
The Arabic-language channel also quoted other witnesses as saying that an unknown aircraft fired a missile on Wednesday in a deserted area near the southern city of Dailam, which is in Bushehr province.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
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An unknown aircraft fired a missile on February 16, 2005 in a deserted area near the southern city of Dailam in the province of Bushehr where Iran has a nuclear power plant, Iranian state television said. 'A powerful explosion was heard this morning on the outskirts of Dailam in the Bushehr province. Witnesses said that the missile was fired from an unknown plane 12 miles from the city,' Iran's Arabic language Al-Alam said. (Reuters Graphic)
To: Indy Pendance
...empty fuel tank...OK, that sounds reasonable.
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posted on
02/16/2005 6:36:12 AM PST
by
Dark Skies
("The sleeper must awaken!")
To: Indy Pendance
"A local source said the explosion could have been the result of the falling of an empty fuel tank from an Iranian plane,"how does an empty fuel tank explode?
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posted on
02/16/2005 6:36:49 AM PST
by
bored at work
(Barack Obama . . . Iraq Osama . . . ?)
To: Indy Pendance
read: they shot at a drone, missed, and the aa missile didnt self destruct, it crashed instead?
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posted on
02/16/2005 6:37:08 AM PST
by
adam_az
(UN out of the US! - http://www.moveamericaforward.org/?Page=Petition)
To: Dark Skies
It's pretty close to Kuwait.
To: Dark Skies
What kind of aircraft has fuel tanks that fall off?.......
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posted on
02/16/2005 6:37:34 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I call her GODZILLARY because she went to NYC and made her nest there, too.........)
To: bored at work
To: Dark Skies
"empy fuel tank caused the blast."
That sounds almost as illogical as what Howard Dean said about Utah the other day.
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posted on
02/16/2005 6:37:55 AM PST
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: Indy Pendance
"Bushehr"
These Iranians will do anything to bad-mouth Bush.
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posted on
02/16/2005 6:38:15 AM PST
by
Brilliant
To: Dark Skies
BWWAHAAAHAAA...damn fuel tanks, seem to be the EXCUSE of ALL unexplained BOOMS!
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posted on
02/16/2005 6:38:24 AM PST
by
antivenom
(If your not living on the edge, you're taking up too much damn space!!!)
To: Brilliant
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posted on
02/16/2005 6:38:34 AM PST
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: Indy Pendance
Key phrase is "could have been". My guess: Iran has been complaining of US surveilance flights over their territory, and have threated to shoot down any encroaching planes. Maybe an Iranian pilot got an itchy trigger finger, missed, and the stray missle headed down to the ground.
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posted on
02/16/2005 6:38:35 AM PST
by
kevkrom
(If people are free to do as they wish, they are almost certain not to do as Utopian planners wish)
To: ConservativeMan55
FUEL TANK!?
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posted on
02/16/2005 6:39:13 AM PST
by
Samurai_Jack
(ride out and confront the evil!)
To: antivenom
I hope that there will be a whole lot of fuel tanks dumped on Syria and Iran very soon!
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posted on
02/16/2005 6:39:18 AM PST
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: ConservativeMan55
President Bush menas business.
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posted on
02/16/2005 6:39:31 AM PST
by
JonDavid
To: Dark Skies
Too bad it missed the nuke installation.
My guess is that it's a charade. There probably is no nuke there. They are just trying to throw us off.
To: Samurai_Jack
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posted on
02/16/2005 6:39:51 AM PST
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: Indy Pendance
A fuel tank falling from an Iranian plane could have caused an explosion in Iran's Bushehr province, where the country is building a nuclear power plant, Iran state television said on Wednesday.Have these guys been studying Clinton, or what?
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posted on
02/16/2005 6:39:51 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Proudly Posting Without Reading the Article Since 1999!)
To: Indy Pendance
Iranian eyewitnesses "sketch" of plane....
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posted on
02/16/2005 6:40:32 AM PST
by
Dallas59
(Bush said the "F" word 27 times January 20th, 2005!)
To: JonDavid
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posted on
02/16/2005 6:40:44 AM PST
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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