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13 dead in Iran military plane crash (updated with photos)
Agence France Presse | January 9, 2006

Posted on 01/08/2006 11:56:49 PM PST by HAL9000

An Iranian military plane crashed in the northwest of the country on Monday, killing 13 people including the head of the Revolutionary Guards ground forces, Iranian news agencies reported.

The crash came barely a month after a decrepit Iranian military transport plane crashed into the foot of a high-rise housing block after suffering engine failure.

A total of 108 people were killed.



TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agoodstart; ahmadkazemi; falconjet; iran; irgc; irgcaf; iriaf; kazemi; pasdaran; planecrash; revolutionaryguard; revolutionaryguards; tehran
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He added that the IRGC's Ground Forces Commander Ahmad Kazemi, Commander of Rassoulollah Army Division 27 Saeed Mohtadi, Deputy Commander of Ground Forces for Operation Affairs Saeed Soleymani and the Official in Charge of Information for Ground Forces Hanif Montazer-Qaem were among those killed in the crash.

Also confirmed killed in the crash was the Commander of Artillery Unit Gholam-Reza Yazdani, 2 members of the Ground Forces' Command Office Hamid Azinpour and Mohsen Assadi, Deputy Commander of Ground Forces Safdar Reshadi along with pilot Abbas Karvandi and IRGC Colonels Ahmad Elhaminejad and Morteza Basiri.

The plane, a Falcon, crashed in Aidinlou village, 12 kilometers west of Orumiyeh, capital of the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan Monday morning.


41 posted on 01/09/2006 2:53:24 AM PST by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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To: WoofDog123

That's what I was thinking.

The Ruskies were especially good at 'martyring' those who strayed from the party line.


42 posted on 01/09/2006 2:57:19 AM PST by leadpenny
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To: HAL9000

No one's mentioned the possibility of the Israeli Air Force?


43 posted on 01/09/2006 3:01:32 AM PST by md2576
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To: unseen
Lets pray someone remembers to turn on the 'Blood of the Martyrs Fountain'.
44 posted on 01/09/2006 3:03:05 AM PST by johnny7 (“Iuventus stultorum magister”)
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To: okie01
"Could the CIA be more competent than we thought...???"

Close but not quite.

Iranian aircraft maintenance = Plane Crash

Central Intelligence Agency = Plame Cr@p
45 posted on 01/09/2006 4:33:34 AM PST by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: okie01

Purge by the president of Iran. Perhaps the General was plotting a coup.....Not everyone in Iran is a nut case.


46 posted on 01/09/2006 4:37:55 AM PST by FlatLandBeer
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To: HAL9000

Sunni secret plane dropping death-ray bump


47 posted on 01/09/2006 4:40:56 AM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Buy 'Allah' brand urinal cakes - If you can't kill the enemy at least you can piss on their god)
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To: F14 Pilot
interesting where it took place. i think northwest iran has a "kurdish problem".

even if this really *was* a typical planecrash, there is a lot more to this story than is being told...

one must also assume that it may be pure disinformation and these guys are still alive but off doing something sinister...

48 posted on 01/09/2006 4:47:17 AM PST by chilepepper (The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
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To: WoofDog123

IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS MAKING A BID FOR INCREASED POWER
Kamal Nazer Yasin 5/19/04 .....

Others believe the Revolutionary Guard commanders may be overplaying their hand, and thus could soon be subject to action designed to curb their political ambitions.


49 posted on 01/09/2006 4:47:36 AM PST by massatoosits (just ask the Brits...)
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To: massatoosits

"IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS MAKING A BID FOR INCREASED POWER"
Kamal Nazer Yasin 5/19/04 .....

"Others believe the Revolutionary Guard commanders may be overplaying their hand, and thus could soon be subject to action designed to curb their political ambitions."

...forgot the quotation marks on authors work..sorry..


50 posted on 01/09/2006 4:50:13 AM PST by massatoosits (just ask the Brits...)
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To: FlatLandBeer

"Purge by the president of Iran. Perhaps the General was plotting a coup.....Not everyone in Iran is a nut case."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>........
please name the "one" non nut case.. Thanks


51 posted on 01/09/2006 4:57:25 AM PST by ConsentofGoverned (if a sucker is born every minute, what are the voters?)
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To: HAL9000

Probably just good ol-fashioned Islamic pinheadism. Like when the nutjob Jihadists couldn't get their F-14's working after all the Grumman techs left and took some parts with them. Probably only had to take the stepladders and ignition keys.


52 posted on 01/09/2006 5:11:41 AM PST by guitfiddlist (When the 'Rats break out switchblades, it's no time to invoke Robert's Rules.)
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To: F14 Pilot

The irony is it could be true, assuming it is possible to successfully tamper with the fuel gauge on such a plane.

Plane crashes seem to be a favorite world-wide for cleaning up domestic politlcal problems. I guess because there is usually no hard evidence left that is not strictly controlled by government investigators, if any at all.


53 posted on 01/09/2006 5:16:32 AM PST by WoofDog123
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To: HAL9000

comment by Pat Robertson to follow.


54 posted on 01/09/2006 5:19:09 AM PST by Flightdeck (Longhorns+January=Rose Bowl Repeat)
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To: WoofDog123

I came across this yesterday, you might be interested:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1554011/posts


55 posted on 01/09/2006 5:50:40 AM PST by freema (Proud Marine Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: ChristianDefender

Right.......Ahlah who blesses the camel, doesn't do so well with aircraft.


56 posted on 01/09/2006 6:36:50 AM PST by newcthem (9/11- not terrorists - just troubled youths.)
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To: An.American.Expatriate; ASA.Ranger; ASA Vet; Atigun; Beckwith; beyond the sea; BIGLOOK; ...

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto replay?

http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/midway/yamamoto.htm


57 posted on 01/09/2006 6:43:40 AM PST by Grampa Dave (The NY Slimes has been committing treason and sedition for decades.)
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To: HAL9000
Maybe this guy had some dirt on the Clintons????
You know where THAT leads!
58 posted on 01/09/2006 6:46:19 AM PST by Tokra (I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
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To: HAL9000
Whenever I see this headline regarding a socialist country I assume coup or counter-coup, generally the government itself cleaning house or announcing a change in policy.

Just about the time I start to feel smug I remember Ron Brown's unfortunate airplane trip.

59 posted on 01/09/2006 7:04:41 AM PST by norton
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To: norton
Just about the time I start to feel smug I remember Ron Brown's unfortunate airplane trip.

Don't all airplane crashes result in .45 inch holes?

60 posted on 01/09/2006 7:17:57 AM PST by ASA Vet (Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know.)
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