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To: The Pack Knight

Probably wise to take a measured approach. Remember this...

“Iran Air Flight 655 was a scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas, that was shot down on 3 July 1988 by an SM-2MR surface-to-air missile fired from USS Vincennes, a guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy. The aircraft, an Airbus A300, was destroyed and all 290 people on board, including 66 children, were killed.[1] The jet was hit while flying over Iran’s territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, along the flight’s usual route, shortly after departing Bandar Abbas International Airport, the flight’s stopover location. Vincennes had entered Iranian territory after one of its helicopters drew warning fire from Iranian speedboats operating within Iranian territorial limits.”


6 posted on 06/24/2019 7:34:21 PM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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To: Dr. Pritchett

I remember that clearly. The missile was being guided by some sailors on the bridge and when they hit the target everyone cheered. Then there was a hush and the realization came over everyone that it was not an incoming threat. Sad. But who knows? It’s possible that it could have been purposely directed. I’m saying possible ,so don’t jump on me,because the Iranians sent young men into minefields during the Iraq Iran war. Then again maybe a major screw up.I wasn’t there. Thank God.


11 posted on 06/24/2019 8:55:55 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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