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Virgin to fly supplies to Iraq
icNewcastle ^
| April 17 2003
Posted on 04/17/2003 10:30:42 AM PDT by knighthawk
Sir Richard Branson's airline Virgin Atlantic is to begin flying relief supplies to Iraq, and plans to reintroduce scheduled services to Baghdad.
Sir Richard said: "The first few flights would be humanitarian flights delivering doctors, nurses and much-needed aid and supplies to the Iraqi population.
"We're working with aid agencies and hope to operate flights as soon as we can.
"In addition, by reintroducing scheduled air services we would play our role in the post-war reconstruction of Iraq."
Sir Richard added: "Flights to and from Baghdad will be a key element in helping Iraq's long term regeneration, and reuniting families who have been separated for many years."
TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: branson; britain; britian; escaperoute; humanitarianrelief; interimauthority; iraq; iraqifreedom; richardbranson; supplies; uk; virgin; virginair; virginairlines
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Ping
To: knighthawk
My first thought upon reading the headline was, "Where did they find a virgin?"
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posted on
04/17/2003 10:38:49 AM PDT
by
scooter2
To: knighthawk
Branson is a public relations genius.
To: knighthawk
bump
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posted on
04/17/2003 10:40:55 AM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: knighthawk
I wonder what the Iraqis will think of the airline's name !!
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posted on
04/17/2003 10:40:55 AM PDT
by
1066AD
To: knighthawk
72 virgins for each martyr is a heck of a lot of supplies.
To: 1066AD
I doubt they'll have a problem....afterall it's what most of them have been dying for.
My question is...If the Arab world is SOOOOO concerned for the Iraqi people. Why is this sort of support coming out of the "west"? Where is this kind of support in the Arab world??? Point is, there isn't, and they need to be called on it.
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posted on
04/17/2003 10:48:04 AM PDT
by
kissthis
To: knighthawk
Virgin
1 down, 71 to go...
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posted on
04/17/2003 10:51:34 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Remember; always plunder first, then burn!)
To: knighthawk
I guess he's sending over 72 airliners.
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posted on
04/17/2003 11:02:05 AM PDT
by
Cacique
To: knighthawk
I was going to ask how the h*ck they found one that wasn't already claimed by all the Islamofascists biting the big one. But now I see it's an airline.
Never mind.
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posted on
04/17/2003 11:02:17 AM PDT
by
Illbay
To: Califelephant
More like a certifiable nut:
BRANSON: MY PLOT TO STOP IRAQ WAR (Nelson Mandela Rescue Mission) Daily Mirror (U.K.) ^ | 18 2004 | Richard Smith
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posted on
12/26/2004 10:29:19 PM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
To: knighthawk
Aid supplies going in- gotta wonder what he was flying OUT.
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posted on
12/26/2004 10:30:39 PM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
To: Fedora
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posted on
12/26/2004 10:31:24 PM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
To: knighthawk
that's gonna be one disappointed martyr that gets 72 777's instead of . . . well, what they were expecting.
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posted on
12/26/2004 10:33:34 PM PST
by
smonk
To: Cindy; Alamo-Girl; Howlin
Richard Hansen of Virgin Airlines padding his resume for a run against UK PM Tony Blair?
First he gets to "rescue" the same hostages the former ambassador Joe Wilson allegedly "rescued" (and Jessie Jackson "rescued"?) from Saddam Hussein in the first Gulf War...
Then he gets involved with the Jimmy Carter/Mandela/Scott Ritter/ Norman peace deal to try to talk Hussein into leaving Iraq...[one version says it was a deal to talk Hussein into going into exile, another version indicates it was a plant that originated with Tariq Aziz and alKhafajii apparently that was intended to keep the UN inspectors in Iraq but under Iraqi supervision so as to delay the US and UK attack]
Then after that Mr. Virgin Airlines goes for a deal to fly relief supplies into Iraq.
And he's starting a group headed by South Africa's former prez Mandela to "head off" wars, a group called the Elders.
He's quite the aspiring George Soros style "philanthropist," eh?
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posted on
12/26/2004 10:42:49 PM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
To: piasa
Maybe he should add a few purple hearts and a silver star to his resume to top it off.
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posted on
12/26/2004 10:43:25 PM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
To: piasa
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posted on
12/26/2004 10:49:23 PM PST
by
Cindy
To: piasa
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