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| Iran Defends Attack on U.S. Drone |
| 2012-11-10 |
| [WSJ] Iran's defense minister confirmed that Iranian jets fired at a U.S. drone last week and said Tehran would do it again, disputing the Pentagon's statement that the American aircraft was flying in international airspace. "Last week an unidentified aircraft entered the airspace over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, which was forced to flee due to the prompt, smart and decisive action of the Islamic Theocratic Republicof Iran's armed forces," Brig Gen. Ahmad Vahidi told Iranian state media Friday. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 You're right Snowy, I didn't inspect that angle. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2012-11-10 16:40 |
| #10 time to double up on the drones, one unarmed, and one with heat-seekers. Splash their jets and say they shot each other down |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-11-10 16:10 |
| #9 Maybe they are thinking that their territory extends as far as the old Persian empire did. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2012-11-10 13:32 |
| #8 and that sentence should have said ... when you CAN'T hit a slow-moving target. |
| Posted by: Raider 2012-11-10 13:19 |
| #7 Well I guess they better try again. It doesn't look like they've got any Top Guns over in the Iranian Air Force. It asin't much of an attack when you can hit a slow-moving target. My suggestion boyz is that you start renting some old Tom Cruise movies :-) |
| Posted by: Raider 2012-11-10 13:18 |
| #6 So who's in charge of the drones? At CIA, a convert to Islam leads the terrorism hunt |
| Posted by: tipper 2012-11-10 12:48 |
| #5 They spent the entire Iraq War shooting at us while we didn't shoot back, Ship. I think Bush's unwillingness to tell the truth about the situation is a large part of why we're in the political mess we're in now. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-11-10 10:15 |
| #4 Look, I'd fired on it too, we're in combat here, don't be surprised if the other side fires back when you least expect it. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2012-11-10 10:04 |
| #3 Iran Defends Attack on U.S. Drone Like they need to.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2012-11-10 08:29 |
| #2 IMO Iran is once again testing the Bammer now that he has been formally reelected in the US. * TOPIX > [AlbaWaba News] WORLD OIL USERS WILL BE LEFT HIGH AND DRY IFF IRAN CLOSES STRAIT OF HORMUZ WATER PASSAGE. ARTIC = ... - Major land-based oil pipelines can carry or handle only 1/3 of the world's requirements. - Oil prces will skyrocket in a time of poorly-perfroming International economies. - Many of the VLCC Oil tankers that use the SoH end up in South + SE Asia - CHINA, INDIA, THAILAND, + INDONESIA ECONS TO BE HEAVILY AFFECTED. HHHMMM, HHHMMM, ANOTHER "PEAK OIL/ENERGY" TEST FOR RISING CHINA + ITS "MANIFEST DESTINY". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-11-10 00:39 |
| #1 They really do believe what they say, don't they? Just not in my DNA to understand, how anyone can make such outrageous claims.... yes, there are cultural differences.... |
| Posted by: Sherry 2012-11-10 00:33 |