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2003-02-26 Iran

Report: Al Qaeda blamed for Iranian plane crash

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Posted by Steve 2003-02-26 10:03 am|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If there was sabotage, it wasn't by al Qaeda. It was by the Iranian opposition, or the Iranian commies. And, why would the government announce that? So, blame al Qaeda (who has no reason to attack Iran). I personally think it was weather or pilot error.

Oh, the humanity of it all...

Posted by Chuck 2003-02-26 08:48:05|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-02-26 08:48:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey, if the Iranians want to blame al-Qaeda, all the better.

Posted by Dishman 2003-02-26 08:59:39|| 2003-02-26 08:59:39|| Front Page Top

#3 How could 'eyewitnesses' tell there was an explosion inside the cockpit? This is obvious bs.

Posted by mhw 2003-02-26 09:07:24|| 2003-02-26 09:07:24|| Front Page Top

#4 mhw: John Edwards channeled them.

Posted by Chuck 2003-02-26 09:55:28|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-02-26 09:55:28|| Front Page Top

#5 "It was a Russian Ilyushin. Any questions?"

Didn't you read the above? Life's about more than engineering, TGA.

Posted by Bulldog 2003-02-26 18:15:19|| 2003-02-26 18:15:19|| Front Page Top

#6 WHY THE ISLAMIC WORLD IS A FAILURE
Two cultures - One loses a space shuttle and immediately starts looking inward for causes. The other loses a plane and starts to blame others (because of Al Queda's silence?) for the accident.

This is the picture of a winner culture (find the problem and fix it) and a loser culture (distort and blame others).

Posted by Yank 2003-02-26 12:17:47|| 2003-02-26 12:17:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Yank's comment was right on! If you are not willing to write it off as Allah's will, and you do not have an NTSB, and you are not willing to consider the possibilities of pilot error or maintenance issues, as well as sabotage then pick a scapegoat and run with it. As a pilot, my personal motto is: learn from the best, or die with the rest.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-02-26 12:57:57|| 2003-02-26 12:57:57|| Front Page Top

#8 It was a Russian Ilyushin. Any questions?
http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/10/04/siberia.crash.history/

Posted by True German Ally 2003-02-26 14:11:52|| 2003-02-26 14:11:52|| Front Page Top

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