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| Passengers of Mexico's hijacked Plane evacuated |
| 2009-09-10 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] All passengers of an Aeromexico flight which was earlier hijacked and landed in Mexico City; have been safely evacuated. A Mexican official had earlier announced that the plane was hijacked and landed in Mexico City airport. However, the people on board the flight were safely evacuated, officials said, as security forces swarmed the international airport within minutes of the drama unfolding. Two men were shown being led away by security forces in handcuffs, as Mexican television said six people were arrested. Unconfirmed media reports claimed the hijackers, initially said to be three Bolivians, were carrying explosives. Mexican online media reported that Aeromexico Flight 576 had 104 people on board when it left Bolivia, and made a stopover in Cancun en route to Mexico City. Television images showed chaotic scenes as the passengers, mostly dressed in shorts and T-shirts, descended from the plane, some carrying young children and clutching bags. They were briefly made to sit on the tarmac by the security forces, before being led away. Less than an hour into the drama, Mexican officials said the situation was "under control" in the airport which sits in the middle of the Mexican metropolis. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 If they were from Mecca, isn't delusional a given, Skunky? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-09-10 21:56 |
| #4 The hijackers may be delusional and crazy, but everyone walked away. If they been delusional from Mecca, it is likely the authorities would still be picking up the body parts. |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins 5*** 2009-09-10 20:52 |
| #3 Rantburg U - a well-rounded education! |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-09-10 14:57 |
| #2 They can't get it right. In May 2005, it was reported that scholars at Oxford University using advanced imaging techniques[16] had been able to read previously illegible portions of the earliest known record of the Book of Revelation (a 1,700 year old papyrus), from the Oxyrhynchus site, Papyrus 115 or P115, dating one century after Irenaeus. The fragment gives the Number of the Beast as 616 (chi, iota, stigma), rather than the majority text 666 (chi, xi, stigma).[1] The other early witness Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (C) has it written in full: hexakosiai deka hex (lit. six hundred sixteen).[17] Significantly, P115 aligns with Codex Alexandrinus (A) and Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (C) which are generally regarded as providing the best testimony to Revelation. Thus, P115 has superior testimony to that of P47 which aligns with Codex Sinaiticus and together form the second-best witness to the Book of Revelation. This has led some scholars to conclude that 616 is the original number of the beast.[18][19] Dr. Paul Lewes in his book, A Key to Christian Origins (1932) wrote: "The figure 616 is given in one of the two best manuscripts, C (Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, Paris), by the Latin version of Tyconius (DCXVI, ed. Souter in the Journal of Theology, SE, April 1913), and by an ancient Armenian version (ed. Conybaere, 1907). Irenaeus knew about it [the 616 reading], but did not adopt it (Haer. v.30,3), Jerome adopted it (De Monogramm., ed. Dom G Morin in the Rev. Benedictine, 1903). It is probably original. The number 666 has been substituted for 616 either by analogy with 888, the [Greek] number of Jesus (Deissmann), or because it is a triangular number, the sum of the first 36 numbers (1+2+3+4+5+6...+36 = 666)".[20] Professor David C. Parker, Professor of New Testament Textual Criticism and Paleography at the University of Birmingham, thinks that 616, although less memorable than 666, is the original.[21] Dr. Ellen Aitken said: “Scholars have argued for a long time over this, and it now seems that 616 was the original number of the beast. It's probably about 100 years before any other version."[22] |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-09-10 12:31 |
| #1 Jose Flores Pereira, a 40-year-old Bolivian, threatened to blow up the Aeromexico plane unless allowed to speak to President Felipe Calderon. He told flight attendants that he had three accomplices, "the Father, Son and Holy Ghost". He said that he acted on 9 September 2009, because the numbers 9/9/9 were the inverse of 6/6/6, the number linked to the Anti-Christ lol - religious fanatics .. delusional and crazy , one and all .. |
| Posted by: Oscar 2009-09-10 04:49 |