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| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| United States issues fresh warning to airlines about using Iranian airspace |
| 2018-09-11 |
| [Reuters] The United States has issued a fresh warning to airlines to exercise caution when operating in Iran’s airspace, citing concerns over military activity including an unnamed U.S. civil operator being intercepted by fighter jets in December 2017. The updated guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration to U.S. operators, issued on Sunday at the expiry of the prior year’s advisory, said there were also military activities emanating from or transiting through Iran’s airspace associated with the conflict in Syria. Tensions ramped up between Iran and the United States after President Donald Trump pulled out of a landmark nuclear deal with Iran in May and reimposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic last month. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Oh, and re wordsmithing... don't, please. You're kind to say that, and I thank you on behalf of my parents' genes, but I'd give just about anything (except, of course, years of self-discipline and hard work) to be as casually clear, concise, and commonsensical as any number of posters here. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2018-09-11 23:32 |
| #8 Please don't feel too bad, gorb! Today it's the heavy-hearted hummingbird of happenstance dropping by with a pollen-golden present, tomorrow it's sure to be the bluebird of... that other stuff. TW's right, as always. Just goofing on your extortionist being so tough he's comfortable using correct grammar. Or maybe he's just a lace-curtain goombah (they got those?)? I don't always think these things out completely. Heh. I mean, what's the point? Those sneaky preps and cons twist everything I try to say. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2018-09-11 23:11 |
| #7 Now it falls into place. I would give my eye teeth to be able to wordsmith like ZF. Sigh. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-09-11 22:31 |
| #6 Is “guinea” an insult for Italians, like polack is for Polish people and kike is for Jews? That would fit with your mafia-style threat, gorb. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-09-11 21:33 |
| #5 I don't think Providence has guinea pigs, so I'm guessing it's gonna take me a while to figure that out. But I do know that now that I have an original ZF limerick that mentions me, I must have hit the big time! :-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-09-11 20:29 |
| #4 In a world of linguistic incompetence, Illiterate doom looming, ominous, Where smarties get punked If they use the subjunctive... Meet gorb and his guineas from Providence! |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2018-09-11 18:32 |
| #3 That's a nice plane you have there. It would be a shame if something were to happen to it because of one of Iran's awesome new missiles and all. Just sayin'. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-09-11 16:02 |
| #2 Caution during periods of elevated tensions is good. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-09-11 12:04 |
| #1 “Don’t get yourselves kidnapped, y’all.” |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-09-11 11:20 |