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2008-05-06 Iraq

Iraq orders 30 Boeing 737s and 10 Canadian Aircraft

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-05-06 09:11|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Didn't choose errorbus - a sign of progress.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-05-06 12:00|| 2008-05-06 12:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Good chance for a betting pool - how many minutes apiece will these planes last in the air before one of the passengers goes kaboom?

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2008-05-06 13:54|| 2008-05-06 13:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Will they be outfitted with the latest El Al anti-missile defense technology?

Posted by Menhadden Snogum6713 2008-05-06 15:17|| 2008-05-06 15:17|| Front Page Top

#4 I had no idea Canada made anything but beer and petroleum, which only shows my ignorance. But if they make their airplanes as well as their beer, Iraqi Airways needn't worry about anything except people who go boom.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-05-06 19:47|| 2008-05-06 19:47|| Front Page Top

#5 If they are flying out of Baghdad International, not much chance of a boom - REALLY tight security. I think the Kurdish airport has its security handled by Blackwater; would not be trusting anything coming out of the Basra airport for a long while, unless they go with Blackwater as well.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2008-05-06 20:51|| 2008-05-06 20:51|| Front Page Top

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