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2005-12-08 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran Authorities blamed over Tehran air crash

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Posted by Pappy 2005-12-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 insh'allah

Posted by .com 2005-12-08 00:32|| 2005-12-08 00:32|| Front Page Top

#2 I only wonder if it was really an accident, or a convenient means to kill off dozens of reporters all in one go.

Usually in such regimes "accidental deaths" of reporters are arranged on an individual basis, ofcourse.

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2005-12-08 01:30|| 2005-12-08 01:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Was Sean Penn on the passenger list? just askin'

Posted by Rafael 2005-12-08 01:39|| 2005-12-08 01:39|| Front Page Top

#4 You can by C-130 parts on the open market. The US embargo has zip to do with this crash. They are made all over the planet this plane is so common.

Posted by Mahou Sensei Negi-bozu 2005-12-08 04:18|| 2005-12-08 04:18|| Front Page Top

#5 The lack of spare parts is BS. Its the lack of maintenance knowhow and skills that's the problem

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2005-12-08 05:59|| 2005-12-08 05:59|| Front Page Top

#6 The Iranian air force is believed to have about 15 US-made C-130s in operation which suffer from similar insh'allah maintenance procedures.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-12-08 08:42|| 2005-12-08 08:42|| Front Page Top

#7 ...and Allan knows best.

The plane crashed the day after Ahmadinejad ordered a purge of Iran's security agencies, military, police and other government departments. Oddly enough!

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-12-08 09:13|| 2005-12-08 09:13|| Front Page Top

#8 Sabotage by the regime is very, very unlikely.

The reporters on the plane were all lackeys of the regime.

Posted by mhw 2005-12-08 09:29|| 2005-12-08 09:29|| Front Page Top

#9 Among those killed were 68 journalists being flown to the southern city of Bandar Abbas to report on military exercises.

Hmmmm....[insert snarky line here about journalist].

Posted by Thrineger Shineque9492 2005-12-08 11:16|| 2005-12-08 11:16|| Front Page Top

#10 Iran's media has been scathing about the lack of adequate safety checks said to be a widespread issue in Iran.

They obviously haven't been paying attention to the BBC, because then they would know that this is America's fault.

Posted by docob 2005-12-08 14:54|| 2005-12-08 14:54|| Front Page Top

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