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2020-01-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

#Iran says human error led to shoot down

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Posted by Fred 2020-01-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 The error being they thought the air would be alight with American military aircraft to pin the blame on.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-01-12 07:42|| 2020-01-12 07:42|| Front Page Top

Posted by Skidmark 2020-01-12 07:55|| 2020-01-12 07:55|| Front Page Top

#3 "Human"... I don't think that word means what you think it means....

Posted by Mercutio 2020-01-12 08:47|| 2020-01-12 08:47|| Front Page Top

#4 they sent the broken heart emoji. all is forgiven

Posted by Bob Grorong1136 2020-01-12 09:05|| 2020-01-12 09:05|| Front Page Top

#5 One story I saw said the on-scene air defense commander tried to contact Mullah HQ but was unable to get thru due to jamming (that would be Iranian jamming, right?) or because comms were down. In either case, he made the decision to pull the trigger, with the now familiar consequences.

Posted by SteveS 2020-01-12 13:17|| 2020-01-12 13:17|| Front Page Top

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