http://bobmccarty.com/2008/10/07/iran-claims-us-warplane-forced-to-land-in-iran/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iran-claims-us-warplane-forced-to-land-in-iran Humor, Politics, Culture & Capitalism @ BobMcCarty.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://bobmccarty.com/2008/10/07/iran-claims-us-warplane-forced-to-land-in-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-8678 Gordon Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:56:21 +0000 http://bobmccarty.com/?p=7389#comment-8678 ...and it was a Dassault Falcon; not an F-16 Falcon. Furthermore, no branch of the U.S. military flies Dassault aircraft...this story is hogwash. …and it was a Dassault Falcon; not an F-16 Falcon. Furthermore, no branch of the U.S. military flies Dassault aircraft…this story is hogwash.

]]> http://bobmccarty.com/2008/10/07/iran-claims-us-warplane-forced-to-land-in-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-8677 Newsjunky Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:43:44 +0000 http://bobmccarty.com/?p=7389#comment-8677 Indeed you are correct in at least one aspect. The plane that was supposedly forced to land in Iran was not a US military aircraft. In fact there were no Americans on board the plane which was, as it turns out, a Hungarian aid flight to Afghanistan that had earlier taken off from Turkey. Even more bizarrely the incident occurred one week ago. The reports had emerged on Tuesday afternoon on the BBC and on Sky News after reports on the Iranian News Agency website. A BBC correspondent described the whole incident, which has even prompted statements from the White House and the Pentagon, as either “a conspiracy or cock-up”. In fact it could be described as FARS-ical. Indeed you are correct in at least one aspect. The plane that was supposedly forced to land in Iran was not a US military aircraft. In fact there were no Americans on board the plane which was, as it turns out, a Hungarian aid flight to Afghanistan that had earlier taken off from Turkey. Even more bizarrely the incident occurred one week ago. The reports had emerged on Tuesday afternoon on the BBC and on Sky News after reports on the Iranian News Agency website. A BBC correspondent described the whole incident, which has even prompted statements from the White House and the Pentagon, as either “a conspiracy or cock-up”. In fact it could be described as FARS-ical.

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