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    Default Iran using passenger jets as fighter/bombers

    "Iran systemically uses commercial aircraft to spread death, destruction and mayhem, and we can do something about it," Roskam said on the House floor.


    http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iran/1.729768

    Iran is doing nothing of the kind, of course, and Republican Senator Peter Roskom is barking mad.

    Amazingly, there are enough barking mad Senators to support him.
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    Quote Originally Posted by moon2012 View Post
    Iran is doing nothing of the kind, of course, and Republican Senator Peter Roskom is barking mad.

    Amazingly, there are enough barking mad Senators to support him.
    Pavlovian dog barking by the US

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    This Iranian fighter/bomber was on a mission to attack Washington with 60 gunners on board, 30 bombadiers, 100 assorted technicians and 100 stealth paras.

    Iran Air Flight 655

    Iran Air Flight 655 was Iran Air passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai. On 3 July 1988, the aircraft operating on this route was shot down by the United States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes under the command of William C. Rogers III. The incident took place in Iranian airspace, over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, and on the flight's usual flight path. The aircraft, an Airbus A300 B2-203, was destroyed by SM-2MR surface-to-air missiles fired from Vincennes. All 290 people on board died.[1] The cruiser Vincennes had entered Iranian territorial waters after one of its helicopters drew warning fire from Iranian speedboats operating within Iranian territorial limits.[2][3]

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    Quote Originally Posted by moon2012 View Post
    This Iranian fighter/bomber was on a mission to attack Washington with 60 gunners on board, 30 bombadiers, 100 assorted technicians and 100 stealth paras.
    an Airbus is a 'fighter bomber'?? that is one hell of a configuration

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    Yeah- Senator ' Mad Dog ' Roskum stopped 'em just in time- otherwise the skies would have been full of Iranian Boeing F35 passenger bombers by Tuesday.
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