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Title: Iran Admits That They Accidentally Shot Down the Passenger Jet!
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URL Source: https://dailystormer.name/iran-admi ... y-shot-down-the-passenger-jet/
Published: Jan 11, 2020
Author: Andrew Anglin
Post Date: 2020-01-11 08:36:55 by Ada
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Views: 233
Comments: 10
I definitely did not call this one correctly. Well, I did call the part where I said that it couldn’t possibly be a coincidence, and had to be related to tensions in the region, but I legitimately did not think that Iran was so incompetent that they would shoot down a passenger jet by accident. I guess props to Iran for being forthcoming in admitting the mistake. POLITICO: Iran announced Saturday that its military “unintentionally” shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 aboard, after the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations that it was responsible. The plane was shot down early Wednesday, hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on two military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in an American airstrike in Baghdad. No one was wounded in the attack on the bases. A military statement carried by state media said the plane was mistaken for a “hostile target” after it turned toward a “sensitive military center” of the Revolutionary Guard. The military was at its “highest level of readiness,” it said, amid the heightened tensions with the United States. “In such a condition, because of human error and in a unintentional way, the flight was hit,” the statement said. It apologized for the disaster and said it would upgrade its systems to prevent future tragedies. It also said those responsible for the strike on the plane would be prosecuted. Iran’s acknowledgment of responsibility for the crash was likely to inflame public sentiment against authorities after Iranians had rallied around their leaders in the wake of Soleimani’s killing. The general was seen as a national icon, and hundreds of thousands of Iranians had turned out for funeral processions across the country. But the vast majority of the plane victims were Iranians or Iranian-Canadians, and the crash came just weeks after authorities quashed nationwide protests ignited by a hike in gasoline prices. “A sad day,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted. “Human error at time of crisis caused by US adventurism led to disaster. Our profound regrets, apologies and condolences to our people, to the families of all victims, and to other affected nations.” The jetliner, a Boeing 737 operated by Ukrainian International Airlines, went down on the outskirts of Tehran shortly after taking off from Imam Khomeini International Airport. Iran had denied for several days that a missile caused the crash. But then the U.S. and Canada, citing intelligence, said they believed Iran shot down the aircraft with a surface-to-air missile, a conclusion supported by videos of the incident. The plane, en route to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, was carrying 167 passengers and nine crew members from several countries, including 82 Iranians, at least 57 Canadians and 11 Ukrainians, according to officials. The Canadian government had earlier lower the nation’s death toll from 63. It goes without saying that if it wasn’t for the US bombing Iranians in the first place, they wouldn’t have been on the level of high alert that results in accidentally shooting down a passenger jet. But still. What an incredible mistake. I just can’t even begin to imagine how someone accidentally shoots down a passenger jet that has just taken off from the international airport. It definitely does not make Iran look competent.
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#1. To: Ada (#0)
The US Navy NEVER admitted that they shot down flight 800 in the 90's.
It definitely does not make Iran look competent. I thinks it's wise to wait for *other* information to emerge on this incident before making a judgement either way. It's all still too new, too conspicuous, and too convenient a distraction. Since then, the US Navy has not improved its competence.
“In such a condition, because of human error and in a unintentional way, the flight was hit,” the statement said. It apologized for the disaster and said it would upgrade its systems to prevent future tragedies. It also said those responsible for the strike on the plane would be prosecuted. I would say the Iranians have reacted like bumbling buffoons. If their electronics systems were up to snuff this never would have happened. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Couldn't Iran distract in a way more flattering to itself?
Perhaps sanctions have prohibited.
Electronics are something that are easily accessible. Along the lines of what we are talking about regarding avionics, they had everything needed prior to the ousting of the Shah of Iran in 1979. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Kinda mysterious, ain't it?
Iran Air Flight 655 was a scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas that was shot down on 3 July 1988 by an SM-2MR surface-to-air missile fired from USS Vincennes, a guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy. The aircraft, an Airbus A300, was destroyed and all 290 people on board were killed.[1] The jet was hit while flying over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, along the flight's usual route, shortly after departing Bandar Abbas International Airport, the flight's stopover location. Vincennes had entered Iranian territory after one of its helicopters drew warning fire from Iranian speedboats operating within Iranian territorial limits.[2][3] The reason for the shootdown has been disputed between the governments of the two countries. According to the United States government, the crew of USS Vincennes had incorrectly identified the Airbus as an attacking F-14 Tomcat, a U.S.-made jet fighter that had been part of the Iranian Air Force inventory since the 1970s. While the F-14s had been supplied to Iran in an air-to-air configuration,[4][5] the crew of the guided missile cruiser had been briefed that the Iranian F-14s were equipped with air-to-ground ordnance.[6] Vincennes had made ten attempts to contact the aircraft on both military and civilian radio frequencies, but had received no response.[7] According to the Iranian government, the cruiser negligently shot down the aircraft, which was transmitting IFF squawks in Mode III, a signal that identified it as a civilian aircraft, and not Mode II as used by Iranian military aircraft.[8][9] The event generated a great deal of criticism of the United States. Some analysts blamed the captain of Vincennes, William C. Rogers III, for overly aggressive behavior in a tense and dangerous environment.[7][10] In the days immediately following the incident, US President Ronald Reagan issued a written diplomatic note to the Iranian government, expressing deep regret.[11] In 1996, the governments of the United States and Iran reached a settlement at the International Court of Justice which included the statement "...the United States recognized the aerial incident of 3 July 1988 as a terrible human tragedy and expressed deep regret over the loss of lives caused by the incident..."[12] As part of the settlement, even though the U.S. government did not admit legal liability or formally apologize to Iran, it still agreed to pay US$61.8 million on an ex gratia basis in compensation to the families of the Iranian victims.[13] The shootdown was the deadliest aviation disaster involving an Airbus A300.[14][15][16] “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
This suggests that Iran's leadership is capable of acting more honestly (belatedly, but...) than the US would in a similar situation. Those who know a lot of detail about the TWA800 case will quickly see what I mean. There was a massive no-holds-barred coverup of that accident that was still so transparent that it could never fly without the almost unanimous cooperation of MSM.
#2. To: Ada (#0)
I just can’t even begin to imagine how someone accidentally shoots down a passenger jet that has just taken off from the international airport.
#3. To: Darkwing (#1)
#4. To: Ada (#0)
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A military statement carried by state media said the plane was mistaken for a “hostile target” after it turned toward a “sensitive military center” of the Revolutionary Guard. The military was at its “highest level of readiness,” it said, amid the heightened tensions with the United States.
#5. To: Liberator (#2)
#6. To: BTP Holdings (#4)
If their electronics systems were up to snuff this never would have happened. ;)
#7. To: Ada (#6)
Perhaps sanctions have prohibited.
#8. To: Ada (#5)
#9. To: Darkwing, 4 (#1)
wiki ~
#10. To: Liberator (#8)
Kinda mysterious, ain't it?
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