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Iran says shot down US drone
Dudi Cohen and AP
Published: 20.07.11, 13:13
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1. Does the US aknowledge this? (End.).
Nora Tel Aviv   (07.20.11)
2. #1 - if the downed drone was Israeli... would
seadog1946 ,   Erie Basin, NYC   (07.20.11)
Israel acknowledge the incident?
3. Good to see US isn't just sitting on it's fat, lazy keister.
Noodles ,   Coney Island   (07.20.11)
4. #2 VERY GOOD POINT LOL
DEUTRONOMY 28 ,   WORLD   (07.20.11)
5. The Iranians philosophy is all mixed up!!
(07.20.11)
http://emunadate.blogspot.com/2011/02/iranium.html
6. NO BIG SURPRISE REALLY
Mark from Georgia ,   USA   (07.20.11)
Not really all that surprising, for every drone Iran shoots down they missed the other 50 that already did major reconnaissance work. You see the West, including the USA spies on terrorist nations, so what?
7. Lies....where's the photo?
Hoosier Jew ,   Southern Indiana, US   (07.20.11)
No way they would have shot down any foreign spy plane and NOT post photos of it and take the proof to the UN. More insecure lies from a failing regime of hate and fear.
8. #3, Noodles...let's hope that this might be
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (07.20.11)
a S I G N...
9. # 5 more zionist lies
(07.20.11)
10. #7 No their state demo copy of Photoshop expired
Bah Barbarians!   (07.20.11)
Or maybe the one guy who use to do their Photoshopping was found to be gay?
11. yeah like America's sattilites and space planes (x37
can't see a quarter ,   on the ground.   (07.20.11)
Good luck shooting them down. One passes every 90 minutes or less. Doh! Oooh we are iran, and we have fishing line and a hook stuck in our jaw that teathers all the way from Heaven. Lol what a bunch of sucker fish! Iran you are being reeled in for the kill.
12. Our muslum president won't attack, we are too poor now, he
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (07.20.11)
has bankrupted us in afganistan and iraq and with the "stimulus" and although it would only take a few bunker busters we have in stock to take out all their nuke sites, he wants to be re-elected more than he wants to save the world.
13. To: No. 2
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (07.20.11)
If the drone were Israeli, it would not have been shot down. In case you haven't heard, Israel is at the forefront in drone technology.
14. To: Hoosier Jew at No. 7
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (07.20.11)
I am inclined to agree with you. Obviously, they couldn't figure out a way to put together a pile of jumbled metal that looked like it might at some point have been a drone. I remember the failed U.S. attempt to rescue the hostages that resulted in the deaths of several U.S. airmen. I will never forget the photos and videos that were released to the world showing the mullahs kicking and defiling the corpses of the American servicemen. What a primitive lot!
15. Iran says shot down US drone
alanmirs ,   Tbilisi Georgia   (07.20.11)
Iran first acknowledged the existence of the Fordo site in September 2009, after Western intelligence agencies identified it. Fordo is built next to a military complex to protect it in case of an attack. False ElBaradei also said that Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, told him that the Qom facility was at the electrical wiring stage, and far from being ready for any uranium enrichment activity. Salehi has also said that a date will soon be set for the IAEA to visit the site and begin preparations for monitoring the site. -- Muhammad Sahimi Read more: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/09/selected-headlines-33.html#ixzz1SfChkVoS
16. Sarah B #13
Jarda ,   Czech Republic   (07.20.11)
So why the israeli drone was shot down by Syria in 2006?
17. To: No. 11
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (07.20.11)
The big eye in the sky sees all. The United States -- and Israel -- and, for all I know, other countries as well have extremely high-resolution satellites in fixed orbit above Iran's military installations, nuclear installations and seaports. When you've got the equivalent resolution of the Hubble or the Keck telescope staring down at Iran, drones are superfluous. They must be laughing themselves silly at the Pentagon over Iran's latest desperate grasp at straw. They're laughing pretty loudly at the Ha'Kiria in Israel, too.
18. # 7
Muslim ,   UAE   (07.20.11)
Where is bin laden photo after SO called attack in Pakistan?
19. A Probable Scenario
John ,   Alaska   (07.20.11)
The Iranians finally noticed that US drones had been doing overflights, and they might actually have shot at one. Logically they missed (no physical evidence of a killed drone), but also logically (warped Iranian logic) they had to claim success regardless of actual facts. Hence the story.
20. to#18 the dumb muslim. If OBL was alive wouldn't he
just prove Life? ,   he is so dead...   (07.20.11)
21. DID TURKS HELPED THEM
American ,   Los Angeles   (07.20.11)
to shoot it down?
22. #18, Muslim, your brother in faith Hussein
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (07.20.11)
Obama told the world, that bin Laden sleeps with the fish...have you any doubts in the word of a Muzzie ?
23. #7;Hoosier, GOOD POINT BUT.....
Mark from Georgia ,   USA   (07.20.11)
Excellent point, their wasn't a picture at least in this article. But even they did, so what? I don't think drones are invisible and frankly the world wants to know what these maniacs are up to, so there is no outrage. At least from the West, we really expect that to be going on. I would hope we know what is on every grain of sand in Iran.
24. To: No. 16
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (07.20.11)
I don't remember that incident. I do remember the Israeli Air Force shooting down 82 Syrian MiGs, most of them piloted by Russians in 1982 without the loss of a single Israeli plane. Perhaps you are confused.
25. To: No. 18
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (07.20.11)
I have a better question. Where is bin Laden video AFTER so-called attack in Pakistan?
26. #13 Sarah B.S
(07.20.11)
"If the drone were Israeli, it would not have been shot down." Why would it not have been shot down? Could it be that G-d has his chosen drones too? Don't you see how stupid you sound Sarah B.S?
27. Iran 1 U.S.A. / Israel (big) 0
(07.20.11)
28. Dear Sarah
Jarda ,   Czech Republic   (07.20.11)
Seems that you have a very selective memory
29. 26 reply to Sarah B
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (07.20.11)
I can assure you that if God has a chosen drone, it will be made in Israel. Don't forget to duck.
30. To: No. 26
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (07.21.11)
Oh, stupid you. Israeli drones have been flying around Iranian air space for YEARS. How do you think Israel always managed to know exactly when Iranian arms convoys were shipping out of Bandar Abbas? Do you think that Israel managed to sink and/or interdict all those arms-carrying vessels because we are the Chosen People? How do you think Israel managed to blow up that Iranian arms convoy in the Sudan? How do you think Israel managed to learn about Syria's budding nuclear reactor? Israel's drone technology is unsurpassed in the world. That is why every country in the world wants to purchase it. And if Israel does sell its drones to a country or two, you can bet that it is only because such drone technology is already obsolete in Israel's arsenal. Don't you see how stupid you sound? For the record, my toenail parings are more intelligent than you.
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