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Jack31081		2003-02-19 03:24:08 PM

Talk about news flash...only 4 sentences...

syntax		2003-02-19 03:24:39 PM

They will most likly blame the US

NorthVentricle		2003-02-19 03:25:13 PM

another crash with an Antonov plane? Man their track record just isn't getting any better.

Maveno		2003-02-19 03:25:26 PM

Regardless of WHO is responsible, this is nonetheless.. scary!

BrandonSi		2003-02-19 03:25:40 PM

Blame the US? noo.. Blame Canada my friends.

gilga		2003-02-19 03:26:03 PM

Sounds like Rummy is up to no good.

Commodore69		2003-02-19 03:26:10 PM

Ass-hattery already ensuing. Good job, people.

TheMatt		2003-02-19 03:27:09 PM

How long until an Arab news website denounces the US for this?

Vade_101		2003-02-19 03:27:33 PM

Didn't the US Navy shoot down an Iranian airliner once....

AlexiLalasFan		2003-02-19 03:27:37 PM

Thats why I don't take planes.

Missus_Gumby		2003-02-19 03:27:55 PM

Allah truly is the most merciful god.

Sitruc		2003-02-19 03:27:58 PM

i was a few seconds too late

NorthVentricle		2003-02-19 03:27:59 PM

the BBC page is better, a little anyway

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2781953.stm

hunanjoy		2003-02-19 03:28:27 PM

I'm sure we (the U.S.A.) are going to be blamed somehow

askheaves		2003-02-19 03:28:59 PM

They're starting to say that it wasn't full of civilians, but military on FoxNews.

biggbossman		2003-02-19 03:29:14 PM

It wasn't a plane full of terrorists,
they were freedom fighters.

defender		2003-02-19 03:29:15 PM

250 people died. Show some respect.

Chichomang		2003-02-19 03:29:19 PM

FoxNews just reported that the plane was filled with military personell not civilians - no word on who'se military yet , commercial break.

ThinWhiteDuke		2003-02-19 03:29:21 PM

The readers of this site have always had trouble distinguishing Arabs from Persians.

Diogenes		2003-02-19 03:29:21 PM

At least we won't see throngs of Americans cheering and burning the Iranian flag.

Sad nonetheless.

GALATASARAY		2003-02-19 03:29:25 PM

it's not good. it's sad. jerks

U		2003-02-19 03:31:11 PM

where do they sell iranian flags for burning? just curious.

not sure i would fly air iran. just doesn;t "feel" safe.

AlgertMan		2003-02-19 03:31:33 PM

that's terrible

thirdrail		2003-02-19 03:31:38 PM

There has to be a good conspiracy theory in here somewhere.

How about the U.S. will try and blame this on terrorist so Iran will get pissed at Iraq and start another Iran Iraq war.

BBruce		2003-02-19 03:31:44 PM

Washington Post has more:

"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30959-2003Feb19.html"

Apparently it was filled with military personel.

gjbourke		2003-02-19 03:31:58 PM

America's fault, Wright brothers were first to fly.

Actually, New Zealand's fault because Richard Pearce flew months before the Wrights but due to isolation nobody knew.

HotDangBlasted		2003-02-19 03:32:03 PM

Television said no other details were immediately available.

Further, it was added, no donkeys could be found for questioning.

/old fark reference, meh I got nuthin

Mattevil		2003-02-19 03:32:34 PM

Ok not civilians still there not at war with us ......yet

Anarchist999		2003-02-19 03:33:08 PM

An eye for an eye makes the world blind.

Korovyov		2003-02-19 03:33:09 PM

Vade_101: Yes. The USS Vincennes shot down an Iranian airliner in 1988. 290 killed according to Google search.

iaminsane		2003-02-19 03:33:35 PM

I still want to know where my money is.

stymie		2003-02-19 03:34:11 PM

Yes Commodore69, asshats spewing asshate.
Lovely.

43%		2003-02-19 03:34:28 PM

See what happens when a good islamic nation secularizes.

That Allah, he's one bad mofo.

gjbourke		2003-02-19 03:34:40 PM

'the west' vs fanaticism

equals

modernism vs medievalism

chad_beaverwood		2003-02-19 03:34:56 PM

I hope Muhammad Ali and Kareem Abdul Jabbar were on that plane because those two Muslim terrorists scare the bejeezus out of me

/sarcasm, for those small-minded things that hope that hate will replace that growing dark space of fear in their hearts

Cyberluddite		2003-02-19 03:35:19 PM

And even if is was members of Iran's military, it doesn't make it OK to celebrate their deaths. We're not at war with Iran. In fact, Iran is Iraq's long-time enemy, so since we're supposedly Iraq's sworn enemy, what does that make Iran?

If a planeload of U.S. civilians or servicemembers goes down, would it be acceptable for Iranians to celebrate? If not, why is it acceptable to for Americans to celebrate and Iranian plane crash?

Fudj-Strype!		2003-02-19 03:37:04 PM

Mr Hamza - recently banned from preaching at London's Finsbury Park mosque - said Muslims would consider the crash as a "sign from God"

TomSmith65		2003-02-19 03:37:05 PM

Iran ... not Iraq.

Missed it by one letter.

(See, we don't like them any better than they like us)

clownpenis.fart		2003-02-19 03:37:31 PM

Iranians are not Arabs.

kingOFgEEEks		2003-02-19 03:37:44 PM

vade_101 yes. The Vincennes and a few other ships were involved. From a relative's account (Sr. Chief in the Navy now, lower rank then) the bodies floated immediately, causing the US to believe the plane was filled with already dead bodies....

EveryoneLovesCleanUndies		2003-02-19 03:37:49 PM

right on CYBERLUDDITE

Cyberluddite		2003-02-19 03:38:50 PM

02-19-03 03:31:49 PM CanuckGuy
Wow. The utter repusliveness of 90% of the posts in here is staggering.

True enough. How does a CanuckGuy like this unvarnished view of the common American mentality? Let me know if you hear of any good jobs for me up there in Canada, because I've pretty much had enough of the assholes that are taking over this country. How depressing.

Korovyov		2003-02-19 03:39:08 PM

Cyberluddite -- The mullahs that, basically, run Iran regardless of what the elected officials want, are no friends of the United States. However, there have been indications that said powerless elected officials, and a considerable part of the citizenry, are increasingly angry at the Ayatollahs. Khatami has repeatedly praised "the great American people" and seems to want better ties.

adam_cole		2003-02-19 03:39:47 PM

Yeah, I'm not going to post anything negitive about this crash but I do expect to see it on fark. I'm actually surprised when people do say stuff that is heartfelt or shows concern for someone dying. I always thought that it was the detachment from the actual situation (someone cutting their head off, plane crashing, etc) that made people decide to joke about it.

wheatweasel		2003-02-19 03:40:06 PM

well at least thats 250 people in the mideast that Dubya cant kill :D

defender		2003-02-19 03:40:14 PM

Gatortarheel (and the like):

Let me guess. You already have plastic sheeting duct taped to your windows right?

ashardin		2003-02-19 03:42:13 PM

Terrible.

As I was waiting for the article to load up (sparce as it was) I thought to myself, I hope it wasn't foul play. Then, does that mean I was hoping it was an accident? That's horrible too. I guess I just hoped it was mis-reported and all of those people really got to go home and see their families.

Doesn't look like they will. That's too bad.

Diogenes		2003-02-19 03:42:51 PM

ZipBeep: I hope you don't misunderstand my posting. It's an indictment of radically intolerant fundamentalism/patriotism, not a "we're better than them".

CanuckGuy		2003-02-19 03:43:31 PM

How does a CanuckGuy like this unvarnished view of the common American mentality?

I've gotten used to it. I've been on far for a while.

I must say this is the worst spewing of vitrol and hate that I've seen in a while though.

And American wonder why the rest of the world hates you.