USS Vincennes shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 event
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U.S. Navy carried_out_attack
USS Vincennes shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 documented
“to man their battle stations. The communication division of the Vincennes attempted to contact the inbound aircraft over and over, but there was no response. And when it continued inbound and crossed into the danger area of missile launch, …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Medusa Files Part 15 @ 25:04
William P. Rogers carried_out_attack
USS Vincennes shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 documented
“Less than six months before the Pan Am 103 bombing, another large aircraft disaster occurred. On that day in the Persian Gulf, the USS Vincennes, a frigate identified an incoming bogey as an early warning radar scope. As the sailors watched…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Medusa Files Part 15 @ 24:34
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One case in point is the tragic shoot down of Iranian Airbus over the Persian Gulf by an American missile shot from the USS Vincennes. Dozens of bodies floated to the surface from the ruptured cabin and were photographed by the world floati…
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Put it in a suitcase, tag it for JFK, then wait while the suitcase made its way through three countries, changing planes. In the middle of Europe, winter, when flights are often delayed, canceled, to explode in an American jumbo jet. The pr…
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Less than six months before the Pan Am 103 bombing, another large aircraft disaster occurred. On that day in the Persian Gulf, the USS Vincennes, a frigate identified an incoming bogey as an early warning radar scope. As the sailors watched…
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to man their battle stations. The communication division of the Vincennes attempted to contact the inbound aircraft over and over, but there was no response. And when it continued inbound and crossed into the danger area of missile launch, …
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plunged into the Persian Gulf. The Iranians held American, who they considered the great Satan, responsible. And in Islamic law, it was dictated that such an event had to be answered. Bani Sadar, who served as president of Iran in 1979 to 8…
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The people of Iran will never forget this. Had it involved any other country, there would have been legal proceedings. A lot of fuss would have been made all over the world. But here they destroyed the aircraft and they congratulated themse…