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Thread #121502 Message #2662397
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
22-Jun-09 - 06:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Election in Iran
Subject: RE: BS: Election in Iran
It's as well to remember that it wasn't just a matter of providing help to Saddam in his war against Iran. In July 1988 the USS Vincennes shot down a civilian airbus, Iran Air Flight 655 which was making a scheduled journey, and killed everyone on board, 290 passengers, 66 of them children.
And there wasn't even a gesture of apology such as flying a flag at half-mast the next day, which was 4th July.