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atreides1

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10. I have a question
Fri Jan 10, 2020, 03:46 PM
Jan 2020

It's been reported that other planes were flying through Iranian airspace...and this was the only plane shot down, why?

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Hannity said we were bombing them minutes before this happened. lark Jan 2020 #1
Why? dubyadiprecession Jan 2020 #2
It was an accident. I suspect their defense system mis-identified it. Not unlike when we shot down still_one Jan 2020 #8
Well, someone in Iran did that anyhow. MineralMan Jan 2020 #3
Iran's airspace should have been closed. C_U_L8R Jan 2020 #4
Exactly still_one Jan 2020 #9
Trump totally backed off of this and called it a mistake, a terrible mistake. Bummfuzzle Jan 2020 #5
Iran needs to own that... lame54 Jan 2020 #6
I am inclined to believe Iran shot down the plane because it's ID transponder code wasn't.... Brother Buzz Jan 2020 #7
I have a question atreides1 Jan 2020 #10
I assume only one idiot made one mistake? nt EX500rider Jan 2020 #13
Low enough to be seen? I saw reports there was another plane above it that saw it happen. boston bean Jan 2020 #14
Really impossible for the US do have done it, it went down 3 mins after takeoff... EX500rider Jan 2020 #11
That is reassuring. Thank you. boston bean Jan 2020 #12
Plane loaded with intellectuals, Russian rockets, Iranian ayatollahs, Putin, Assad pbmus Jan 2020 #15
I cannot believe that Iran would have deliberately BlueMTexpat Jan 2020 #16
A local rebel group (of which Iran has several) might have conceivably... EX500rider Jan 2020 #17
This is indeed one question. BlueMTexpat Jan 2020 #18
My guess also. Blue_true Jan 2020 #19
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