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Subject:
email hoax
Category: Reference, Education and News > Current Events Asked by: madcoweater-ga List Price: $3.00 |
Posted:
14 Apr 2004 12:09 PDT
Expires: 14 May 2004 12:09 PDT Question ID: 330203 |
Is this mass forword email a hoax? You have to see the 3 pictures that were attached to it. Photo courtesy of MSGT T. Collins, USAF The Iraqi jet, an advanced Russian MiG-25 Foxbat, was found buried in the sand after an informant tipped off U.S. troops. The MiG was dug out of a massive sand dune near the Al Taqqadum airfield by U.S. Air Force recovery teams. The MiG was reportedly one of over two dozen Iraqi jets buried in the sand, like hidden treasure, waiting to be recovered at a later date. Contrary to what some in the major media have reported, not all the jets found were from the Gulf War era. The Russian-made MiG-25 Foxbat being recovered by U.S. Air Force troops in the photos is an advanced reconnaissance version never before seen in the West and is equipped with sophisticated electronic warfare devices. U.S. Air Force recovery teams had to use large earth-moving equipment to uncover the MiG, which is over 70 feet long and weighs nearly 25 tons. The Foxbat is known to be one of Iraq's top jet fighters. The advanced electronic reconnaissance version found by the U.S. Air Force is currently in service with the Russian air force. The MiG is capable of flying at speeds of over 2,000 miles an hour, or three times the speed of sound, and at altitudes of over 75,000 feet. The recovery of the advanced MiG fighter is considered to be an intelligence coup by the U.S. Air Force.. The Foxbat may also be equipped with advanced Russian- and French-made electronics that were sold to Iraq during the 1990s in violation of a U..N. ban on arms sales to Baghdad. The buried aircraft at Al Taqqadum were covered in camouflage netting, sealed and, in many cases, had their wings removed before being buried more than 10 feet beneath the Iraqi desert. The discovery of the buried Iraqi jet fighters illustrates the problem faced by U.S. inspection teams searching Iraq for weapons of mass destruction. Iraq is larger in size than California, and the massive deserts south and west of Baghdad were used by Saddam Hussein to hide weapons during the first Gulf war. While there are rumors of Iraqi chemical and biological weapons being shipped to nearby Syria, the weapons may very well still remain inside Iraq buried under the vast desert wastelands. Some critics of the Bush administration have claimed that the inability of U.S.. forces to uncover weapons of mass destruction is proof that the president misled the nation into the war with Iraq. However, in recent days the critics have fallen silent as word quietly leaked from Iraq that major discoveries have already been made and are now being documented completely. |
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Subject:
Re: email hoax
From: kriswrite-ga on 14 Apr 2004 12:37 PDT |
Hi madcoweater~ According to reputable news sources, several MiG-25s and Su-25 ground attack jets have been found buried at al-Taqqadum air field, west of Baghdad. Florida Rep. Porter Goss, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is reported as saying, "Our guys have found 30-something brand new aircraft buried in the sand..." The jets are Cold-War era, but there is no evidence about when they were last used. I could find no reports claiming that any of these jets had ?advanced Russian- and French-made electronics that were sold to Iraq during the 1990s in violation of a U..N. ban on arms sales to Baghdad. Perhaps another Researcher can help you. Iraqi Warplanes Found Buried in Desert, Fox News, August 1, 2003: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,93483,00.html Iraqi Aircraft ?Buried in Desert?, BBC News, August 1, 2003: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3116259.stm Some 30 Iraqi Planes Found Buried in Sands, Arabic News, September 2, 2003: http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/030802/2003080210.html Kriswrite KEYWORDS USED: buried planes Iraq ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=buried+planes+Iraq+&btnG=Search buried planes Iraq violate ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=buried+planes+iraq+violate&btnG=Search |
Subject:
Re: email hoax
From: pinkfreud-ga on 14 Apr 2004 12:43 PDT |
This might be helpful: http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/sandplanes.asp |
Subject:
Re: email hoax
From: propagandainc-ga on 04 May 2004 10:10 PDT |
This "story" has been running since at least August 2003. NewsMax website breathlessly reported and then it died. There's apparently nothing illegal about burying a jet. The people that swore up and down there would be WMD are still very desperate to be vindicated. This is a huge embarrassment to them and they are only holding on to this because of their vanity. Remember that Iraq was sold to America as an "Imminent threat" and a "Growing storm" this would indicate that not only did agents/weapons exist that also the means to deliver, the infrastructure to produce and the intent were there. This has not been proven in any way. A buried jet in the desert only reveals that there is a buried jet in the desert. One cannot infer that this is the beginning of a great revelation- that secret underground labs and what have you are about to be discovered. U.S. spy satellites have been scanning that entire country since 1991. They knew Iraq didn't have anything when the U.S. barged in there. Just go look at papers published by AEI and the PNAC think tanks leading up to the 2000 elections. The neoconservatives wanted a war with Iraq for any reason. Their masters voice? The oil companies. |
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