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Subject: email hoax
Category: Reference, Education and News > Current Events
Asked by: madcoweater-ga
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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


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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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