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Topic: CNN claims Iran shot at a US drone, revealing the news network's mindset |
CNN claims Iran shot at a US drone, revealing the news network's mindset
PressTV (Iran), by Staff
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Posted By:jeffblair, 11/8/2012 11:44:46 PM
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| Barbara Starr, CNN's Pentagon reporter (more accurately known as: the Pentagon's reporter at CNN), has an exciting exclusive today. Exclusively relying upon "three senior officials" in the Obama administration (all anonymous, needless to say), she claims that "two Iranian Su-25 fighter jets fired on an unarmed U.S. Air Force Predator drone in the Persian Gulf last week," while "the drone was in international airspace east of Kuwait... engaged in routine maritime surveillance." The drone was not hit, but, says CNN, "the incident raises fresh concerns within the Obama administration about Iranian military aggression in crucial (Persian) Gulf oil shipping lanes."
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
fayebeck, 11/8/2012 11:53:54 PM (No. 9001356)
I'd worry if it was an unarmed soldier fired at.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Douglas DC, 11/8/2012 11:56:47 PM (No. 9001361)
The weak horse is being tested.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
pinkpanther, 11/9/2012 12:22:54 AM (No. 9001387)
Please do NOT post off subject, including a .pdf file without prior permission. LCom Staff.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
AnnG, 11/9/2012 12:42:05 AM (No. 9001402)
Now we can get serious about Iran.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
janylou, 11/9/2012 1:11:49 AM (No. 9001415)
Wonder how long CNN sat on this info? They sure did cover for The Won! So much for a free press.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Upgrayedd, 11/9/2012 2:28:59 AM (No. 9001453)
1.SU-25's are ground attack and training aircraft only. 2.Most of the Iranian ones are junk. What a joke. CNN is so full of it.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Twiggy, 11/9/2012 2:53:01 AM (No. 9001468)
I heard on Fox it happened Nov. 1st and the media has been holding it until after the election.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Spidey, 11/9/2012 4:08:20 AM (No. 9001512)
Iran has to be one of the happiest places on earth with Obama's re-election.Russia is right behind them.Obama got re-elected because he's a weak president,not in spite of it.The antiwar left is happy because Obama won't start a war like cowboy Bush.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Pinchem, 11/9/2012 6:12:46 AM (No. 9001554)
#8...I'm surprised you would say Bush's war. Usually it's the Liberals who perpetuate that lie.
Do you believe any President can start a war on their own? Obviously you do not comprehend the Constitution.
Do you know where, in the Constitution, the words "declare war" appear and by whom?
Do you know how many Democrats, along with Republicans, SIGNED the War Powers Act? Do you know without a majority signing the Act that the President would not be able to go to war?
Same thing for those who claim Bush is the only guy who said Saddam had WMDs. The media lied and the gullible swallowed it.
I just wish people would do their homework before speaking. The media is pathetic enough without us spreading their lies.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
StormCnter, 11/9/2012 6:39:34 AM (No. 9001595)
"cowboy Bush"? How so?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Janjan, 11/9/2012 6:42:54 AM (No. 9001598)
#8 there will be no need for Obama to start a war. Iran will start it for him. I would be more worried about whose side he will be on.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Judith, 11/9/2012 6:52:12 AM (No. 9001616)
Obama has certainly got our military in a few "incidents" that he did not bother consulting our congress about. As for iran firing on our drone, at this point in time, especially after hearing the testimony about benghazi, it is evident that the majority of voters in the USA don't really care what happens to the other guy as long as their free stuff is not interrupted.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
oh-heck, 11/9/2012 7:18:51 AM (No. 9001672)
Re-read the second and third paragraphs. Somebody is having fun with the leftists.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
LOL Thomas, 11/9/2012 7:31:16 AM (No. 9001699)
#9 challenges #8:
“Do you believe any President can start a war on their own? Obviously you do not comprehend the Constitution.”
#9, do you believe pResident Obama sought Congress’s permission to run weapons into, and fire those weapons in, Libya?
Obviously Ambassador Chris Stevens, and the SEALs who sacrificed their lives in trying to save Stevens, and the others caught in the line of fire that night in which the order Stand down was issued, might never have been drawn into that horrific attack, and been slaughtered, had pResident Obama ASKED CONGRESS to vote on whether to approve the US declaring war in Libya.
Now watch pResident Obama — as #8 fears — stand down while Iran readies its annihilation of Israel.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
LZK, 11/9/2012 7:35:19 AM (No. 9001714)
The messiah is off to "gain control" of the world....
Starting with Asia.......
YaDaYaDa.........
I feel so sorry for New York and New Jersey..... Poor people...the president doesn't "care"....
Forget Washington -- folks -- learn that YOU are the only one who can safe YOU....
LZK
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
pineledger, 11/9/2012 7:52:41 AM (No. 9001757)
Actually, now MSNBC said this morning that there were two firings on the drone(s).
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
4freedom, 11/9/2012 8:05:32 AM (No. 9001790)
2 fighter jets cannot hit a slow and straight flying drone, well we know they are good at flying jets into things, perhaps they should have considered that.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
planetgeo, 11/9/2012 8:06:10 AM (No. 9001794)
Oh please. #8's use of "cowboy Bush" was intended sarcasm. He's one of our long-term outstanding posters. Back off.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Grant Hodges, 11/9/2012 8:17:47 AM (No. 9001826)
Pentagon spokesman confirmed the report of the attack according to Bloomberg.com
The holding of the news is another subject. Running up to the election we had a fake surprise with the rumors peddeled that valerie jarrett had solved the Iranian nuke crisis. Another day/another false Obama meme.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
scarface67, 11/9/2012 8:42:43 AM (No. 9001907)
And the president crossed his arms, stamped his foot and huffed and puffed.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
StormCnter, 11/9/2012 8:57:00 AM (No. 9001947)
According to the Pentagon and administration spokesmen, Congressional and Senate leaders were briefed on this event the following day. Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney was not briefed, according to these same spokesmen.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Mr. Know-It-All, 11/9/2012 8:59:59 AM (No. 9001958)
You got it #2. The mullahs know there will be no worthwhile reaction from this regime. They are now weapons free.
Buh-bye, Israel.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
reefdiver, 11/9/2012 9:08:02 AM (No. 9001981)
Funny how real news comes from foreign sources. Reading/watching/listening to nearly all "main stream" is a waste and I refuse all of it. My sources for news are on the internet (selectively).
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
milwaukeeroad, 11/9/2012 9:32:11 AM (No. 9002082)
Just a report, while dropping by the local gun shop in Orlando...you couldn't get into the place. No place to park, throngs coming and going. You'd think they were offering free beer.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
moebellini, 11/9/2012 9:42:00 AM (No. 9002121)
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
moebellini, 11/9/2012 9:45:19 AM (No. 9002136)
Just read where that unsuccessful attack happened on Nov. 1st. For obvious reasons the administration sat on this. Why, because it was a shot accross Obama's bow. They know he is a fraud and a joke. Now they laugh at us.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
aposematic, 11/9/2012 9:58:20 AM (No. 9002178)
The Government via the mindless boot licking MSM/Press can now puke out anything they want; half the populace will believe whatever they puke up and the other half won't. What a mess!
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
zeldafitzg, 11/9/2012 11:09:54 AM (No. 9002489)
And I'm sure our Muslim in the WH is going to rush to protect our sovereignty.
/s
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
zek, 11/9/2012 11:15:14 AM (No. 9002506)
Media believes they have a mandate to continue with the lying and covering for O. Trust me, things will get much, much worse with the media.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
mainecoonmama, 11/9/2012 2:34:19 PM (No. 9003128)
Who cares? This administration thinks four lives lost in Benghazi is just "a bump in the road". Do you think they will bat an eyelid over a drone?!!
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
ocjim, 11/9/2012 10:25:49 PM (No. 9004131)
First sentence of PressTV Wiki entry: ''Press TV is a 24-hour English language news network owned by the state-owned media corporation Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). Its headquarters are located in Tehran, Iran.''
Are we giving that much credence to this article from the Iranian government???
Hey, I think as little of CNN and the oh so clever Obama regime as anyone, but just sayin'...
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