From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Jan 31 2003 - 21:33:44 MST
--- Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Dehede011@aol.com wrote:
>
> >...
> > BTW, would some one tell phoenix, AKA Damien X, when Sadaam
> attacked
> >the U. S? Hint, early 80s an unprovoked attack with an air to
> surface missle
> >on a US Navy ship. I think there were around ten dead.
> >Ron h.
> >
> If that's the incident that I'm remembering, there were disputes
> about
> territorial waters, and where the boundaries were. (We didn't agree
> that they had the right to put the boundaries where they said they
> did.) So it isn't exactly unprovoked. Also (again if it's the
> incident
> that I'm remembering) the ship was there in (indirect) support of
> Israel. I don't remember if they were officially at war or not, but
> they certainly weren't friendly.
Actually, it wasn't in support of Israel, it was in support of Kuwait
and Saudi oil producers, who reflagged their tankers in the US so they
could be afforded US Navy protection from the anti-ship warfare both
Iraq and Iran were practicing during their war with each other, trying
to hurt each other's ability to earn money for the war.
Ohm and as I recall, there were I think 27 dead.
We did not provoke Iraq in that incident. Specifically, Iraq said they
were our friend and agreed not to attack US flagged vessels. They then
ran not one, but TWO execet missiles into our ship. "oh, so solly, our
mistake..."
The Iranians were no better, they deliberately flew an airliner full of
people on a collision course with one of our ships (not just passing
over, but on a bombing trajectory).
=====
Mike Lorrey
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
- Gen. John Stark
"Pacifists are Objectively Pro-Fascist." - George Orwell
"Treason doth never Prosper. What is the Reason?
For if it Prosper, none Dare call it Treason..." - Ovid
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