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Congressmen’s Plane Dodges Fire in IraqPosted on Aug 31, 2007Three U.S. senators and a member of the House got a taste of life in the combat zone when their military cargo plane came under attack by rocket-propelled grenades as they left Baghdad en route to Jordan on Thursday night.
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By THOMAS BILLIS, September 1, 2007 at 3:07 am # What heroes.My reading of RPGs is that they are good at a short distance and if used at something airborne it is usually a heliocopter because it hovers at low altitudes.I have read the plane was at 6000 ft which would make the RPG ineffective.If somebody more knowledgeable than myself could expand and let me know if I am correct.
By DennisD, August 31, 2007 at 5:48 pm # I’m sure it’ll be an exciting story for our four “brave” “representatives” to tell to the big contributors at their next fund raiser. I surprised Mel had body armor on, wasn’t the mission accomplished in Iraq years ago?
By Sam Thornton, August 31, 2007 at 1:11 pm # Can hardly wait until the fab foursome tells us how well Teh Surge is going and how we need just three or six more months for all to be perfectly swell. Add Your Comment |
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