03 Nov 97 18:43, Jim Sanders wrote to All:
JS> Iraq threatens to shoot down U.S. surveillance planes
JS> UNITED NATIONS -+- November 3, 1997 3:04 p.m. EST -+- The U.N.
JS> Security Council was due to meet at 5 p.m. Monday for closed door
JS> talks on how to resolve the increasingly tense standoff with Iraq,
JS> which has threatened to shoot down U.S. surveillance planes as part
JS> of its ban on U.S. weapons inspectors.
This really cranks my gears. Where do they get off acting like *they* won
the war? As any Iraqi MiG pilot can tell you, "Duck!" is still the national
bird of Iraq and "B-52!" can still get you a big reaction at an Iraqi bingo
game.
Jay
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