Iran Air Flight 655

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Iran Air Flight 655 (IR655) was a civilian jet airliner shot down by U.S. missiles on 3 July 1988, over the Strait of Hormuz, toward the end of the Iran–Iraq War. The aircraft, an Airbus A300B2-203 operated by Iran Air, was flying from Bandar Abbas, Iran, to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, when it was destroyed by the U.S. Navy's guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes, killing all 290 passengers and crew aboard, including 66 children,[1] ranking it ninth among the deadliest disasters in aviation history. It was the highest death toll of any aviation incident in the Indian Ocean and the highest death toll of any incident involving an Airbus A300 anywhere in the world. Vincennes was traversing the Strait of Hormuz, inside Iranian territorial waters, and at the time of the attack IR655 was within Iranian airspace.[2]

According to the US government, the crew identified the Iranian Airbus A300 as an attacking F-14 Tomcat fighter. The Iranian government maintains that the Vincennes knowingly shot down the civilian aircraft. The event generated a great deal of controversy and criticism of the U.S. Some analysts have blamed U.S. military commanders and the captain of the Vincennes for reckless and aggressive behavior in a tense and dangerous environment.[3][4]

In 1996, the United States and Iran reached "an agreement in full and final settlement of all disputes, differences, claims, counterclaims" relating to the incident at the International Court of Justice.[5] As part of the settlement, the United States agreed to pay US$61.8 million, an average of $213,103.45 per passenger, in compensation to the families of the Iranian victims. However, the United States has never admitted responsibility, nor apologized to Iran.[6]
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Sunday marked the 23rd anniversary of this terrible horror.
 
Ninja'd said:
Does being shot down qualify as a disaster?
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Errm what else would it be?

I can hear the US okes thinking o it was an accident or they are lying it was a fighter jet. The US does not need to say sorry for killing civilians dude. It was a mistake end of story, shyte happens over and over and over and over so why say sorry when you do it year in and year out?
 
So do does the author of the OP ever make posts about the slaughter of Iranians by the Iranian government, or does xenophobia for Americans means he only bad mouths the Americans?

To answer my own question, I have never seen the OP make a post about the plight of Iranians under their repressive government, so we know for a fact the OP really doesnt care the slightest about Iranians, but hates Americans.

In the same year, the Iranian government executed 30 000 political prisoners:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_executions_of_Iranian_political_prisoners

Dont see the OP caring about that... only about the one small (in context) but tragic incident. Talk about cheap political currency. The OP is incredibly transparent in his xenophobic propaganda.
 
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killadoob said:
Errm what else would it be?

I can hear the US okes thinking o it was an accident or they are lying it was a fighter jet. The US does not need to say sorry for killing civilians dude. It was a mistake end of story, shyte happens over and over and over and over so why say sorry when you do it year in and year out?
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Their was indeed sqwuaks from an Iranian F-14 which cause confusion but the big thing is that the ship was in Iranian waters when they attacked the airliner. This they denied and tried to cover up and those involved even got commendations. Not admitting you fscked up and saying sorry is so wrong though.
 
In 1996, the United States and Iran reached "an agreement in full and final settlement of all disputes, differences, claims, counterclaims" relating to the incident at the International Court of Justice.[5] As part of the settlement, the United States agreed to pay US$61.8 million, an average of $213,103.45 per passenger, in compensation to the families of the Iranian victims.
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If it had been the other way round, there would have been celebrations in the streets, not only in Iran, but all arab ****ries, and of course political point scoring.
 
Albereth said:
I guess swapping the transponders around wasn't the greatest idea?
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National Geographic Channel broadcast a documentary on this incident titled "Mistaken Identity"[18] as an episode of its Mayday (aka: Air Emergency) series (Season 3, Episode 5); the documentary confirmed that the airliner was transmitting an Identification friend or foe code for a civilian aircraft, but Captain William C. Rogers III in an interview insisted that he believed the code alone did not mean the aircraft was non-hostile. Captain Rogers described the attack as a self-defense measure to save his life and ship.
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From op source.
 
killadoob said:
Where is there ever a true story in war? One side says accident, the other side says they never did it :D.

One thing is for sure cover ups are a US specialty
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Oh really? Which country is cover ups not a specialty?

I mean lets look at this rationally. The Americans in their stupidity committed a terrible error (MISTAKE) that resulted in a couple of hundred people dying. They even got taken to court and a court settlement was reached for the families of the victims. The Iranian government kills 30 000 political prisoners INTENTIONALLY... and no one cares.

Who are the great players of deceit here? The ones that were caught and held accountable or the ones that were never caught and have never being held accountable. I just wish you would be fair killadoob. You are not applying your logical equally or rationally to both situations but only the one.
 
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Although this tragedy was sad and all, this thread sure does look like another silly attack on the US and posted just to incite an argument.
 
Wouldn't "knowing" that coverups is a US specialty mean that they are particularly bad at coverups, therefore making it NOT their speciality, but just something they do worse than the people whose coverups we don't know about?

Brain twister! yaaaaaaaay!
 
Greylor said:
Wouldn't "knowing" that coverups is a US specialty mean that they are particularly bad at coverups, therefore making it NOT their speciality, but just something they do worse than the people whose coverups we don't know about?

Brain twister! yaaaaaaaay!
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LOL they do suck very badly at cover ups. The only reason the US rings a bell when i hear cover up is all the times they have been caught. It is there specialty though :D
 
Greylor said:
Wouldn't "knowing" that coverups is a US specialty mean that they are particularly bad at coverups, therefore making it NOT their speciality, but just something they do worse than the people whose coverups we don't know about?

Brain twister! yaaaaaaaay!
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Yet they are quite capable of covering up not landing on the moon and blowing up the World Trade Centre.
 
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