Iran has said consular officials can visit the 15 British sailors and marines

[jnevin]

olololololol...who won?

The Bears.

 

[stosstruppe]

Very sad to see how much Great Britain has really fallen in world esteem.

 

[Gambino]

have you read or seen "The Day of the Jackal"...
great stuff.

no...what's the outline?
and i'm drawing a blank here...what was the mission when the helicopters fucked up and i think one crashed into a dc-10...was that to get the usa embassy hostages?
or was that in africa somewhere

 

[Raptorex]

no...what's the outline?
and i'm drawing a blank here...what was the mission when the helicopters fucked up and i think one crashed into a dc-10...was that to get the usa embassy hostages
or was that in africa somewhere

Rent the movie, I think you will like it (it's old but during the period it came out, there was lots of hostitility).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Jackal

 

[redguru]

no...what's the outline?
and i'm drawing a blank here...what was the mission when the helicopters fucked up and i think one crashed into a dc-10...was that to get the usa embassy hostages
or was that in africa somewhere

That was to get the Embassy hostages out. They lost two helos in a sandstorm and then another failed hydraulics, When aborting the mission another helo flew into a refueling tanker killing the Aircrew of both aircraft.

 

[Raptorex]

Oh, as a side note:

"A copy of the Hebrew translation of The Day of the Jackal was found in possession of Yigal Amir, the extreme-right militant who assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995. As published in the Israeli press at the time, police investigators believed that the assassination was partially inspired by the book, and that Amir used it as a kind of "how to" manual. "

 

[gotmilk]

you realize 70% of the Iranian population doesn't support the current govt. right?

ah yes...but the Iranians who support democracy will not uprise because they remember how we shafted the Iraqi's who tried to overthrow Saddam.

 

[redguru]

ah yes...but the Iranians who support democracy will not uprise because they remember how we shafted the Iraqi's who tried to overthrow Saddam.

Isn't the Shah's son still alive?

 

[Gambino]

Rent the movie, I think you will like it (it's old but during the period it came out, there was lots of hostitility).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Jackal

yeah that seems like something i would dig
historical fiction mixed in with non-fiction
i wonder if now in days it would even be possible, assinating heads of state

 

[Raptorex]

yeah that seems like something i would dig
historical fiction mixed in with non-fiction
i wonder if now in days it would even be possible, assinating heads of state

did you see my follow-up post?

"A copy of the Hebrew translation of The Day of the Jackal was found in possession of Yigal Amir, the extreme-right militant who assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995. As published in the Israeli press at the time, police investigators believed that the assassination was partially inspired by the book, and that Amir used it as a kind of "how to" manual. "