[Leica] IMGS: Confrontation

[Douglas Barry]

This may help, Tina
http://articles.dailypress.com/1990-04-15/news/9004110407_1_uss-vincennes-iranian-airbus-rogers

It appears that ships' captains, like doctors, bury their mistakes.

Douglas


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tina Manley" <tmanley at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 11:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: Confrontation


> This was a particularly conservative congregation of businessmen and, 
> while
> they said their comments were directed at the American government, not the
> American people, I definitely felt that they resented America's
> intervention in their lives.  They mentioned several times the Iranian Air
> plane that was shot down by the US Navy.  They have been told and are
> convinced that the officers who directed the shooting down of the plane
> were given medals and promotions.  I've tried to find out about that but
> can't find any information about medals or promotions.  That shooting down
> of the plane came up in several of our discussions and I had to confess
> that I was not that familiar with the details.  They were, though, at 
> least
> what they had been told.
>
> Tina
>
> On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>
>> Like the first one particularly, Tina. And what was the answer given to
>> you - O Daughter of the Great Satan :-) Anyway, given the rise of Trump 
>> and
>> Netanyahu, the imam may yet get his wish....
>>
>> Politics is a peculiar thing!
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <tmanley at gmail.com>
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>> "paw" <paw at micapeak.com>; "seephoto" <seephoto at micapeak.com>; "Olympus
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>> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 9:40 PM
>> Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Confrontation
>>
>>
>> PESO:
>>>
>>> Hossein got us into some interesting conversations. Here he is asking 
>>> the
>>> Imam to explain to the American visitors why he ends every prayer 
>>> service
>>> with the phrases, "Death to America. Death to Israel." This was a very
>>> conservative group of businessmen who believe that Israel wants to take
>>> over the entire Middle East and is backed in their plans by America.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I00006dz5eck57l8
>>>
>>> and next several.
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
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