Iran shoots down US Spy Drone

Iran shoots down U.S. spy drone amid growing U.S. military pressure
Iranian troops have shot down a U.S. pilotless spy plane recently, an Iranian lawmaker announced on Tuesday as the Islamic Republic was facing increasing military pressure from its arch rival --the United States.

The aircraft was brought down when it was trying to cross the borders "during the last few days," Seyed Nezam Mola Hoveizeh, a member of the parliament, was quoted by the local Fars News Agency as saying.

The lawmaker gave no exact date of the shooting-down or any other details about the incident, but he said that "the United States sent such spy drones to the region every now and then."

SECOND U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER

The announcement came amid reports that the United States is increasingly flexing its muscles to counter Iran's growing regional assertiveness and put more pressure on Tehran over its controversial nuclear programs.

It was reported Tuesday that a second U.S. aircraft carrier, the USS John C. Stennis, will arrive in the Middle East in about one month, the first time since the U.S.-led Iraq war in 2003 that the United States will h
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They're playing right into BushCo's hands.

violated its airspace.

But it still worries me. I'm not blaming Iran for responding, but we all know where this is leading. Both countries are following a script written by the neocons and we can all predict the horrible outcome.

bush's feeble excuse to attack Iran has been delivered.

--- This is the Strangelove gambit of Jack Ripper,.... only playing out in slow motion. Objective? Get the US into a wider Mideast war from which it cannot possibly extricate itself. Constitutional crisis looming, alright.

We have invaded an Iranian consulate in Iraq.
We have "captured" an Iranian airplane in Iraq and held people hostage.
We have had 2 armed standoffs w/ Kurdish military personal because
of our actions in Iraq.
And now this crap?

Iran has 80 million people bush really is pissing into a hornets nest.

Our neocons have itchy trigger fingers.

...so this may just be added to the hawks' laundry list. It won't be another Maine.

Was it Gary Powers...

Or Gary Seven???

America watches american idol. sad, sad, sad

:grr:

You are now allowed 1minute to do so................please do so now....