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To: i-node who wrote (772658)	3/3/2014 1:01:10 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) of 1576912

For the same reason he sent over 80 fighter planes to Iran He didn't send them. They defected. The first few that tried, Iran scrambled jets to intercept and turn them back. When they realized what was going on, they allowed them to land. During the Persian Gulf War, most Iraqi pilots and aircraft (of French & Soviet origin) fled to Iran to escape the bombing campaign because no other country would allow them sanctuary. The Iranians impounded these aircraft after the war and never returned them, putting them in the service of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force[15] – claiming them as reparations for the Iran–Iraq War. Because of this Saddam Hussein did not send the rest of his Air Force to Iran just prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, instead opting to bury them in sand. Saddam Hussein, preoccupied with Iran and regional power balance, is reported to have had commented: "The Iranians are even stronger than before, they now have our Air Force."[16] en.wikipedia.org God, you are dumb and mis-informed... Sorta like a typical Fox News viewer.

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