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To: Dayuhan who wrote (27802)2/4/2004 8:36:56 AM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (3) of 793908
 
If an Arab country had done that kind of damage to an American vessel and tried to cover their butts by claiming mistaken identity, nobody would have believed a word of it, and the repercussions would have been immediate and massive.

Have you looked into the USS Stark case? 37 American sailors were killed. Iraq said it was an accident. That explanation was accepted even though the Stark had hailed the Iraqi plane which attacked it.

Captain Brindel ordered a radio message flashed at 10:09 PM: "Unknown aircraft, this is U.S. Navy warship on your 078 for twelve miles. Request you identify yourself." There was no reply. A second request was sent. Still no answer.
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...Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. ... He described the attack on the Stark as a "horrible error," and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was quick to apologize for the "unintentional incident." Evidently, the Mirage pilot had mistaken the Stark for an Iranian tanker. Iraq promised to pay compensation to the families of the 37 slain seamen, and reparations for damages to the frigate. Officially the United States was neutral in the Iran-Iraq conflict, but the administration had decided that geopolitic considerations required that Iraq not lose the war. In the aftermath of the Stark incident, the rhetoric coming out of Washington was of a forgiving nature where Iraq was concerned, while growing increasingly hostile in reference to Iran.
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So where was the immediate and massive repercussions you referred to?

Note that the Stark incident was NOT discussed as a rationale for the recent war to overthrow Saddam.
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