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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Bill on the Hill who wrote (10745)2/20/2003 1:47:25 AM
From: PartyTime  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25898
 
"When will they ever learn?" Hmmm. I know I'm smart enough to now go to sleep. Gotta! Enjoy folks!



To: Bill on the Hill who wrote (10745)2/20/2003 1:52:18 AM
From: PartyTime  Respond to of 25898
 
Whoops, more to report. What's going on here with the military falling out of the skies? This plane had the chief of the Pakastani air force on it.

newsday.com

February 20, 2003, 1:31 AM EST

>>>ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A Pakistani Air Force plane carrying 17 people, including military officials and crew members, crashed Thursday in a remote region of northwestern Pakistan, a senior Air Force official said.

It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties, said Sarfraz Ahmad.

Pakistani Air Force chief Mushaf Ali Mir was on board the Fokker transport plane, he said.

Rescue crews were sent to the site, about 250 kilometers (150 miles) northwest of Islamabad.

"We don't know whether there are any casualties, and we have sent people to the site," Ahmad said.<<<

Earlier in the day, this plane crash happened:

newsday.com