Monday, January 09, 2006

Iran Military Jet Crash: Who's Responsible?

Ahmad Kazemi, commander of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard ground forces, and at least 11 other people have died in the crash of a small military jet in northwest Iran. The official reason given is that the aircraft tried to make an emergency landing but the landing gear jammed.

Tigerhawk ain't buying:
Something tells me that there is more going on here than bad maintenance. . . .It was the second time in two months that a military plane crashed in Iran while attempting to make an emergency landing. So something goes wrong with the plane mid-air, and when the pilot tries to land the landing gear jams? The plane happens to be carrying the commander of the Revolutionary Guards ground forces and a bunch of his butt boys? That's so goofy it's almost as though Hollywood invented it.

Normally, the application of Occam's Razor would require that we assume this crash is, er, legit. But the description of this crash, the passenger manifest and the current pressure on Iran makes me wonder whether an enemy -- internal or external -- isn't responsible.

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