3july 1988 us warship shoots down iranian airliner killing 300passengers on way to mecca?

Question

21 december 1988 pan am crashes on lokerbie. now do you see a faint connection without bringing in libya.

Answer 1

what is your point,

Answer 2

The difference is the US apologized for the mistake and paid reparations to the Families. Terrorist don't do that. The reparations and apologies were given before the lockerbie attack. So the revenge thing doesn't hold alot of water. I was serving in the gulf at the time and the whole fleet was ashamed of the USS Vincennes. However in Washington there was a bit of a white wash that went on so as not to say the incident was our fault. The story being that in the middle of a battle with Iranian gun boats an Iranian aircraft wouldn't ID itself and was declared a hostile and shot down. This obviously was a mistake but understandable in the fog of combat. Thus no one was held responsible. However all this took place after Lockerbie and so the Terrorist shouldn't of had a real reason to kill all those people for July 1988 incident.

Answer 3

Not really.

I would need a lot of proof before the connection could be made. It would be nice to be able to say that this was a retaliation for the shooting down of the Iranian airliner by the US but I think Iran does its own work in that field thus if it was, they would have had it crash in the United States to prove a point.

This is a case where a terrorist nation decided to take advantage of the situation. Perhaps the outrage of the downing of a airliner on their way to Mecca spilled over to other Mideastern nations but I read about the investigation and Libya does figure hugely.

Answer 4

The two events are not connected to each other. The Lockerbrie bombing was done by a Libyan intelligence agent (Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi) on orders from Qaddafi.

Megrahi was tried and convicted of this crime in Scotland on 13 January 2001. He is now serving a 27 year sentence.

Answer 5

so your saying that the plane was shot down?

If that's what you saying then I have to admit you conspiracy nuts get weirder and weirder every day.

Hey did you know Radioactive monkeys actually Run the world bank and live in the international space station?

how about showing some proof or maybe even showing a direct connection.

Hey did you know Julius Caesar invaded Gaul, and Napoleon invaded Italy.... do you see the connection?

If you are saying ti was revenge, well that would not be a surprise and the fact Libya got blasted for it seems like a a better repayment,

give all this insane crap a rest.

Answer 6

Yuh, Lockerbie was a revenge killing. Big difference is that the Americans almost immediately acknowledged a grievous mistake and paid compensation (yes, I know, compensation doesn't bring back lives lost, but it does acknowledge error and responsibility).

The Lockerbie bombing was on purpose, and then the bombers ran and hid like the cowards they were.

The US has done some bad things and several stupid things; but, they don't deliberately set off to kill a planeload of women and children to avenge an Islamic error from years earlier.

"Vengeance and anger are corrosive, and they rust out the bucket that carries them."

Answer 7

The investigation lead straight back to Libya. One of the Libyan agents responsible is in prison for the crime. I'd say it kinda punches holes in your theory.

Answer 8

And Princess Diana was killed by the Secret Service, Elvis is indeed alive living it up with John Lennon and JFK.

Answer 9

The plane travelling to Mecca was recognised on the radar as an unidentified aircraft, and was asked several times to identify itself. There was no response, so it was fired on.

Answer 10

Too bad we didn't shoot down a few more Iranian planes. Maybe tomorrow!

Answer 11

There were many important reports gave good evidences which confirm the connection between the two incidents