May 11, 2004
LET SLIP THESE DOGS:
French jets buzz Israeli airliner: Interceptors inspect El Al flight for anti-missile system (WorldNetDaily.com, May 11, 2004)
French air force jets dangerously maneuvered several times around an Israeli El Al passenger plane in an apparent effort to inspect the airliner for anti-missile systems, reports the premium online intelligence newsletter Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.The incident occurred over French territory as French fighter jets entered the civilian designated air corridor. The Israeli captain reported the French interceptors flew dangerously close and in some cases formed, what was described as, a dangerous interception mode.
It seems the French fighters not only circled the Israeli passenger plane, but also approached it from underneath.
One pilot said he is under the impression the French were inspecting the planes from every possible angle in an attempt to discover whether the passenger aircraft was carrying anti-shoulder-operated missile devices. Israel announced all its passenger planes are in the process of being equipped with such counter measures, pending the approval of a number of civil-administration authorities worldwide.
France has not approved the use of such devices. The U.S. is contemplating whether to allow them as well.
According to a French source, the Paris government views such equipment as if it were a weapon system requiring a license.
George W. Bush would likely go to the U.N. himself to veto the resolution condemning Israel for taking out the French Air Force. Posted by Orrin Judd at May 11, 2004 7:34 PM
If you thought the transatlantic debate about guns in the cockpit was fun wait for this one. Just another reason to arm planes starting tomorrow. (Also, single source the job to Boeing and watch Airbus cringe.)
Posted by: MG at May 11, 2004 9:29 PMI was about to write something on the lines of "Who do they think they are?" But there's no no point - they're the French, and they're going to do things like that.
Posted by: John Barrett Jr. at May 11, 2004 10:35 PMTo the tranzis of the world and to liberals here in America, the open demonstration of your willingness to defend yourself is proof you have no right to live...
Posted by: M.Murcek at May 11, 2004 10:39 PMgo to www.merdeinfrance.blogspot.com if you need a jolt to your system.
Posted by: Ted at May 11, 2004 10:54 PMTo be fair to the French, given the climate of opinion today, the use by an Israeli civilian airliner to evade or shoot down a ground-to-air shoulder held missile by an anti-Israeli freedom fighter or militant (anti-Israeli and freedom fighter are now tautologies) would clearly constitute just one more example of the disproportionate, and unjustified, use of force by that pariah nation.
Moreover, the presence of such anti-missile systems on Israeli airliners is further unequivocal proof of Israel's unrestrained, aggressive pathology. (Since for those who really know, the belief---better, fantasy---that others want to shoot your civilian airplanes out of the sky clearly indicates what it is that you really want to do to their airliners. Projection pure and simple.)
Obviously, such irrational delusions cannot be allowed into French air space.
Posted by: Barry Meislin at May 12, 2004 2:07 AMI do not understand why the pussies didn't just shoot the airliner down.
Or were they just trying to find out whether it was time to surrender or not?
Posted by: Uncle Bill at May 12, 2004 10:52 AMThe Frogs were lucky that the Israeli airliner didn't shoot them down.
Posted by: H.D. Miller at May 12, 2004 4:29 PMDon't take a French charter flight to Israel anytime soon.
Posted by: Peter B at May 13, 2004 8:22 AM