Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1222-989437226-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 09 May 2001 12:42:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 7256 invoked by uid 510); 9 May 2001 18:42:33 -0000 Received: from hl.egroups.com (208.50.99.197) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 9 May 2001 18:42:33 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1222-989437226-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.55] by hl.egroups.com with NNFMP; 09 May 2001 19:40:27 -0000 X-Sender: fastflyermach1@worldnet.att.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_2); 9 May 2001 19:40:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 69616 invoked from network); 9 May 2001 19:39:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 9 May 2001 19:39:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mtiwmhc24.worldnet.att.net) (204.127.131.49) by mta2 with SMTP; 9 May 2001 19:39:57 -0000 Received: from dhs96ndnozw22m ([12.78.120.91]) by mtiwmhc24.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with SMTP id <20010509193955.NWRR1579.mtiwmhc24.worldnet.att.net@dhs96ndnozw22m> for <iwar@yahoogroups.com>; Wed, 9 May 2001 19:39:55 +0000 Message-ID: <00ef01c0d8bf$cf827380$cf744e0c@dhs96ndnozw22m> To: <iwar@yahoogroups.com> References: <200105051339.GAA24936@all.net> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2462.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2462.0000 From: "c.g. treadwell" <fastflyermach1@worldnet.att.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:39:48 -0400 Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [iwar] [tus] Re: China Blames U.S. for Yet Another Mid-Air Collision. (fwd) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks for the good guy commentary. It is nice to know that I can even beat Pike at his own game ever now and then Best, Beth PS-send me Tom Johnson phone number-he keeps forgetting to leave it after asking me to call. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Cohen" <fc@all.net> To: "Information Warfare Mailing List" <iwar@onelist.com> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 9:39 AM Subject: [iwar] [tus] Re: China Blames U.S. for Yet Another Mid-Air Collision. (fwd) > [American humor - thought the list might like something light on the weekend...] > > Date: Friday, May 4, 2001 8:23 am > Subject: China Blames U.S. for Yet Another Mid-Air Collision. (fwd) > > BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese officials have stated that they are > holdingthe United States, "fully responsible" for today's mid-air > collision,involving several Chinese aircraft and one American craft. > This comes just weeks after a similar incident involving a U. S. spy > plane. > > Officials have stated that at approximately 8:25 a. m., GMT, a > squadronof Chinese F-8 fighters collided with an American Goodyear > Blimp. The crash left over a dozen Chinese planes downed and the > blimp's electronicbillboard damaged. Sources say the billboard's > scrolling marquee had been advertising the soft drink 7-UP, but after > the collision, only thewords "Up yours" could be seen. > > A Chinese pilot who witnessed the collision between his squadron, > nicknamed, "Panda Rash" told China's Xinhua news agency that he saw the > American blimp dive out of the clouds and crash into wingman Sum > YungGui's F-8 jet. > > "I told Yung Gui his tail was all broken. 'Keep it straight. Keep it > straight'", said the pilot. "He just couldn't shake the American > foreign- devil!" The blimp then reportedly veered hard left and then > right, taking out the rest of the squadron. > > Pilot Chawp Suey told Xinhua the American blimp is "fully responsible > for the incident", repeating the language Beijing has used in the > earlier incident. > > China blames this new accident on the Goodyear blimp, saying it rammed > the supersonic fighters, and has demanded an apology. > > Officials from the Goodyear Company have said it is unlikely that the > slow propeller-driven blimp could turn inside and ram a dozen nimble > fighters. > > "The direct cause of the collision was that the American blimp made a > sudden big move toward the Chinese planes, making it impossible for the > Chinese planes to get out of the way", Suey was quoted as saying. > > "The savage act of American blimps colliding with Chinese planes while > conducting spying activities at sporting events makes us indignant", he > was quoted as saying. > > ------------------ > http://all.net/ > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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