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Old 23rd Nov 2001, 17:34
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Given Galloway's known anti American and pro Saddam bias. One can hardly believe that what he says is an accurate description of events. Not being familiar with the SOP in the no fly zones, I can only speculate that radio message was simply a warning not to enter the no fly zone. The fact that the Captain 'manfully ignored' the supposed 'threat' implies that in fact there was no threat as far as he was concerned, merely a routine warning. A few carefully altered words by Galloway who after all is neither credible nor a pilot would change the emphasis of the so called threat.
The rest of his article reinforces the impression that the man is so far to the left that he's completely on his own. I suspect even the Iraqis consider him a joke.
The real joke is on the people who elected him as an MP in Scotland. What were they thinking?
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