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Old 25th Feb 2011, 00:50
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TEEEJ
 
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Rjtjrt wrote,

I wonder what happened to the Iraqi aircrew that took the aircraft to Iran?
I would imagine that they were detained, given the choice to remain and or released? It took a long time for Iran to repatriate Iraqi POWs from the Iran-Iraq war from 1980-1988. They were still repatriations 10 years plus after the conflict. They probably detained them for violating their airspace?

Iran/Iraq: 1,999 Iraqi prisoners of war go home

Iran/Iraq: Iraqi prisoners released

BBC News | MIDDLE EAST | Iran returns Iraqi POWs

BBC News | MIDDLE EAST | Iran releases Iraqi POWs

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