Spudh
I'll repost my previous in case you missed it.
"Where it WAS different was that at the time there was a shooting match going on with a bunch of Iranian speedboats. The Iranian authorities must have known this, yet they allowed a civilian aircraft to overfly a live firing zone. Life is cheap in Iran. it wouldn't surprise me at all if they deliberately risked the loss of the aircraft in an attempt to gain international sympathy.
As I said before on another thread, I'm convinced from what I witnessed of their chemical supply route that they were gassing their own people to gain sympathy, it wouldn't surprise me if a aircraft full of people were equally regarded as disposable, just to gain a political point. "
I may be wrong, I'd like to think I am, but somehow I think I'm close to the truth.
By the way - are you another journalist? It just seems strange timing for your first two posts to be on this thread.