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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 12:59 AM Jan 2021

Holy cow... Threat on Capitol??

Chilling threat sent to air traffic controllers vowing revenge for killing of Iranian general is under investigation

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/threat-air-traffic-control-iranian-general-qassem-soleimani-revenge/

Multiple air traffic controllers in New York heard a chilling threat Monday in audio obtained exclusively by CBS News: "We are flying a plane into the Capitol on Wednesday. Soleimani will be avenged."

The threat refers to Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian general killed last year in a U.S. drone strike ordered by President Trump. It was made on the one-year anniversary of Soleimani's death, for which Iranian officials have long vowed revenge.


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groundloop

(11,518 posts)
9. For clarification it wasn't phoned in, it was heard on air traffic control radio.....
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 01:06 AM
Jan 2021

and anyone can get their hands on a brand new handheld air band transceiver for a couple of hundred dollars. Probably a fraction of that used.

 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
11. That's not going to happen
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 01:09 AM
Jan 2021

How many fighters are up in the air over Washington at any given time post 9/11?

Veer off course for a second and see how it goes.

tanyev

(42,550 posts)
12. So Iran is going to attack Congress for something Trump did.
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 01:11 AM
Jan 2021

And on the very same day Congress is going to do something Trump really, really doesn’t want them to do. Hmm, that’s awfully.......convenient.

 

occupant

(166 posts)
13. Happy Anniversary Not
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 01:12 AM
Jan 2021

Jarrod Kushass walks up to the desk, swings a carry all onto the desk.Opens it slowly revealing stacks of cash, and a checklist on top of the banded piles of green. Step by step instructions, all bulleted and precise are printed in bold font. This, will be our Wednesday 1-6-21.JarRat turns with a wink and a nod and walks away...Chaos and deflection

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