Iran bars Bush's Iraq puppet Maliki from its airspace

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran refused to allow a plane carrying Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on a trip to Asia to cross its airspace overnight, a senior adviser to the Iraqi leader said on Sunday.

Sadiq al-Rikabi, who is accompanying Maliki on the trip to Japan and South Korea, said the prime minister's plane entered Iranian airspace at about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday.

"Suddenly the Iranian aviation authorities ordered the pilot to go back," Rikabi said.

"We were obliged to fly to Dubai where we stayed for more than three hours to file a new (flight) plan," he said by telephone from Bangkok, where the plane was just about to depart for Tokyo.

Rikabi said it was unclear why Iran had barred Maliki's plane from crossing its territory.

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1. Rikabi said it was unclear why Iran had barred Maliki's plane from crossing its territory.

It is VERY clear. If that plane went down, for any gawd-damn reason, Bush would have the material to make up his excuse to invade Iran for nothing more than a rise in the polls. It is VERY clear indeed.

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2. Isn't that just damned special

So, when Iraq, Saudi Arabia, or any other country denies Iran's President the use of their airspace, how loud will the chorus of whining and complaining from Iran be?