Real Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/11/international/11WIRE-U2.html
Title: Iraqi fighter jets pressured
and threatened two American planes, making them return and abort the United
States of America’s mission.
Our planes were flying
over Iraqi soil to get to the UN weapons inspections in time. According to two of
our men, that’s when the Iraqi fighter jets threatened our soldiers.
The problem with this
act put on by the opposition is that, usually, a lot of flights are permitted
to fly over countries under a UN Security Council rule. Thus, everyone at the
UN was saying how shocked they were that this had happened.
The worst part is
that the army had told us that they warned Iraqi prior to their launch that
they were going to be flying over Iraqi soil.
This threat is not
only a threat against the US, but is a testament to the weak relationship that
Iraq has with the UN.
The two American planes
were already in the air and approved by the UN council and was a unanimous vote,
the US official said.
However Iraq “had to
start a problem with USA”, the official stated and the two planes were recalled
back. America is complying and staying level-headed as always checking with the
UN before recommencing the flights again.
Everyone in the UN
backed America up as Iraq had no justification for what they had done obviously.
This backup of the US was for a new resolution to use force against Iraq as a
last resort.
These flights were
going to investigate whether Saddam Hussein is storing chemical and biological weapons
to use against the US in terrorist attacks.
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