I clearly remember this tragedy and the disgraceful conduct of the US Navy,High Command and the US politicians, sailors on other ships new immediately that it was an airliner because THEY SAW LARGE NUMBERS OF BODIES FALLING INTO THE SEA and the Airbus did not "stray into harms way"your report makes it clear that it was not descending t high speed towards the Vincennes,it was ASCENDING at normal speed away from the Vincennes.
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July 3: ADMIRAL CROWE BRIEFING
Vincennes in wrong position, shown here just outside Iranian
waters
Helicopter in wrong position: it was some 15 miles to the west,
inside Iranian waters
Vincennes actually pursued Iranian gunboats farther north
Sept. 8-9: FOGARTY CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING
False position shown for Montgomery
Pakistani merchantman Sarghoda (name misspelled by navy) made no
distress call
Liberian tanker Stoval does not exist
PHOTO: The Vincennes fired two missiles (above) and knocked the Airbus into the water (D.O.D.)
PHOTOS (2): The combat information center is the nerve center of Vincennes, capable of tracking scores of incoming missiles and aircraft at a time, but Rogers (inset) and his jittery crew (not shown here) misread the complex system's signals (JOHN GAPS III-AP, IDI)
John Barry is NEWSWEEK's national-security correspondent. Roger Charles is a retired Marine colonel and military intelligence officer who is now a freelance writer in Washington. Also reporting were Daniel Pedersen in London, Christopher Dickey in Paris, Theresa Waldrop in Bonn, Donna Foote in Los Angeles, Tony Clifton in New York and Peter Annin in Houston.
© 1992
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