Alabama Politicians, Shelby & Cramer, Fired On Above Iraq
- Posted by c.a. Marks on August 31st, 2007 filed in General, Iraq
From al.com
Plane carrying Shelby and Cramer fired on above Iraq
Posted by vdmartin August 30, 2007 5:04 PM
A C-130 aircraft carrying an Alabama senator and congressman was fired on this evening as it was flying from Baghdad to Amman, Jordan.
The airplane was carrying Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Rep. Bud Cramer, D-Huntsville, and two other senators.
Three rockets were shot at the plane and were “near misses,” Shelby said in a telephone interview. He said the pilot took evasive maneuvers to avoid the rockets. The plane landed safely in Amman at about 4 p.m. central.
“I was looking out the window, a little small window, and I saw a shell or something,” Shelby said. “And then I see a flare. Our plane started maneuvering and changing directions and shaking all around.”
Mary Orndorff
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