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Rumsfeld: "I did not order to shoot down the Cessna which generated a false alarm overflying Washington"
Washington, USA - Pentagon firmly gave the lie to statements by part of US press on last May 11 event
US press, during the days following the false alarm generated by a small Cessna after its overflight over Washington on last May 11 (see for details AVIONEWS) had stated that Pentagon would have ordered to shoot down the aircraft, quoting vague Federal sources. US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, firmly gave the lie instead to such statements, putting into evidence that such an order has never been...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 121173
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency