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Re:Mining firm Rio Tinto sorry for destroying Aboriginal cav... by flavius29663 on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:09PM (#27988265)
That I think has more to do with the downing of F117 a month prior. I'm thinking the Chinese bought some secret parts, and the Americans made a last ditch attempt to prevent the Chinese from obtaining some tech.
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Re:Mining firm Rio Tinto sorry for destroying Aboriginal cav... by goldenkey on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:51PM (#27988890)
How was the embassy involved as a target of consequence?
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Re:Mining firm Rio Tinto sorry for destroying Aboriginal cav... by Miraste on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @04:14PM (#27989147)
The F-117 was shot down in Yugoslavia. China acquired quite a few parts from it, ran into difficulties getting them out of the country, and stored them temporarily at the embassy in Belgrade as their base of operations. Chinese papers have published that part. The US denies the bombing was on purpose, but admitted in a Congressional hearing that it was the only bombing in the campaign directed by the CIA. The "wrong map" reasoning seems a little thin at that point.
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Re:Mining firm Rio Tinto sorry for destroying Aboriginal cav... by lupire on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @04:20PM (#27989219)
Well maybe CIA intentionally provided the wrong map...
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