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Real Aircraft, Unlike 9/11, Crashes Killing Polish President

Real planes don’t dissolve. They have real engines, real wings, real tails and leave tons of very visible debris.

(CINCINNATI, Ohio) - Photos of the recent Tupelov plane crash in Russia, shows massive amounts of airplane crash debris on the ground.

The 9/11 crash sites at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, were surprisingly void of anything resembling aircraft wreckage.

U.S. Military Base at Mannas, Kyrgystan May Get the Boot

As the main connection point for America's war in Afghanistan, Mannas is of great strategic importance.

(BISHKEK / SALEM) - Kyrgyzstan’s new leaders intend to remove an American military base from their soil. Mannas air base has been the premier air mobility hub for the U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan.

The interim government led by ex-foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva, is on the record saying they want Mannas closed down for security reasons.

Plane Crash in Russia: Tragedy for Poland

New presidential elections will be held before June 20.

(SMOLENSK / PATAGONIA) - A large contingent of high ranking Polish civilian and military leaders were killed this morning in a fiery crash at an airport near Smolensk in Russia.

Among the dead is Lech Kaczynski, Poland’s president who was en route to a memorial to honor Polish victims of a WW II massacre by the Soviet KGB.

Polish President and Top Officers Die in Plane Crash

The crash occurred about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) from Smolensk Airport in foggy conditions.

(SMOLENSK, Russia) - A passenger plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski has crashed on approach to Smolensk Airport in southwest Russia, killing all on board.

The Antonov

A complete disassembled Boeing 737 can be fitted in the hold.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - The world’s largest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 (Americans, eat your hearts out) flew out of (Alberta) Edmonton International Airport, last Wednesday evening headed for Afghanistan with three helicopters and 40 tonnes of supplies on board.

On this trip it carried one Sikorsky S-61N and two Bell 212 helicopters for “non-military use” to the U.S. military—primarily to transport people and freight.

Easter 1969: One Crazy Night in Vietnam

Puff the Magic Dragon Meets the Easter Bunny.

(SALEM, Ore.) - War stories: regular Salem-News.com visitors have viewed and read many over the years here. These are sometimes gripping and often tragic; frequently there is something to be learned.

One story that Tom Zangla of Kecksburg, Pa. recalls each year around this time, happened Easter Sunday in 1969, when a 122mm rocket didn't blow him to smithereens, at his base in Pleiku, Vietnam.

Documentary Investigates Kecksburg UFO Site

Sci-Fi documentary with Bryant Gumbel about one of the most fascinating American UFO stories.

(KECKSBURG, Pa.) - On December 9, 1965, an object landed near Kecksburg, Pa. It was observed as a fireball in the sky across several U.S. states and Canada. Witnesses provided signed statements and independent, corroborated descriptions of the object and its location.

Firefighters, reporters and a radio news director described a military presence at the crash site — and some saw a military truck quickly leaving with a large, tarpaulin-covered object.

All Hell is Breaking Loose in Mexico

"The Cartels now own Mexico and Juarez" - Cartel message from across the border, stating that El Paso Border Patrol, ICE, and local police were now targets, and that their wives and children were not safe in the US or Mexico... and to stay out of Mexico.

(JUAREZ / SALEM) - As American network news discusses tea parties, sex scandals and Britney Spears, all Hell is breaking loose on the U.S. border with Mexico.

In Juarez, the murder toll is rising on an equal footing with the fear and trepidation of a populace caught between the guns of police and drug soldiers with little disregard for collateral damage.

WWII Navy Fighter Plane Discovered in Tillamook County, Oregon

The U.S. Navy and several agencies are on scene.

(TILLAMOOK, Ore.) - A World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft was discovered by a logging company near Rockaway Beach, Oregon, March 18.

After Tillamook County Sheriff's Office and Oregon State Police learned about the discovery, the Navy was notified for response. Initial responders believe there is a possibility of human remains at the site.

A Little Known Fact About the 9/11 Planes

Another seriously undeniable flaw in the 'official' 9/11 story.

(BANGKOK) - Extract: ...it would be a remarkable irony, and quite possibly a unique circumstance in the annals of American jurisprudence, if the assumptions used as reasons for launching wars against two sovereign nations, as well as the more generalised 'War on Terror' would not stand up as evidence in either a criminal prosecution or a civil damages suit in an American court of law.