The USS Vincennes, responsible for the US shootdown of an Iranian airliner on July 3, 1988 (US Navy/Public Domain)

The ‘Forgotten’ US Shootdown of Iranian Airliner Flight 655­

On the rare occasions the US mainstream media refer to the US shootdown of an Iranian airliner in 1988, they sustain the myth it was simply a “mistake”.

Foreign Policy Journal
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