Saying that shooting down a palm-sized microdrone from Sharper Image is like shooting down an Airbus full of human beings feels logically inconsistent.
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Greenwald responded to Russia's shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 22013, in 22016, by tweeting a reference to the U.S. Navy's shooting down of Iran Air Flight 22020, in 1988.
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Shooting down the drone sends a message about Iran's capabilities.
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Like the US shooting down a Russian plane, for instance?
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A model of this tactic remains the shooting down of
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New evidence of complicity in shooting down a civilian airliner.
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American forces returned the favor, shooting down an Iranian drone.
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No group has yet claimed responsibility for shooting down the helicopter.
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These included the shooting down of a military helicopter in May.
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"Nope, keep guessing!" the company wrote back, shooting down the idea.
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The US definitely wants to avoid shooting down a Russian plane.
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Democratic leaders also aren't shooting down the possibility of physical barriers.
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Tina Fey said she regrets shooting down talks of a sequel.
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Thursday in retaliation for Iran shooting down an unmanned American drone.
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The shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine?
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It would be capable of shooting down aircraft and ballistic missiles.
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The system would make it much better at shooting down threatening planes.
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Twenty pilots qualified as "aces" by shooting down five enemy aircraft each.
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Some analysts liken THAAD to shooting down a bullet with another bullet.
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Some analysts liken it to shooting down a bullet with another bullet.
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The Army has previously practiced shooting down drones with 5-kilowatt lasers.
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Shooting down a fast-falling ballistic missile remains difficult if not impossible.
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Seth is furiously shooting down the idea, citing any number of polls.
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They are still in the process of floating — and shooting down — ideas.
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Iran, however, boasted last week of shooting down the American surveillance drone.
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Goldman, with this new note to clients, is shooting down that hope.
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Patriots are mobile missile systems capable of shooting down missiles and planes.
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CANADA'S TRUDEAU SAY SHOOTING DOWN OF UKRAINE JET MAY HAVE BEEN UNINTENTIONAL
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And as we all know, Rowling has no problem shooting down fan theories.
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Idris Elba is once again shooting down the possibility of playing James Bond.
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This laser buggy is designed to protect soldiers, by shooting down military drones.
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Shooting down a helicopter would have been a propaganda victory for the Taliban.
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Players can bet on such outcomes as their accuracy in shooting down monsters.
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In shooting down pygmies and Hounds from hellDid Sherlock on Victorian niceties dwell?
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The U.S. military is reportedly considering shooting down future North Korean missile tests.
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The Air Force's F-15 squadrons have experience shooting down Predator-style drones.
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Patriot missile systems are mobile units capable of shooting down missiles and planes.
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Social media videos seemed to show an attempt at shooting down the drone.
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Kremlin security said that shooting down the plane was the standard emergency procedure.
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Two of those clashes involved the United States shooting down Iranian-made drones.
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Plus, EMI is shooting down Kanye's claim the deal is a personal services contract.
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None of Syria's many rebel groups immediately claimed responsibility for shooting down the helicopter.
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Mr. Graham urged that he consider a military response to the drone's shooting down.
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The 1983 shooting down, on its own, might have passed as a terrible mistake.
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It's not clear how to do that short of actually shooting down Russian planes.
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"It&aposs identifying the aircraft and not shooting down friendlies that are the challenges."
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She spoke slowly, mournfully, shooting down each suggestion, insisting she'd already tried them all.
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One viral animation shows a player in a Blizzard video game shooting down a target.
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The sanctions also targeted Iranian military leaders who were responsible for shooting down the drone.
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That system is capable of shooting down ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as aircraft.
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The Marine Corps is developing a laser-armed truck for shooting down small flying robots.
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She avoided Wallace's actual question of whether she'd enforce it by shooting down Russian aircraft.
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He floated the possibility an Iranian general made a "mistake" in shooting down the drone.
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The Russian government has denied any role in shooting down the Boeing airliner over Ukraine.
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And the pain that had started in my hand was now shooting down my arm.
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It is capable of shooting down ballistic missile warheads along with aircraft and cruise missiles.
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It was a miniseries called The Awakening Land, and they were shooting down state Illinois.
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President Barack Obama is — yet again — shooting down rumors that wife Michelle will run for president.
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But a source close to the actor is shooting down rumors about two supposed new flames.
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Hours later, Trump said Iran made a "very big mistake " by shooting down the spy drone.
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Scenarios for limited strikes could include the shooting down of a North Korean ballistic missile test.
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Note the Salesforce jet shooting down the Oracle biplane in this early Salesforce ad from 2001.
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Perhaps this is why we don't see President Trump shooting down Senator Rubio's comments to Politico.
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The shooting down of the drone this week inched the U.S. and Iran closer to war.
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Jennifer Aniston has once again broken hearts by shooting down the possibility of a "Friends" reunion.
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Senate Republicans are shooting down the possibility of defunding the investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller.
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It seeks compensation for various lethal episodes, including the 2014 shooting down of a civilian airliner.
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" In its primary role of shooting down aircraft, Watling noted, the system does perform "very well.
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But members of Congress, on both sides of the aisle, are quickly shooting down the idea.
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" Causing so many casualties, he added, would not have been "proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone.
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Earlier this month, he showed off a 15 second teaser showing off a soldier shooting down... something.
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Sylvester Stallone made a huge point Friday night, shooting down rumors he's out of the "Expendables" game.
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While they're not available yet commercially, they're definitely the future of shooting down your neighbor's pesky drone.
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This recent escalation started with the US shooting down that Syrian plane, rather than a Russian one.
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Russia's relationship with Turkey deteriorated sharply after the Turks' shooting-down of a Russian warplane in November.
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That was followed early Tuesday morning with a U.S. jet shooting down an armed Iranian-made drone.
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But Corker and Cardin downplayed the White House shooting down the legislation if it passes the House.
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But it's worth preemptively shooting down the idea that the symbolic effort would be worth taking seriously.
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He took on a formation of nine Japanese bombers, shooting down roughly half a dozen enemy planes.
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Trump, however, contradicted this claim and expressed appreciation toward Iran for not shooting down the manned craft.
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Immediately following the ruling, Trump took to Twitter to blast the court for shooting down his order.
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And that's dangerous because the Pentagon — absent clear administration guidance — is shooting down Syrian planes and drones.
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Others blamed the United States for supplying Syrian rebels with weapons capable of shooting down the warplane.
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In June the U.S. slapped new sanctions on Iranian military leaders blamed for shooting down the drone.
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Iran admitted to accidentally shooting down a Ukrainian commercial airliner that killed all 176 passengers on board.
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Shooting down the plane may have been unintentional, he said, adding that he was "standing with" mourners.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the shooting down of the plane was a "disastrous mistake" and apologised.
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" Trump added, "10 minutes before the strike I stopped it, not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone.
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The strikes were meant as a response to Iran shooting down a US surveillance drone earlier this week.
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Some in Brussels argued for shooting down the goods-only proposal even before it was agreed at Chequers.
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Natalie Portman is shooting down Moby's claims that the two shared a brief fling nearly 20 years ago.
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Shooting down stray regime helicopters is one thing; risking a direct military confrontation with Russia is quite another.
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Here's Floyd Mayweather shooting down a potential UFC fight ... while at the same time leaving the door open.
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Hef posted this pic with wife Crystal Friday night, shooting down rumors like the cowboy on the screen.
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"10 minutes before the strike I stopped it, not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone," he wrote.
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"I like having a partner," Ripa told PEOPLE, shooting down rumors of a prolonged Live with Kelly season.
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The idea of shooting down a missile even if it is not a direct threat is not new.
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Iran initially denied that it was behind the accident, but later admitted to shooting down the commercial airliner.
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The meeting happened before Iran's military admitted accidentally shooting down an Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 passengers.
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As Iran publicly denied involvement in shooting down the plane, a committee was reportedly put together to investigate.
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"10 minutes before the strike I stopped it, not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone," Trump tweeted.
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However, in October, the Morton County Sheriff's Office was filmed shooting down Dedman's drone at the Standing Rock site.
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Mariah Carey is shooting down rumors about her alleged diva tendencies — and replacing them with even more extravagant tales.
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Iran did take responsibility for shooting down a US military drone in June, saying it was in Iranian airspace.
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Complicating matters further has been Ankara's shooting down of a Russian jet when it violated Turkish airspace in November.
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That's more than a billion dollars per year, all for a very small chance of shooting down a rocket.
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At the time, the only thing to counter drone-related attacks was large missiles shooting down large Iranian drones.
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Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for shooting down the drone in Yemen's capital of Sanaa, multiple outlets reported.
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Top congressional Republicans are shooting down talk of inviting a Russian delegation to the Capitol, even as GOP Sen.
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This came as a consequence of Turkish F-16s shooting down a Russian military jet along the Syrian border.
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Earlier this month, Iran admitted to shooting down a U.S. drone and the White House prepared to respond militarily.
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Their mishaps included errors that resulted in their being shot down — or shooting down guys on their own side.
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Up there, shooting down on us were the milice (Vichy collaborators) who were helping the Germans defend the city.
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Everyone in Zimbabwe knows the story of her shooting down an enemy helicopter in her country's war of liberation.
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That was the least he could do after ordering the shooting down of a civilian aircraft carrying Olivia's mother.
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Trilobites The archerfish, two to three inches long, hunts for food by shooting down insects with jets of water.
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Last week - indeed, last month, over Iran's shooting down of a U.S. drone - showed him in a conciliatory phase.
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Hossein Khanzadi, said on Monday that the military was capable of shooting down other drones that violate Iranian airspace.
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President Trump on Thursday approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for shooting down an unmanned American surveillance drone.
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Iran Iran admitted to accidentally shooting down the Ukrainian International Airlines flight that was departing from Tehran last week.
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Actions could include shooting down U.S. bombers, he said, even when they are not inside the North Korean airspace.
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After the shooting down of the , which had a significant impact given the high number of Russian tourists visiting Turkey.
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However, tensions have escalated further in recent weeks amid the seizure of oil tankers and the shooting down of drones.
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"Everyone's shooting down to Florida," said Marcel Yanez, a Missouri contractor who visited Friendswood, south of Houston, for potential work.
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The Soviet Union never formally apologized for shooting down Flight 007, maintaining it had been involved in a spy flight.
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He loves invading other nations , annexing territories that don't belong to Russia, shooting down civilian airliners and arming America's enemies .
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Beyond just platforming, there are levels where Cuphead takes to a prop plane and flies around while shooting down enemies.
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Biden attempted an optimistic tone, shooting down those who doubted the US could do much to solve the climate crisis.
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Trump said he decided the strike, to punish Iran for shooting down a drone, would have killed too many people.
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Trump's almost-attack on Iran was a response to the shooting down of a U.S. surveillance drone earlier on Thursday.
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More tragic was the huge blunder of Russia's proxies shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
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Each position has a different job during the mission from shooting down enemy ships to hitting the jump to lightspeed.
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India said it had retaliated by shooting down a Pakistani jet, which fell on the Pakistan side of the border.
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Kentucky lost an 11-point lead earlier in the second half, but Arkansas couldn't overcome poor shooting down the stretch.
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In the weeks before, the cartel had hit security forces hard, including shooting down an army helicopter, killing six soldiers.
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His proposed strike in June was aimed at the radar and missile batteries involved with shooting down the American drone.
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Shooting down the curved metal slide will be kids' first experience after walking through the museum's plaza-level front door.
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It said it sent its jets into Syria after shooting down an Iranian drone over Israeli territory earlier on Saturday.
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The vote could cause heartburn across the caucus, after Democrats spent weeks shooting down GOP attacks on their impeachment process.
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The sanctions come in the wake of the Iranian military shooting down a US drone over the Strait of Hormuz.
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Facebook and Twitter have spent months shooting down accusations that they're deliberately suppressing the viewpoints of one political ideology over another.
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An elaborately drawn goliath frog covered her exposed skull, its tongue shooting down towards a swarm of fireflies decorating her neck.
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Ultimately, for the military, its confidence in missile defense is more complicated than the success rate of shooting down a weapon.
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Perhaps of the greatest threat to global security is the threat of the US shooting down a Russian airplane in Syria.
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Earlier on Thursday, Trump said on Twitter that "Iran made a very big mistake!" by shooting down the U.S. spy drone.
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Their interventions highlight the fact that politicians have more to gain from shooting down proposals than coming up with their own.
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Grande has stood up against fans who trolled her ex in the past, shooting down comments made to Davidson and Miller.
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Last week, President Donald Trump aborted what could have been a retaliatory attack on Iran for shooting down a U.S. drone.
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Israel said it had sent its jets into Syria after shooting down an Iranian drone flying over Israeli territory on Saturday.
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This involves the USS Carl Vinson and the ships escorting it which include destroyers that are capable of shooting down missiles.
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For example, experts don't think the US has good odds of shooting down a missile fired by North Korea at America.
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And then to be shooting down, to use the analogy, it was like shooting fish in a barrel in that space.
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Two other witnesses said they saw a man shooting down on the crowd from the terrace of the district authority offices.
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And ZANU-PF officials now even dismiss as "a lie" Ms. Mujuru's celebrated claim of shooting down that helicopter decades ago.
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Either way, shooting down a North Korean missile on the launch vehicle or in the boost phase comes with huge risks.
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" His comments come as the U.S. military accuses Iran of shooting down a drone over international waters in an "unprovoked attack.
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An attack with the potential to kill 150 people, he said, was not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned American aircraft.
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In part because Mr. Paul's core clientele is international, the shooting down the street hasn't affected his bottom line, he said.
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The IRGC admitted to accidentally shooting down the commercial airliner after days of denying responsibility, spurring anti-government demonstrations in Iran.
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Shooting down a nuclear-armed North Korean-Ukrainian tin can would send a message to every country considering a nuclear breakout.
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Iran initially denied shooting down the plane but later admitted that its military mistook the aircraft for an incoming hostile target.
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The demonstrations began after Iran on Saturday admitted to shooting down a Kyiv-bound commercial plane departing from Tehran Wednesday morning.
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This should start by declaring North Korean airspace as a missile no-fly zone and shooting down future North Korean missiles.
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Iran did fess up to shooting down a US military drone, though, a move that almost led Trump to bomb Iran.
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THAAD works by shooting down missiles when they're on the way down, and has an effective range of roughly 125 miles.
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Until then, some help may be on the horizon for those who don't want to be arrested for shooting down a drone.
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Trump said that the sanctions were in part a response to the shooting down of the drone, but would have happened anyway.
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With Congress shooting down the emergency, it could be tougher for the Trump administration to make the case that there is one.
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It is capable of shooting down rockets from countries such as Iran that Washington says could one day reach major European cities.
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Last month, President Donald Trump called off air strikes at the last minute in retaliation for Iran shooting down a U.S. drone.
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Area defences, which guard broad swathes of territory like continental America, rely on shooting down missiles midcourse and on a straightforward trajectory.
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Monday's shooting down of a Syrian jet by the U.S. Navy, for example, has further ratcheted up tensions between Moscow and Washington.
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On Monday, the NSA director joined GCHQ, which called the claim "utterly ridiculous" last week, in shooting down speculation about its involvement.
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Cosby's team is accusing the prosecution of "systematic exclusion" of black jurors, but the judge is shooting down the argument ... for now.
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He was 1 of 8 from behind the arc in the game and was 2 for 10 overall shooting down the stretch.
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In Chicago, they're used by kids in gangs killing other kids, or people shooting at police officers [or] shooting down innocent people.
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Tourism was one of the worst hit industries after the crisis that followed Turkey's shooting down of a Russian in November 2015.
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He sent Mr. Putin a letter to apologize for shooting down the fighter jet and promised to bring those responsible to justice.
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Experts caution that U.S. missile defenses are now geared to shooting down one, or perhaps a small number of basic, incoming missiles.
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Pakistan's military has denied using F-16 jets in shooting down India's warplane but did not confirm which planes its military used.
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Malaysia Airlines has struggled since the disappearance of flight MH370 and shooting down of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, both in 2014.
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Typically, the U.S. military would seek to target Iranian facilities that could be connected to the shooting down of the American drone.
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While lawmakers are publicly shooting down talk of drastic action, they say they are being more careful in their own routines. Sen.
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Demonstrations exploded again last month amid anger over the government's cover-up of its culpability in shooting down a Ukrainian passenger jet.
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Iran admitted shooting down a Ukrainian passenger jet with 176 people on board, which it says was the result of human error.
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After admitting to shooting down the plane, the Iranian military said that "human error" had been at fault, not any system problem.
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Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the strikes were "pinpoint attacks" against "terrorists" prompted by the shooting down of its fighter jet.
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Both sides agreed to unfreeze relations in trade and economy in July after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan expressed regret over the shooting down.
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" Grande stans are passionately shooting down the accusations, saying Princess Nokia in particular "shouldn't flatter herself thinking Ariana actually knows who she is.
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Malaysia Airlines has been struggling since the disappearance of flight MH370 and shooting down of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, both in 2014.
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"Today's actions follow a series of aggressive behaviors by the Iranian regime in recent weeks, including shooting down of US drones," Trump said.
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The U.S. military is considering shooting down North Korean missile tests to display its military prowess to Kim Jong-un, The Guardian reports.
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In addition, the U.S. is sanctioning specific military leaders who were responsible for shooting down the drone, according to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
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If straight shooting down the center is a Cerrone weakness, Darren Till might turn out to be a horrible match up for him.
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The US tested its own anti-satellite missile in 22, shooting down an errant spy satellite as it was falling out of orbit.
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Last month, Reynolds joked about their sex life on The Ellen DeGeneres Show while shooting down the possibility of having a third child.
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The US has gotten into military skirmishes with pro-Assad fighters three times over the past month before shooting down the bomber yesterday.
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Holly Holm says she's not shooting down a possible rematch with Cris Cyborg Justino -- but cautions she's gotta get through Megan Anderson first.
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Malaysian Airlines has been struggling since the disappearance of flight MH370 and shooting down of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, both in 2014.
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They say that the act of heroism for which Ms. Mujuru became famous — single-handedly shooting down an enemy helicopter — was a fabrication.
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She was shooting down rumors at the time that she was married to a Huawei executive, saying her husband didn't work in telecommunications.
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Separately, Ryabkov told Interfax that the shooting down was a dangerous escalation and warned Washington not to use force against Syrian government troops.
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But she expressed alarm at the United States shooting down the Syrian jet and attacking militias at Al Tanf without a larger strategy.
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It was the shooting down of that Malaysian civilian airliner, Flight MH17, over Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people onboard.
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A Revolutionary Guards commander said on Friday that Iran had refrained from shooting down an American military plane that was accompanying the drone.
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Russia's ambassador to Lebanon was quoted this week saying Russia would respond to any U.S. strike on Syria by shooting down U.S. missiles.
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The flames reached so high, he said, it appeared as if they were shooting down from a ceiling fan just above his head.
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Iranians have retaliated by bombing oil tankers, shooting down a US military drone, and slowly ramping up its missile activities, among other moves.
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Iran initially denied shooting down the Ukrainian International Airlines plane, but admitted a week ago that its military had mistakenly downed the aircraft.
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Iran admitted responsibility for shooting down a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 after it took off from Tehran, claiming it was an accident.
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The Guards issued an apology for shooting down the plane, saying air defenses were fired in error during a state of high alert.
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In the months before the attack, Trump recoiled from using the military to send a message to Iran for shooting down the drone.
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The Guards issued an apology for shooting down the plane, saying air defences were fired in error during a state of high alert.
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The political unrest in Iran, following the killing of General Suleimani and Iran's accidental shooting down of a civilian airliner, creates enormous uncertainty.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin TrudeauJustin Pierre James TrudeauTrudeau: Escalating 'tensions' with Iran to blame for downed jet Ukraine, Canada demand accountability after Iran admits to shooting down jet Iran denies shooting down Ukrainian plane, calls for evidence MORE said escalating tensions between the United States and Iran were to blame for the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines flight in Tehran last week.
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Conducted in May 2016, the test featured a 1,500-pound metal sled shooting down a short track before crashing into a pile of sand.
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No matter how annoying it might be, shooting down an aircraft—any type of aircraft, with any type of weapon—is straight-up illegal.
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Iran has hit back, apparently attacking ships in the Gulf of Oman in May and shooting down an American spy drone on June 20th.
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Several Western nations and the Ukrainian government have accused pro-Russian separatists operating in the region of shooting down the plane with a missile.
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"No, I've met him once in like 2013, so it was very random," Lawrence, 27, said, shooting down the relationship gossip with a laugh.
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Mulvaney is eagerly shooting down the notion that current beneficiaries of programs like Social Security and Medicare would see benefit cuts on his watch.
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Senior Iranian political and military officials have denied playing a role in shooting down the Israeli jet or launching a drone into Israeli territory.
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" After recently shooting down engagement rumors with her longtime boyfriend Austin Butler, Hudgens says her favorite date-night look is something "simple and sexy.
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Beyond helping you get around quicker, they're also complete with weapons for shooting down other planes or taking aim at enemies on the ground.
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I want to get back to shooting down dumbass arguments against "assault weapons" (which is redundant) or supporting reasonable alternatives like universal background checks.
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Notably, a B-26 gunner from the 3rd Wing scored the first aerial victory of the war, shooting down a North Korean YAK-19663.
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In response, officials for Michael Atkinson, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Committee, released a four-page statement on Monday shooting down the theory.
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Tensions have already risen in recent weeks over US forces shooting down a Syrian fighter jet for the first time since the war began.
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That planned raid was to punish Iran for shooting down an American surveillance drone, one of a series of Iranian provocations in recent months.
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Instead of directly accusing the leaders of Iran, Mr. Trump said someone "loose and stupid" in Iran was responsible for shooting down the drone.
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CureVac has been shooting down the news reports for several days, and added to the denials in a conference call with investors on Tuesday.
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MH17 trial: Four Russian former agents are being tried in absentia for the shooting down of a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
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The authorities feared that admitting to shooting down the passenger plane would undercut that momentum and prompt a new wave of anti-government protests.
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Later that month, Iran took credit for shooting down a $130 million U.S. surveillance drone, which the U.S. insists was flying in international airspace.
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The improved radar system enables Syrian surface-to-air missiles to better discern targets and helps prevent the accidental shooting down of Russian planes.
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Jim Jacobs, who wrote the original book and musical with Warren Casey, is shooting down the conspiracy Sandy was dead during the whole film.
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Pakistan retaliated, shooting down a MiG-21 fighter jet Wednesday and detained its pilot, who was returned to India on Friday in a peace gesture.
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Trump said Friday that the military was "cocked and loaded" to fire on Iran in retaliation for shooting down a US drone earlier this week.
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" That's Donald Trump speaking to Kirstjen Nielsen regarding -- although the subject doesn't really matter -- the legal justification of the United States shooting down drones. "Honey.
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As I barrelled through the Slime Zone, shooting down my inflatable nemeses, I noticed that I continued to accumulate points, but it seemed somewhat random.
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The shooting down of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, however, starkly underlines the risks of blurring lines of military responsibility too much.
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Elisabeth shoots him in the leg, then lets him hang for a minute or two — but ultimately spares his life by shooting down his noose.
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The former soccer star and fashion designer celebrated 19 years of marriage in July while in Paris, after shooting down rumors of an impending split.
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International investigators last month identified four suspects they believed were responsible for bringing a Russian-made missile into the area aimed at shooting down aircraft.
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Diplomacy's absence appears to have led to this week's shooting down of a Russian-made Syrian fighter jet near US-backed Syrian forces in Raqqa.
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Ankara has said it acted lawfully in shooting down the plane, saying it had crossed from Syria into Turkish air space; Moscow denied that happened.
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EQ: The ones that have stuck in my head are being on the train and when shooting down the ship near the Hall of Heroes.
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Turkey's president has apologized to Moscow for shooting down a Russian military jet near the Syrian border last year, officials from both countries said Monday.
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From the bottom of the amber-colored, trunk-like column of glue, thin green leaves shooting down into the soil can be read as roots.
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The United States abruptly called off a military strike against Iran last week in response to the shooting down of an unmanned American surveillance drone.
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The gunmen, Mr. Rodriguez recalled, carried both "large weapons" and one "very large weapon," which, they told him, was capable of shooting down a helicopter.
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First off, the US has to make sure its own planes can fly safely, which means destroying Syrian air defense and shooting down its fighters.
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While the teacher was lecturing on algebra, I was on the deck of a pirate ship or in an airplane shooting down the Red Baron.
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Democrats are publicly shooting down the idea but are still routinely being asked about a witness swap both during press conferences and in hallway interviews.
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Efforts to fix the problem are routinely mired in partisanship, resulting in the shooting down of even the most basic election security and funding efforts.
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Two years earlier he finished third in the 220006 GOP congressional primary, in which a campaign ad of him shooting down a drone went viral.
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"The response time for successfully shooting down drones is incredibly short if the drone is even moderately fast," says the report's author, Arthur Holland Michel.
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There were also anti-government protests across the nation after Iran admitted shooting down an Ukrainian airliner, killing dozens of Iranian citizens, back in January.
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Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily A. Nebenzya, reiterated his country's longstanding insistence that Russia had nothing to do with shooting down the aircraft.
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Iran denied involvement in those attacks, but admitted to shooting down a U.S. surveillance drone in June that it said had strayed into its airspace.
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Thousands of demonstrators hit the streets this weekend condemning Iranian authorities for shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane and killing all 176 people on board.
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Iran denied involvement in those attacks, but admitted to shooting down a U.S. surveillance drone in June that it said had strayed into its airspace.
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President Vladimir Putin said that the shooting down of the plane near Syria's coast was the result of a chain of tragic and chance circumstances.
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The Russian government denies having lent any support to pro-Russia rebels fighting Ukrainian government troops and also denies any involvement in shooting down MH17.
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi praised the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for shooting down the unmanned US aircraft, the country's Tasnim news agency reported.
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Thankfully, last week, Trump pulled back from the brink and decided not to bomb Iran in response to Tehran's shooting down of an US surveillance drone.
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The former soccer star and fashion designer celebrated 19 years of marriage earlier the same month in Paris, after shooting down rumors of an impending split.
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The aborted strikes, first reported in the New York Times, were meant as a response to Iran shooting down a US surveillance drone earlier this week.
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On July 24th Israel made good on its vow to defend its border, shooting down a Syrian fighter jet that it said had entered Israeli airspace.
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Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump called off air strikes at the last minute in retaliation for Iran shooting down a U.S. drone over the Gulf.
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On Friday morning, Iranian officials said they had also considered shooting down an American recon plane with dozens of people in it, but decided not to.
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"Today's actions follow a series of aggressive behaviors by the Iranian regime in recent weeks, including shooting down of US drones," Trump said at the time.
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The disappearance of Malaysian flight MH370 and the shooting down of MH17 over Ukraine both tested the willingness of nations to share data, safety officials say.
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The system is designed to eventually be mounted on aircraft, where it could serve as a sort of instantaneous point defense system shooting down inbound projectiles.
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He touches on a few things here -- accepting Jesus, blessings, opening doors that were once closed, being highly favored by God, shooting down the devil, etc.
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After transferring to flight school and becoming a pilot, he was credited by Japan with shooting down nine Chinese, British and American aircraft on his own.
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Shooting down a drone with a missile is overkill, but it also illustrates a problem federal and state regulatory agencies face when contemplating emerging, innovative technologies.
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As such, Pyongyang reserved the right to take countermeasures, which could include shooting down U.S. bombers even if they are not in North Korea's air space.
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Wednesday's shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, which killed all 176 people aboard, has created a new crisis for the Islamic Republic's clerical rulers.
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The following day he referenced Iran shooting down a U.S. drone in June — an incident that led Trump to nearly launch a military strike against Tehran.
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Shooting down a missile In terms of military options, one scenario for the United States would be to shoot down the next missile North Korea launches.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran "deeply regrets" the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner earlier this week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a tweet on Saturday.
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The statement followed reports that U.S. cyber forces had targeted and taken down Iranian military computer systems following Iran's shooting down of an American surveillance drone.
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" He also said the shooting down of the plane "may have been accidental," echoing US President Donald Trump, who said "somebody could have made a mistake.
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Then the United States and its allies, including the Netherlands, implicated Russia in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine that July.
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But really, history is more like electricity shooting down the string of Franklin's fabled kite: wild, with alternating currents and unexpected twists, offshoots, and end results.
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We've reached out to both users to see if they want to reveal their trick, but for the moment, they're shooting down inquiries on their respective timelines.
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Butler (232-230, 215-33) led by as many as 23 points in the second half but could not match the Pirates' hot shooting down the stretch.
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In the video above filmed for The Late Late Show with James Corden, she grudgingly admits the first theory is "interesting" before totally shooting down the second.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Turkey apologized for the shooting down of a Russian war plane last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting with Russian diplomats on Thursday.
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President Trump confirmed that his administration had readied a series of strikes against Iran in response for shooting down an unmanned drone in a Friday Twitter thread.
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Trump initially said Iran had made a "very big mistake" and that it was "hard to believe" that shooting down the drone on Thursday was not intentional.
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The royal couple have talked openly about their desire to start a family — with Prince Harry playfully shooting down a suggestion that he should have five children!
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If the recent past is any guide, shooting down the plane may prove a flashpoint but won't grow into anything more serious — at least that's the hope.
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In December, Reynolds joked about their sex life on The Ellen DeGeneres Show while shooting down the possibility of having a third kid (for now, at least).
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that Iran made a "very big mistake" by shooting down a U.S. spy drone in the already tense oil-rich region.
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The Trump administration has accused Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps of being behind a string of attacks on oil tankers, as well as shooting down a U.S. drone.
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A US official said the the THAAD missile system was now capable of shooting down a North Korean missile,although it was operating in a limited capacity.
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Last month, Reynolds joked about their sex life on The Ellen DeGeneres Show while shooting down the possibility of having a third kid (for now, at least).
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First son Eric Trump is shooting down a report that in 2014 he told a golf writer that funding for Trump-branded golf courses came from Russia.
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She recalls feeling "lightning bolts of electricity" shooting down her legs and across her upper back and arms when a friend burned her hand on the stove.
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But for a former pilot in the Soviet Army—his specialty had been shooting down Americans over North Vietnam—he had clearly done quite well for himself.
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"The United States government has long said that Russia is without a doubt responsible for shooting down MH17," Nauert said when pressed on the State Department's silence.
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Mr Erdogan also apologised to Russia for shooting down a Russian fighter jet in November when it briefly entered Turkish airspace (hence the nervousness of Syrian rebels).
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Police were then called to a shooting down the road, at the elder Starry and Montalvo's home, where they found two other people dead with gunshot wounds.
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"We never had the desire or deliberate intention of shooting down the Russian Federation's plane," Erdoğan wrote, according to excerpts of the letter released by the Kremlin.
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A few months ago, there were rumors of an attack on MBS' palace that turned out later to be palace guards shooting down a rich kid's drone.
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The program has been in development with Japan and is aimed at shooting down intermediate-range North Korean missiles that pose a threat to the US ally.
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It's a play we've seen time again, from the Russian actors involved in the illegal annexation of Crimea to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
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"Today's actions follow a series of aggressive behaviors by the Iranian regime in recent weeks, including shooting down of US drones," the president said at the time.
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"They're the gold standard of the N.B.A., with maybe the best coach of all time," Connelly countered, shooting down the theory as quickly as he heard it.
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Pyongyang said it now had the right to take countermeasures, which could include shooting down U.S. bombers even if they are not in North Korea's air space.
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January 15, 2020 After admitting that its military is responsible for shooting down a passenger plane last week, the government of Iran faces domestic and international challenges.
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He did so just before he commenced his attack, during which he "proceeded to walk around shooting down his unarmed victims in cold blood," the AG said.
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Trump on Saturday shared a message of support in Farsi for demonstrators who flooded the streets in outrage over the country's admission to shooting down the plane.
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Iran has sought to blame technical issues with the plane, but it is now being accused of shooting down the plane itself with an anti-aircraft missile.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canadian intelligence indicates an Iranian missile was responsible for shooting down an Ukrainian passenger plane, killing 176 people, including 63 Canadians.
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Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' aerospace forces who has said units under his command were responsible for shooting down the plane.
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Demonstrations erupted on Saturday and have continued for three days since, following the government's announcement that its military was responsible for shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane.
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The danger is that may risk further military escalation to gain attention and leverage, following its June 2000 shooting down of the American drone and its Sept.
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Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said an Indian air force plane retaliated, shooting down a Pakistani jet, which fell on the Pakistan side of the border.
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Jessica Chastain is shooting down Kurt Busch's conspiracy theory about his ex-girlfriend -- claiming her character in "Zero Dark Thirty" was ABSOLUTELY NOT based on Patricia Driscoll.
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Intelligence from multiple sources indicates that the jet that crashed in Iran on Wednesday killing at least 176 people "was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile," Canadian Prime Minister Justin TrudeauJustin Pierre James TrudeauTrudeau: Escalating 'tensions' with Iran to blame for downed jet Ukraine, Canada demand accountability after Iran admits to shooting down jet Iran denies shooting down Ukrainian plane, calls for evidence MORE said Thursday.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has carried out attacks in Syria since the accidental shooting down of a Russian surveillance plane last month, a senior Israeli official said on Monday.
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"[Michelle] will never run for office," Obama said Thursday while calling into SiriusXM's Sway in the Morning, shooting down rumors of a political future for the First Lady.
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The New York Times added a correction to their story, and the Associated Press put out a new report citing the Buckingham Palace statement shooting down the claim.
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While next month's drill will only involve sharing tracking data, and not shooting down a missile, it could lead to more-sophisticated tests in the future, Karako said.
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"The measured response by President @realDonaldTrump regarding the shooting down of an American drone was clearly seen by the Iranian regime as a sign of weakness," Graham tweeted.
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I'll leave the contents of the flight itself to spoiler territory, but it involved the traditional flying in tight spots, asteroids, shooting down TIE Fighters and entering hyperspace.
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Military tensions have risen sharply in the Gulf after a series of incidents, including attacks on ships (blamed on Iran) and Iran's shooting-down of an American drone.
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Editor's note (0900 June 21st 2019): After The Economist went to press, President Donald Trump said Iran had made a "big mistake" in shooting down an American drone.
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Investigators in the Netherlands charged three Russians and a Ukrainian with shooting down a Malaysian Airlines plane in 2014 over east Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.
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Iran's foreign ministry warned of the consequences of U.S. aircraft entering Iranian airspace, while the Revolutionary Guard said shooting down the drone sent "a clear message" to Washington.
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So they were handing out T-shirts on the first day, and we were shooting down the street from her house, and she was coming to the set.
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The crisis took on a military dimension in recent weeks, with Washington blaming Tehran for attacks on ships in the Gulf, and Iran shooting down a U.S. drone.
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The leaders, who attended Armistice commemorations in the French capital, met for the first time since the shooting down of a Russian surveillance plane in Syria in September.
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By shooting down step one in the repeal and replacement of ObamaCare, we failed to achieve the principle: saving the American people from the hell that is ObamaCare.
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Hyperloop One's first open-air test in the Nevada desert in May featured a metal sled shooting down a train track at a little more than 100 mph.
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At the same press conference, Trump said Congress should repeal and replace ObamaCare simultaneously, shooting down talk that Republicans might delay the replacement plan to a later date.
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Senate Republicans are quickly shooting down a Democratic demand to delay Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's hearing in the wake of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's guilty plea.
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White House officials are shooting down a N.Y. Post story, spreading on Twitter this morning, saying Chris Christie has told his staff he's taking a White House job.
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Khan, who once suggested he might order the shooting down of U.S. drones if they entered Pakistani airspace, has opposed the United States' open-ended presence in Afghanistan.
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The confrontation has taken on a military dimension, with Washington blaming Tehran for attacks on oil tankers, and Iran shooting down a U.S. drone, prompting Trump's aborted strikes.
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It was the shooting down of the drone that prompted Mr. Trump last Thursday to order a missile strike against Iran — only to call it off minutes beforehand.
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What We Know About Iran Shooting Down a U.S. Drone: The two countries disagree about where the drone was shot down: over international waters or in Iranian airspace.
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During World War I, he was a pioneer of air warfare, shooting down four enemy planes with a forward-firing machine gun that shot between the propeller blades.
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The United States and Iran went to the brink of direct conflict after attacks on oil tankers this summer and the shooting down of a U.S. unmanned drone.
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After days of protest, the country's leadership announced arrests had been made for shooting down the airplane in the first critical steps of handling the incident's larger fallout.
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"The measured response by President @realDonaldTrump regarding the shooting down of an American drone was clearly seen by the Iranian regime as a sign of weakness," he said.
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The confrontation has taken on a military dimension in recent weeks, with Washington accusing Iran of attacking ships in the Gulf and Iran shooting down a U.S. drone.
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Those attacks were followed by the shooting down of a U.S. military spy drone in June, in response to which President Trump ordered an airstrike against Iranian targets.
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Thursday morning, Trump said U.S. forces were "cocked and loaded," ready to strike Iran in retaliation for shooting down an unmanned drone, but then they were pulled back.
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The CJNG -- believed to be led by Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho" -- has directly challenged Mexican authorities in the past, famously shooting down a military helicopter in 2015.
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Markets are also keeping an eye on the latest developments after the U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on Iran over last week's shooting down of an unmanned American drone.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran made "a very big mistake" by shooting down the U.S. military drone that Tehran said was on a spy mission over its territory.
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For instance, oil prices surged after Trump seemingly threatened Iran in a tweet Thursday morning, saying Tehran "made a very big mistake!" by shooting down an unmanned US drone.
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We also asked if the President gets credit for pulling back on retaliating against Iran for shooting down an American drone ... guess what George had to say about that.
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The confrontation has taken on a military dimension, with Washington blaming Tehran for attacks on oil tankers, and Iran shooting down a U.S. drone, prompting aborted U.S. air strikes.
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The Shiloh is one of 84 US ships equipped with the Aegis Missile Defense system, which is capable of shooting down hostile missiles from adversarial states like North Korea.
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Russian state media produced what it said were satellite photos showing a Ukrainian fighter jet shooting down the plane, but the US State Department said the idea was "preposterous."
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In another post, she wrote, "it seems obvious that the same people behind the massacre in Gaza are behind the shooting down" of a Malaysia Airlines plane in 2014.
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Op-Ed Contributor KIEV, Ukraine — In July 2014, I went to Donetsk, a separatist-controlled region in eastern Ukraine, to cover the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
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It remains unclear why, but it is thought to be related to North Korea shooting down a U.S. Army helicopter that crossed over the demilitarized zone in late 1994.
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Kim Kardashian is shooting down any notion that her 5-YEAR-OLD daughter, North West, has a serious boyfriend -- or as she puts it ... the kid is 5. Duh.
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MOSCOW — A trial of four men with ties to the Russian security services began on Monday for the shooting down of a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
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But it came at a price: the Ukrainians handed over to Russia a suspect who is wanted by the Netherlands in the shooting-down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17.
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But as I grew up and replaced a lot of that angst with a little bit of tact, I realized that politely shooting down someone else's idea is tough.
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For many Iranians, such wishes were unthinkable just a few months ago, when the Guards crushed antigovernment protests and covered up the shooting down an airliner, killing 176 people.
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For many Iranians, such wishes were unthinkable just a few months ago, when the Guards crushed antigovernment protests and covered up the shooting down an airliner, killing 176 people.
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In Syria, this would entail US aircraft preventing Syrian government and/or Russian aircraft from flying over the designated no-fly zone, potentially by shooting down planes if necessary.
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Syrian state-run al-Ikhbariya TV aired footage of what it said were explosions set off in the Damascus night sky by the air defenses system shooting down missiles.
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At the same press conference, Trump said Congress should repeal and replace ObamaCare simultaneously, shooting down talk that Republicans might delay the replacement plan to a later date. Sen.
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Iran&aposs police denied shooting at protesters who demonstrated over the weekend after Iran admitted to shooting down a commercial plane and killing 176 people after days of denials.
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"The measured response by President @realDonaldTrump regarding the shooting down of an American drone was clearly seen by the Iranian regime as a sign of weakness," Mr. Graham wrote.
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"The measured response by President @realDonaldTrump regarding the shooting down of an American drone was clearly seen by the Iranian regime as a sign of weakness," he said. Sen.
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Ukraine released Volodymyr Tsemakh, who is being investigated for allegedly shooting down a Malaysian Airlines flight over Ukraine in 2014 — which killed all 298 people on board, says BBC.
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The shooting down of an Israeli F-16 as it returned from a bombing run in Syria last month highlighted the risks of conflict between Iran and Israel in Syria.
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Clinton had announced was not going as well as hoped, even when it came to the most worrisome weapons, the Manpads, shoulder-fired missiles capable of shooting down an airliner.
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"Clearly Donald Trump does not want anybody shooting down innocent people," Sanders said, but his talk about invasions and calling Mexicans criminals risks leading unstable people to take up arms.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the shooting down of a Russian military plane near Syria was the result of a chain of tragic and chance circumstances.
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The view on display Tuesday night of two New England progressives taking center stage and shooting down all comers was powerful but doesn't reflect the actual state of the primary.
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"I don't bring it up because you know what, he's an adult and that's his choice," she explained before shooting down Davidson's suggestion they take a moment to honor Zizzo.
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Standard policy -- which calls for shooting down of a North Korean missile after launch if the trajectory is deemed to threaten South Korea, Japan or the US -- remains in place.
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Trump also bore a grudge against Comey for shooting down his claims during public congressional testimony that Trump's phones had been tapped by President Barack Obama's administration, according to sources.
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Pakistan says it did not use F-16s in shooting down an Indian warplane when it crossed the Line of Control that acts as a de facto border in Kashmir.
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The actress is shooting down a report that was picked up around the world that quoted Williams claiming the final season of her HBO hit would premiere in April 2019.
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On Monday, North Korea's foreign minister said President Trump's recent comments on the country amount to a "declaration of war" that would justify North Korea shooting down a U.S. bomber.
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Jointly manufactured by U.S. firm Boeing Co, Arrow-3 is billed as capable of shooting down incoming missiles in space, an altitude that would destroy any non-conventional warheads safely.
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Trump reportedly ordered and then canceled a retaliatory strike on Iran last week in response to Iran shooting down an unmanned U.S. surveillance drone it claimed was in Iranian airspace.
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But shooting down drones, or immobilizing them with electromagnetic pulses or even jamming them, is impractical at civilian airports given the possibility of inadvertently causing harm to people or aircraft.
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The Republican push to revive legislation repealing and replacing ObamaCare has stalled again, with GOP leaders shooting down the latest request to change the legislation from the Freedom Caucus. Rep.
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The genocide, carried out by Hutus from the ruling MRND party, followed the shooting down by unknown gunmen of a plane carrying the then-presidents of Rwanda and neighboring Burundi.
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After dozens of its soldiers were killed last week by Russian-backed Syrian forces, Turkey vowed to avenge the bloodshed, shooting down Syrian warplanes and pounding government positions with artillery.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday called Iran's shooting down of a U.S. military drone a new fly in the ointment and said it could have been a mistake.
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An international investigative team on Wednesday charged four people, including three with ties to Russian intelligence, with shooting down a Malaysia Airlines jet over Ukraine in 2014, killing 93 people.
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But this week the response in the oil markets to the tensions following Iran's shooting down of an American drone has seemed muted — even to the surprise of some participants.
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Still, Cyrus addressed her split from Hemsworth on Twitter, shooting down rumors that she cheated on the Hunger Games star with Carter, and stressed that she still cares for him.
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In June, the US accused Iran of using limpet mines to blow holes in two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as shooting down a US drone.
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However, not long after dawn in Tehran, officials in Iran published the conclusions of a preliminary investigation in which Iran&aposs armed forces admitted shooting down the jet, and apologized.
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CANADA'S TRUDEAU, ASKED HOW MUCH RESPONSIBILITY UNITED STATES BEARS FOR SHOOTING DOWN PLANE GIVEN KILLING OF SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIAL, DOES NOT ANSWER DIRECTLY, REPEATS CALL FOR FULL PROBE OF CRASH
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LeVar Burton is shooting down the theory that America's more racist now than ever before ... saying the difference now is President Trump's emboldened racists to come out of the woodwork.
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The shooting down of the Ukrainian jet occurred five days after Soleimani&aposs assassination, on the same day that Iran fired dozens of missiles at US military bases in Iraq.
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"The measured response by President @realDonaldTrump regarding the shooting down of an American drone was clearly seen by the Iranian regime as a sign of weakness," Graham goaded the president.
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But two days later he blew a hole in the talks by shooting down a bipartisan "Gang of Six" bill and reportedly referring to several developing nations as "shithole" countries.
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He argues that if the U.S. had responded to Iran's shooting down of the American drone on June 20 that the Iranians might "have thought twice" before their latest attacks.
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Then the US took those F-4s up against the North Vietnamese, who disabused the world of that silly notion by shooting down a number of US jets in dogfights.
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"Lots of investors have been shooting (down) nickel price since March, as the nickel pig iron production is so high while the stainless steel market is not good," the analyst added.
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Trump canceled planned US strikes on Iranian targets last week, reasoning that a possible death toll of up to 150 was not proportional for the shooting down of a US drone.
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The shooting down of the drone — Iran claims over its territory while the US says it was over international waters — is a dangerous uptick but will not in itself cause war.
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The sources said this was the first major attack since Israel scaled down its attacks in Syria after the accidental shooting down of a Russian surveillance plane over two months ago.
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The group, linked to the former branch of al Qaeda in Syria, claimed responsibility on Saturday for shooting down a Russian Su-25 warplane with a shoulder launched anti-aircraft missile.
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The attacks were approved in retaliation to to Iran shooting down an unmanned American spy drone, and officials were still expecting the operation to go ahead as late as 7 p.m.
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Alwyn, 27, and Swift, 29, have since kept up this level of privacy and have never spoken publicly about their love, with Alwyn politely shooting down questions about her in interviews.
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There were phony stories about the President ordering the murder of White House lawyer Vince Foster and the shooting down of a government plane to kill Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
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Iron Dome batteries have proven capable of shooting down around 90 percent of Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza, according to Israel and the United States, which has helped bankroll the system.
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"The oil market gets nervous when there's an event in the Persian Gulf that involves shooting down a piece of equipment," said Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates in Houston.
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"THAAD Is a purely defensive weapon, it is purely capable of shooting down a ballistic missile it intercepts and it is there for the protection of the United States," Kerry said.
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"The Fed backstop and the report of the U.S. Navy shooting down an Iranian drone are providing a modicum of support for oil markets amidst a very bearish landscape," he said.
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But Mr. Erdogan sent a letter to the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, this week expressing remorse for shooting down the jet, and on Wednesday, the two leaders spoke by telephone.
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TURKEY APOLOGIZES FOR DOWNING RUSSIAN PLANE: Turkey's president has apologized to Moscow for shooting down a Russian military jet near the Syrian border last year, officials from both countries said Monday.
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And in 1988, as the war dragged to a close, continued skirmishing resulted in the U.S. Navy shooting down an Iranian passenger plane flying over Iran's territorial waters, killing 290 people.
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Trump seemed to be heeding the public's caution back in the summer when he abruptly called off a strike against Iran in retaliation for its shooting down an American surveillance drone.
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Protests against Iran's clerical rulers entered their third day on Monday, amid widespread anger at the government for shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane and then misleading the public about it.
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It also saw Washington's designation of the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group, Iran's seizures of foreign tankers and its shooting down of a U.S. drone amid mounting U.S. sanctions.
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In mid-June, Mr. Trump ordered limited airstrikes to punish Iran for shooting down an expensive American drone near its coastline, only to call off the attack at the last minute.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Iran refrained from shooting down a U.S. plane with 35 people on board that was accompanying the downed drone in the Gulf, a Revolutionary Guards commander said on Friday.
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He&aposs been out there invading foreign countries, changing borders, shooting down passenger planes, cheating in the Olympics, meddling with the elections, sending military grade chemical weapons to the heart of England.
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Germany and Britain both voiced deep concern about the fires, but disagreed with Macron on how to respond, saying shooting down the ambitious Mercosur trade accord would not help save the Amazon.
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" Abe said he was considering such a deal but declined to fully endorse Trump's enthusiasm for shooting down Pyongyang's future missiles, saying instead that they would only be shot down "if necessary.
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A fierce defender of his father's administration, Junior posted edited "Top Gun" footage depicting The Donald sitting in the cockpit of an aircraft shooting down a fighter jet bearing the CNN logo.
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is concerned by the Iranian shooting down of U.S. drone and urges all parties to exercise maximum restraint, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday.
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The singer revealed details of her relationship status on the American Idol red carpet in April 22019, while shooting down Entertainment Tonight's questions about whether or not she'd ever date a contestant.
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Recently dumped 'Bachelorette' star Colton Underwood is shooting down Corinne Olympios' claim that he lied about his virginity, because he says he'd never admit it on national television if it weren't true.
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Already, the United States knows that halting the onslaught of Russian and Syrian forces might well take military action - at the very least, shooting down a handful of aircraft or targeting airbases.
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Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and Vladimir Putin of Russia vowed to repair diplomatic ties that have come under strain since Turkey's shooting down of a Russian military jet near Syria.
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In the highlight reel-style video, the 52-year-old looks athletic while shooting down different types of targets (first with a handgun, then a machine gun, then back to a handgun).
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For what it's worth, however, I only wish you would have researched more thoroughly and more accurately before shooting down UoPeople's groundbreaking MBA programme before it's even launched, and without fair reason.
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But Iran then openly acknowledged shooting down a US drone over the Gulf, a move that prompted Trump to order retaliatory airstrikes against Iran, which he called off at the last minute.
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Shooting down a drone with a Patriot missile is both a perfect example of regulatory overkill and provides the excuse to examine how just one regulation has both benefits and unintended consequences.
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We walk to the river, the far boundary, high and wide, deep and brown, a ganglia of branches tumbling, shooting down the rapids, then caught by the branch of a downed tree.
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"They come shooting down out of the sky like rain," Ms. Bayless said, and they "do this crazy Olympic gymnastics type of thing" to get back into the crevices at the bridge.
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Turkey's offensive in Syria has ground to a halt at al-Bab and after Erdoğan's apology to Putin for shooting down the Russian plane, it is clear Russia has the upper hand.
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In doing so, it will lessen the effectiveness of America's ballistic missile defenses, which are not geared to targeting — much less shooting down — hypersonic systems, especially cruise missiles such as the Burevestnik.
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The bottom line: Should the Trump administration succeed in shooting down California's vehicle standards, the damage will extend far beyond the state's borders, harming the nation's air quality, public health and climate.
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Shooting down systematically from a hotel window on a crowd of 22,000 people enjoying a concert is a different matter, said John Mueller, a political scientist at Ohio State who studies terrorism.
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But lately, under the pressure of American sanctions, Iran seems to have decided it cannot wait, vowing to exceed limits of the nuclear pact and shooting down an unarmed American spy drone.
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MOSCOW/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the shooting down of a Russian military plane near Syria's seacoast was the result of a series of tragic and chance circumstances.
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MH17 trial: In The Hague, four men with ties to the Russian security services are being tried in absentia for the shooting down of a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
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KIEV (Reuters) - An Iranian representative will travel to Ukraine next week following the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran last week, Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko told parliament on Friday.
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That attack came after the shooting down of an Israeli F-16 fighter jet by Syrian forces, and the infiltration of Israeli airspace by what the IDF said was an Iranian drone.
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Shooting down a Russian plane would enlarge the conflict in Syria while at the same time risking a retaliatory move that could take place anywhere in the world, perhaps even in cyberspace.
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It'll be up to software developers to figure out how they want to integrate the eye-tracking into their VR experiences (shooting down helicopters just by looking at them would be fun).
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President Donald Trump is expressing support for Iranian protesters as they flood the streets in outrage over the government shooting down a passenger plane and killing 176 people, including dozens of Iranians.
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Mr. Danilov said Iran had no choice but to admit to shooting down the plane because the facts had become apparent to Ukrainian experts on the ground and to the international community.
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Iranians protested in several cities over the weekend, criticizing their government for errantly shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner last week on the same day that Iranian missiles struck American bases in Iraq.
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Ukraine and Canada are demanding accountability for Iran after it admitted to shooting down a Ukrainian jet shortly after it took off from Tehran this week, killing all 176 people on board.
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In withdrawing from the nuclear pact, the Trump administration launched a maximum pressure campaign, and Iran reciprocated with a number of provocations including shooting down a US military drone in June 2019.
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Qassim Suleimani's assassination and the fear of imminent war with the United States to the outrage over Iranian missiles mistakenly shooting down a Ukraine jetliner and killing the 176 people on board.
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Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, on Tuesday called the deal "a landmark and crucial agreement for Syria's future" and said the shooting down of the plane will have no impact on that deal.
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The collapse of the effort came at stunning speed, with Republicans shooting down Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellTrump faces crucial decisions on economy, guns Are Democrats turning Trump-like?
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Trump also appears to blame Bolton, an unreconstructed hawk, for bringing him to the brink of war with Iran after the shooting down of a US drone over the Gulf of Oman.
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AMMAN (Reuters) - A jihadist group linked to the former branch of al Qaeda in Syria claimed responsibility for shooting down a Russian SU-25 warplane with a shoulder launched anti-aircraft missile.
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Lonzo Ball might have to go platinum with no features like J. Cole ... 'cause one big-time rapper is shooting down the idea of hopping on a track with the Lakers rookie.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Iran on Monday described its shooting down of a U.S. drone in the Gulf last week as a "firm response" to the United States and warned it could be repeated.
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We also see her being a badass — shooting down bad guys while gliding through the air in a series of flips, tumbles, and anti-gravity runs that will remind you of The Matrix.
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What can be learned by not shooting down a North Korean missile The radar, whose home port is in Hawaii, has deployed several times in the past to monitor North Korean missile activity.
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Investigators: Ukraine had reason to close airspace before crash Several Western nations and the Ukrainian government have accused pro-Russia separatists operating in the region of shooting down the plane with a missile.
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The former president's communications director, Katie Hill, referenced their night out to PEOPLE while shooting down a social media rumor that the 44th president won some cash while playing HQ Trivia Wednesday night.
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In December, for example, Lewis outlined a scenario in the Washington Post for how a panicked North Korea, after shooting down a South Korean airliner amid US military exercises, could unleash its weapons.
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NAVY RESCUES MARINERS, DOGS STRANDED IN PACIFIC OCEAN FOR 5 MONTHS The Navy is currently without two warships capable of shooting down North Korean ballistic missiles, with the loss of McCain and Fitzgerald.
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia, May 24 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday pressed Russia to deal constructively with a Dutch investigation into the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine in 2014.
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The New York Times reported on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump had approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for shooting down a U.S. drone, before pulling back from launching the attacks.
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And while Turkey has displayed a willingness to use military force -- shooting down a Russian fighter jet and shelling Kurdish YPG positions inside Syria -- it has no appetite to go it alone either.
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Relations between the Kremlin and Erdogan remain strained over the Syria crisis and the Turkish shooting down of a Russian fighter jet in November, despite an agreement last month to resume bilateral cooperation.
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The new missile is meant to avoid American missile-defenses, which are optimized for shooting down incoming ballistic missiles that fly high in the atmosphere and thus are easy to detect on radar.
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Meanwhile, tensions have spiked across the Persian Gulf over mysterious tanker explosions, the shooting down of a U.S. military surveillance drone by Iran and America deploying more troops and warplanes to the region.
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It said the shooting-down was "collective self-defense" and the coalition had contacted Russian counterparts by telephone via an established "de-confliction line to de-escalate the situation and stop the firing".
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In six weeks, the CJNG killed over two dozen police in an onslaught culminating in the shooting down of an army helicopter on May 1, 2015 during a botched attempt to capture Oseguera.
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The dispute comes at an awkward time for the Dutch, who are preparing indictments against suspects in the shooting-down of MH17 over Ukraine in July 2014 with 196 Dutch citizens on board.
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Popova and other officials told Reuters that separatists had also been deliberately jamming Ukrainian broadcasts and shooting down smaller antennae rigged up in the districts of Luhansk region that border rebel-controlled territory.
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The regime has form for misleading the world over major embarrassments: Only in January, its military initially denied shooting down a Ukrainian airliner over Tehran, taking days to admit having caused the disaster.
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Speaking to reporters after his annual question-and-answer session, Putin said the investigation had not presented any proof that Russia was responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine.
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In the past year, Washington has accused Tehran of attacking oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and shooting down a U.S. drone in international airspace, nearly leading the president to launch military strikes.
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In the two months since the U.S. sanctions were tightened, the confrontation has taken on a military dimension, with Washington blaming Tehran for attacks on ships, and Iran shooting down a U.S. drone.
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Citing the shooting down of the drone and threats of American airstrikes, several international airlines said Friday that they were diverting planes from flying over the Strait of Hormuz and parts of Iran.
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But the department incorrectly called the flight path of the drone the location of the shooting down and offered little context for an image that appeared to be the drone exploding in midair.
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As the virus spread, Iranians, already angry with the government for shooting down a passenger airliner in January and trying to cover it up, were incensed by the slow response and political games.
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Iran&aposs police denied shooting at protesters on Monday as fury over the country shooting down a commercial plane, killing dozens of its own citizens, brought people on the streets over the weekend.
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On Saturday, the president said in the statement that he wants more answers from Iran after it admitted to mistakenly shooting down a Ukraine International Airlines plane and killing 176 passengers on board.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger jet in Iran reinforced the importance of de-escalating tensions in the Middle East.
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Video shows Iranian police using tear gas and live ammunition on protesters who were demonstrating after the government in Tehran admitted to mistakenly shooting down an Ukraine-bound airplane, The Associated Press reports.
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And while that anger was briefly redirected after the killing of a top general by the U.S., it quickly refocused on the Iranian authorities after they admitted to shooting down a passenger jet.
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Mr Girkin has been accused of atrocities when he participated in stoking a separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine and is suspected of involvement in the shooting down of the Malaysian passenger aircraft MH20163.
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President Vladimir Putin signed a series of punitive economic sanctions against Turkey, including a ban on charter flights, in retaliation for its shooting down of the Russian warplane near the border with Syria.
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Oil prices held firm near three-week highs hit last week after the United States and Iran came to the brink of war following Iran's shooting down of an unmanned U.S. surveillance drone.
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NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands, June 19 (Reuters) - International investigators are set on Wednesday to launch criminal proceedings against suspects in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine nearly five years ago.
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Russian trade sanctions on Turkey, imposed over the shooting down of the fighter jet, remain in place despite the Kremlin saying last month that Erdogan had apologized to President Vladimir Putin over the incident.
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"Today's actions follow a series of aggressive behaviors by the Iranian regime in recent weeks, including shooting down of US drones," Trump said, flanked by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Vice President Mike Pence.
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And on Wednesday, a Manhattan Supreme Court ruled the bar had every right to do so, shooting down the plaintiff's claims that he was honoring his "spiritual beliefs." according to the New York Post.
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"We never had the desire or deliberate intention of shooting down the Russian Federation's plane," Erdogan wrote, saying judicial investigations were underway against the Turkish citizen said to be involved in the pilot's death.
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Traditionally, satellites have thrusters that push them to the orbits they need, keep them there, and then (assuming the gas gauge doesn't read "empty") send them shooting down to Earth when the time comes.
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If any of these commands detect a threat, it then moves to a quick decision about shooting down the missile with any number of missile defense systems that may be in the target area.
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Thomas is shooting down reports that, in the weeks before his daughter's lavish royal wedding, he reached out to Meghan for money on at least two occasions and Meghan refused to help him out.
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UNITED NATIONS, June 20 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is concerned by the Iranian shooting down of U.S. drone and urges all parties to exercise maximum restraint, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday.
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And speaking of cash ... Broner was also asked if he REGRETS shooting down Jay Z's offer to join Roc Nation Sports last year ... you know, the one that came with a $40 MILLION CONTRACT!!
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During the final presidential debate, when asked by moderator Chris Wallace whether she would order shooting down a Russia plane if it violated the zones, Clinton argued said it could be avoided through communication.
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Turkey's shifting priorities in Syria have much to do with its rapprochement with Russia in August, after nine months of strained ties caused by Turkey's shooting down of a Russian fighter jet over Syria.
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And, ensconced within a locked room in a jam-packed hotel, shooting down at a crowd from very high up, he was virtually unassailable — at least for a span of many, many lethal minutes.
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Iran has already taken asymmetrical measures, including attacks on oil tankers, shooting down unmanned U.S. aircraft and increased proxy operations in the Middle East, which make it difficult for the U.S. to respond proportionately.
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AMMAN, Feb 3 (Reuters) - A jihadist group linked to the former branch of al Qaeda in Syria claimed responsibility for shooting down a Russian SU-25 warplane with a shoulder launched anti-aircraft missile.
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In the intervening years, earlier incarnations of the missile have been used in a variety of roles: homing in on hostile radars, shooting down ballistic missiles, and in 2008, even taking down orbiting satellites.
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The Treasury Department said it was also imposing sanctions on eight Iranian military commanders, including the head of a unit that the Americans say was responsible for shooting down an American drone last Thursday.
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For Trump, 'Judgment Time Is Coming' on How to Respond to Iran: The shooting down of an American spy drone will test the president's conflicting impulses between employing bellicose language and avoiding foreign wars.
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Now, the group has all but given up on Maoist revolution and instead charges protection to local drug traffickers, while launching ambushes on army foot patrols, and even shooting down the occasional military helicopter.
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Many people ducked inside shops to watch TV. Saurav Jha, the editor in chief of "Delhi Defence Review," an online defense related magazine, said that successfully shooting down a satellite was a major achievement.
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The defendants, who are still at large, face charges of murder, obtaining a missile launcher and shooting down the jetliner as it flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 298 passengers and crew.
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KIEV, Jan 17 (Reuters) - An Iranian representative will travel to Ukraine next week following the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran last week, Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko told parliament on Friday.
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Russia's annexation of Crimea, its invasion of south-eastern Ukraine and its shooting down of an airliner there in 2014 have forged a European consensus in favour of imposing and maintaining sanctions on Moscow.
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Protests began Saturday at two universities in Iran, as Iranians gathered to mourn the 176 lives lost on Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS503, which the Iranian government admitted to accidentally shooting down early Saturday.
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But the response from Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya was straight out of Russia's standard playbook when caught doing something appalling, whether seizing Crimea, shooting down MH17 or releasing weapons of mass destruction on British streets.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran's downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people aboard, "was a terrible tragedy," a senior Trump administration official said on Saturday, after Tehran admitted mistakenly shooting down the aircraft.
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Iran has witnessed anti-government protests, as protesters in Tehran on Saturday chanted slogans against the nation's top authorities, after the powerful Revolutionary Guards admitted shooting down a passenger plane, killing all 176 aboard.
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The FAA pointed to the recent escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran as well as Iran's shooting down of an unmanned U.S. drone in June while it was above the Gulf of Oman.
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But protests flared anew over the weekend in Tehran, and then continued on Monday, after the government's astonishing admission that it was — despite three days of denial — responsible for shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner.
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That anger was redirected in the past week after the killing of a top general by the U.S., but it refocused on the Iranian authorities after they admitted accidentally shooting down a passenger jet.
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The deal was legal, but Exxon Mobil was more fully constrained when tighter sanctions were imposed after Russia was implicated that summer in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine.
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The United States has said that Iran was behind naval mines that damaged five oil tankers in the Persian Gulf this spring, and in June Iran boasted of shooting down an American surveillance drone.
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The United States has said that Iran was behind naval mines that damaged five oil tankers in the Persian Gulf this spring, and in June Iran boasted of shooting down an American surveillance drone.
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The trust in the government was low after its brutal suppression of the protests in November and its cover-up of the accidental shooting-down of a Ukrainian jetliner in the aftermath of Gen.
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The White House said on Friday the phone call, which took place in the wake of Iran's shooting down of an unmanned U.S. drone in the Gulf, focused on tensions with Tehran and oil.
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Diplomatic efforts are underway to ease tensions following attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf in recent weeks that the United States blames on Iran and the shooting down of the American drone last week.
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Last month Trump halted plans for a military strike against Iran in retaliation for the shooting down of a US drone, Trump said he found it hard to believe it had been an "intentional" act.
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"I said no, a lot of ways, a lot of times, and he always came back at me with some new ask," the actress told The New York Times, describing shooting down a persistent Weinstein.
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And ever since PUBG swept the country, the ghetto's youngsters have taken to huddling outside these shops, shooting the breeze, and shooting down players from across the country by forming tight little teams in-game.
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A seized laptop revealed that at least one of the men had been involved in attempts to interfere with the investigation of the shooting-down of a Malaysian Airlines plane by Russian irregulars in Ukraine.
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Separately, Pantsir medium-range surface-to-air missile systems in the east of Crimea practiced detecting, identifying and shooting down aerial targets, Interfax news agency cited a spokesman for the Black Sea Fleet as saying.
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Once you cross that transition, it's just a matter of time and it's inevitable that your organization is going to harden and become rigid and you'll start shooting down those same ideas that you embraced.
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The 33-year-old singer revealed details of her relationship status on Monday night from the American Idol red carpet, while shooting down Entertainment Tonight's questions about whether or not she'd ever date a contestant.
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North Korea's foreign minister said President Donald Trump had declared war on the country and it reserved the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S. bombers even if they are not in its airspace.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Sunday the names of those responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 might be confirmed by the end of the year.
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Floyd -- like Dana -- is shooting down reports out of Ireland that Floyd and Conor had agreed on terms for a megafight ... and were working things out with an unnamed 3rd party before signing the contract.
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"The shooting down of a Syrian Air Force jet in Syria's airspace is a cynical violation of Syria's sovereignty," Russia's Defense Ministry said Monday, according to a report from the state-owned news agency TASS.
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On Friday, the commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed that Tehran refrained from shooting down a Boeing P-8 military plane that he said was accompanying the unmanned drone, according to the Tasnim news agency.
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The phone call took place in the wake of Iran's shooting down of an unmanned U.S. drone in the Gulf region, which prompted Trump to prepare but ultimately hold back from launching a retaliatory attack.
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Washington (CNN)The US blamed Iran on Tuesday for the shooting down of a US MQ-9 drone over Yemen by a surface-to-air missile, an apparent escalation of tensions between Washington and Tehran.
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Japan has already committed to buying advanced F-35 fighter planes, and it is shopping for an upgraded land-based missile defense system to improve its chances of shooting down any incoming North Korean missiles.
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A visit from the famous World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker gave Kenney the inspiration he needed to raise morale: He challenged his young aviators to beat Rickenbacker's record of shooting down 26 enemy aircraft.
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Even in egregious cases like assassination attempts against South Korean leaders or the shooting down of an American reconnaissance plane in international airspace in 1969, the United States and its allies have answered with restraint.
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The post-Super Bowl pilot was an hour of television, after all, that included the franchise's new hero, Eric Carter (Corey Hawkins), shooting down a construction pipe and using it as a deadly rolling pin.
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OTTAWA, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said Iran must take full responsibility and be held accountable for shooting down a Ukrainian plane and killing all 176 aboard, including 57 Canadians.
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Put aside that Trump has tried to avoid military confrontation with Iran (even as close advisers encouraged more aggressive responses to such provocations as the IRGC's shooting down of a U.S. surveillance drone in June).
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The November protests were triggered by a 300% hike in fuel prices, and the latter after Iranian forces admitted to unintentionally shooting down a passenger jet with 176 people on board — the majority Iranian citizens.
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In a world where his domestic opponents are actually blaming him for a rogue regime's shooting down of a civilian aircraft, why should he bother with the impossible task of trying to win them over?
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The past year was marked by several instances of near-conflict, including in June after the U.S. accused Iran of shooting down an American drone and in September after an attack on Saudi oil facilities.
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LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger jet in Iran reinforced the importance of de-escalating tensions in the Middle East.
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Related: NATO military officials are exploring whether to make their defense system — which already targets threats from Iran — capable of shooting down Russia's intermediate-range nuclear missiles after a landmark arms treaty dissolves next month.
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"He's joined at the hip with his brother who has been there to give all the strength he needed," she told Hola, pretty much shooting down any rumors about Hemsworth and Dynasty star Maddison Brown.
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" The South Carolina Republican then directly addressed Trump, writing, "The measured response by President @realDonaldTrump regarding the shooting down of an American drone was clearly seen by the Iranian regime as a sign of weakness.
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In Brooklyn's summer-camp-themed space, Paul and Niyati Ewing trailed behind as their sons climbed a bunk-bed ladder toward a slide, shooting down into a room with glitter walls and a disco floor.
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"What the Iranians are doing by shooting down American drones, shooting at other drones in the region not even necessarily over the Gulf, anywhere, is to prevent us from having eyes on them," the official said.
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Putin said earlier that the shooting down was the result of a chain of tragic and chance circumstances and appeared to somewhat defuse the situation though he said Russia needed to look further into what happened.
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According to Stoffer, it is unlikely that the US would go to the extreme of firing a shot across the bow of a Russian ship or shooting down a Russian jet carrying out an unsafe move.
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But Zhang and Lu were so friendly, I couldn't imagine them getting all PLA on anyone even if they started laying down Japanese flags as tablecloths and shooting down the toy planes with an air rifle.
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BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syrian military air defenses thwarted an Israeli attack on Sunday, shooting down seven missiles targeting an airport in southeastern Damascus, Russia's National Defense Control Center was cited by RIA news agency as saying.
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However Fitch said the "geopolitical scene" had worsened, pointing to Turkey's involvement in the Syrian conflict, the breakdown of the Kurdish peace process, several fatal bomb attacks and tensions over Turkey shooting down a Russian jet.
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On Tuesday, the court ruled that any constitutional amendment to reduce the presidential term could not be made retroactive, shooting down one of the opposition's other main strategies to oust Maduro, who was elected in 2013.
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But in the previous interview, reps from Target told him "less is more"—just before shooting down his bid for sponsorship—so instead he said nothing, surrendering to the background clamor of the Convicts Convention a.k.a.
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MOSCOW, June 27 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has written to Russian leader Vladimir Putin to apologise over the shooting down of a Russian air force jet by Turkey's military, a Kremlin spokesman said on Monday.
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As governments, federal and state, wrestle with regulating disruptive technologies, they should be aware approaches borne from the past will have unintended consequences for today's technology, like shooting down a drone with a $3.4 million missile.
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Calling the shooting-down a "cynical violation" of Syria's sovereignty and a breach of international law, Russia said the U.S. move amounted to "military aggression" against Syria and announced it was taking direct measures in response.
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The Army declined to clarify whether or not "more stressing threats" included cruise missiles, a growing threat facing American warfighters, but experts told Breaking Defense that 300 kilowatts was the threshold for shooting down cruise missiles.
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The shooting down of a drone that came dangerously close to a U.S. vessel (the U.S. said it was Iranian, but Tehrān denied ownership) is only the most recent manifestation of the perils of the situation.
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Oil prices climbed as tensions remain high between Tehran and Washington following Iran's shooting down of an unmanned American surveillance drone, with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying "significant" sanctions on Tehran would be announced.
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But hurrah to Mr. Carlson for urging the president not to order a military action in retaliation for Iran's shooting down one of our unmanned drones, which could have started another devouring, pointless Middle East war.
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Theodor Edler von Lerch, an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army, was the first person to ski in the area, shooting down the slopes of Mount Yotei in 1912 and helping to popularize skiing in Japan.
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White House chief of staff John Kelly played a major role in President Donald Trump shooting down the framework of a last-minute deal floated by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to fund the government Friday.
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Unlike the Islamic State in various parts of the Middle East, the Taliban in Afghanistan or the Shabab in Somalia, the Syrian government has extensive air defense and missile systems capable of shooting down foreign planes.
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They also followed a U.S. Cyber Command cyberattack against Iran in June that disabled Tehran's ability to target oil tankers, which occurred in response to Iran shooting down an American drone and attacks on American tankers.
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Tighter sanctions on advanced oil drilling technology transfers and on Rosneft itself were enacted a few months later when Russia was implicated in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine that July.
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The aircraft became commonly associated with the movie "Black Hawk Down," which chronicled the shooting down of an Army helicopter in Somalia in 1993, a raid in which 18 Americans were killed and 75 were wounded.
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Sima Shine, a former senior Mossad official and ex-deputy director-general at the Strategic Affairs Ministry, told Israel's Army Radio station that the shooting down is problematic both militarily and internally from a Russian perspective.
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The sophistication and severity of the attack would be a step change from harassment of tankers and the occasional shooting down of drones in the Gulf: this took out 5% of global oil production in minutes.
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In the future, the report said, the nation's F-35 fighter jets "can be equipped with a new or modified interceptor capable of shooting down adversary ballistic missiles in their boost phase," or moments after liftoff.
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Oil prices climbed as tensions remained high between Tehran and Washington following Iran's shooting down of an unmanned American surveillance drone, with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying "significant" sanctions on Tehran would be announced.
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Turkey relies on Iran for natural gas imports, which have become more important in the wake of the breakdown in Ankara's relations with Russia, another important energy supplier, over Turkey's shooting down a Russian warplane in November.
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During a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Monday, Trump took a veiled swipe at Japan for not shooting down ballistic missiles that North Korea sent flying over it in recent months.
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The shooting down of the Russian fighter jet, which was taking part in the Kremlin's campaign to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, prompted Moscow to impose sanctions on Ankara to hurt its tourism and construction sectors.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several top U.S. House Republicans, including leader Kevin McCarthy, said on Thursday the United States must undertake a "measured response" to Iran after Washington accused Tehran of shooting down a drone and attacking oil tankers.
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He's an innovator in residence at Berkeley's Jacobs Institute of Design Innovation and he continues to build all sorts of devices, such as a gun capable of shooting down drones, at his own research and development facility.
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The Kuala Lumpur-based carrier has been battling to turn around its business since a disastrous 2014, which saw the disappearance of flight MH370, aviation's greatest mystery, and the shooting down of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine.
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"It would probably cost Modi domestically ahead of the vote, and New Delhi is still incensed by this month's attack by Pakistan-based terrorists in India and today's shooting down of the Indian fighter jet," Bery wrote.
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If Mr Erdogan is shrewd, he will apply more of the pragmatism he has shown this week both with Israel and with Russia, which received an apology for the shooting down of one of its fighter jets.
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The sooner the United States and its allies address the problem and begin shooting down specious news sources, the greater the chances that trust in government institutions may be rebound (although lots of other work is required).
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After alienating many countries in the region, he began this week to make amends, including apologizing to Russia for shooting down a jet last year and re-establishing diplomatic relations with Israel after a six-year hiatus.
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Tensions have increased between the two nations for the past few months, with Trump reportedly canceling at the last minute a planned strike in retaliation for Iran shooting down a drone it claimed was in its airspace.
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The list of recent Russian provocations is long, including illegal annexations of Georgian and Ukrainian territory, cyber-attacks, aggressive information warfare, meddling in domestic politics to promote sympathetic candidates, shooting down MH-17 and the Skripal attack.
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It grew out of the progressive organizing that led the state to stop the anti-abortion "personhood" movement in its tracks by shooting down a constitutional amendment that would have outlawed birth control and in-vitro fertilization.
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Bolton's remarks come amid ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Iran, including Trump reportedly canceling a planned retaliatory strike last week in response to Iran shooting down a U.S. drone, which it maintains was in Iranian airspace.
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Those bolder policies would include the establishment of a no-fly zone (which means Americans shooting down Syrian and Russian airplanes) to protect civilians and airstrikes on Syrian military bases in retaliation for the killing of civilians.
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Officers operating near Red Square sought to hack the British foreign ministry, antidoping agencies in Colorado Springs and Canada, and investigators examining the shooting down of a Malaysian passenger jet over Ukraine in 2014, the officials said.
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The Netherlands is considering referring Russia to an international court after reaching an impasse with the Kremlin over responsibility for shooting down a civilian airliner over Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 people, many of them Dutch citizens.
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U.S.-led coalition forces had already set off a fresh round of controversy Sunday, shooting down a Syrian warplane that reportedly bombed nearby Syrian Democratic Forces, who are allied with the U.S. in their fight against ISIS.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian protesters gathered for a fourth day in Tehran on Tuesday to demonstrate against the way the authorities have handled last week's accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner, videos posted on social media showed.
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The professor's methods were probably not the best way to go about encouraging creativity, but I can remember him systematically shooting down any idea for a class campaign that he did not believe was a Big Idea.
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"The measured response by President Trump regarding the shooting down of an American drone was clearly seen by the Iranian regime as a sign of weakness," Graham said, calling for Trump to take decisive action. http://bit.
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The attack comes after months of escalating tensions in the Gulf region, with Tehran blamed for attacks on oil tankers, shooting down a U.S. military spy drone, and conducting a devastating attack on two Saudi oil facilities.
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The prisoners released by Ukraine, however, did include one person deeply involved in the war: Volodymyr Tsemakh, a Russian soldier suspected of taking part in shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in July 2014.
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Pressure from home and abroad During an open session of Iran's parliament in Tehran Sunday, the chief commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, Hossein Salami, apologized for unintentionally shooting down the Ukrainian plane and asked for forgiveness.
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The Malaysian government has been seeking a strategic partner for its national airline, which has struggled to recover from two tragedies - the mysterious disappearance of flight MH370 and the shooting down of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine.
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While undoubtedly the fault of the Iranian government, the inadvertent shooting down of a civilian aircraft was likely the result of their military's understandably defensive, paranoid state after America's erratic aggression throughout the beginning of this year.
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Battle scored a game-high 34 points on 10-for-18 shooting (3-for-253 from beyond the arc and 11 of 13 from the foul line) as the Orange overcame awful foul shooting down the stretch.
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The letter is a response to one Corker sent the State Department in June formally requesting its legal authority for the U.S. military shooting down a Syrian jet and other confrontations between pro-regime and U.S. forces.
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Related: China Wants Everyone to Watch While It Flexes Its Big Peace Muscle South Korea and the US forces in the Korean peninsula have already deployed systems capable of shooting down short- and medium-range ballistic missiles.
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Relations between the Kremlin and Erdogan remain strained over the Syria crisis and the Turkish shooting down of a Russian fighter jet in November despite an agreement last month to resume bilateral cooperation after a period of tension.
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The judges concluded that authorities could not turn the cell phones people carry into real-time tracking devices without a warrant, shooting down the state's assertion that merely turning on a cell phone equaled consent to be tracked.
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If an enemy starts shooting at you, for instance, quickly building a wall or a ramp provides you with some instant cover — and a ramp will give you a bit of height so you're shooting down on them.
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What can be learned by not shooting down a North Korean missile Military capabilities Any potential ICBM test, while a propaganda win for Pyongyang, would also reveal a great deal about the progress of North Korea's weapons program.
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Speculation is rising in Washington over Bolton's position -- since two weeks ago the President also repudiated another of his hardline positions -- by pulling back from a strike on Iran to avenge the shooting down of a US drone.
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Both Martinez and Garland were found in a rock-strewn culvert that runs under Interstate 10, where a moonless night and the headlights of big rigs shooting down the highway offered little illumination on the concrete channel below.
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SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia's relationship with Turkey had fully recovered after what he called a crisis caused by Ankara's shooting down of a Russian warplane near the Syrian border in 2015.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank left ultra-loose monetary policy unchanged on Thursday but kept the door open to more stimulus in December, firmly shooting down any talk of tapering its 1.7 trillion euro asset-buying program.
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Turkish warplanes resumed strikes on Kurdish YPG militia targets in Syria's Afrin region on Friday after a five-day lull that followed the shooting down of Russian warplane elsewhere in Syria, the Hurriyet newspaper and other media reported.
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The ECB left its ultra-loose monetary policy unchanged but President Mario Draghi kept a wide range of options open for further stimulus in December, shooting down any talk of tapering its 2600 trillion euro asset-buying program.
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Blaming the West is an approach the Kremlin has rolled out when faced with serious international allegations before, be it over Crimea's annexation, the shooting down of a Malaysian passenger plane or charges of meddling in eastern Ukraine.
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Amid reports of fighting, explosions at the parliament, anti-coup street protests—and even a report of a loyalist jet shooting down a coup-plotters' helicopter—it was plain that the soldiers had failed to swiftly establish control.
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Biden and Obama have in the past both joked about the memes portraying the pair's "bromance," in which Obama is typically shooting down Biden's prank ideas, like hiding fake birth certificates in a drawer in the White House.
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There's a lesson in that for the government: Instead of riding roughshod over its citizens, refusing consultation and shooting down protesters, the authorities have to include the public in their planning decisions for the country's future energy needs.
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The event with the potential to most affect Turkey's tourism sector involved Russia: the shooting down by the Turkish air force of a Russian warplane involved in Moscow's operations in Syria near the Turkish border in late November.
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Tensions between Iran and the U.S. have risen in recent months, with mysterious attacks on oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran shooting down a U.S. military surveillance drone, and other incidents across the wider Middle East.
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Mr. Trump himself said he called off the strike after one of his generals told him that even a limited missile strike could kill 150 people — a disproportionate response to Iran's shooting down of an unmanned American drone.
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Mr. Trump has veered between offering negotiations and threatening "obliteration," and he pulled back from strikes on Iran in retaliation for the shooting down of a drone, instead imposing additional sanctions against the country's supreme leader this week.
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Between Nook's Cranny, the crafting system, shaking furniture out of trees, and shooting down presents floating on balloons in the sky, there are so many great ways to customize your home and even the outdoors of the island.
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Since Mr. Putin reassumed the Russian presidency in 2012, Russia has invaded Ukraine, annexed Crimea, been implicated in the shooting down of a commercial airliner and stymied all attempts to find a resolution to the war in Syria.
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Mr. Putin said nuclear forces needed to be bolstered so they could "reliably penetrate any existing and prospective missile defense systems," apparently a reference to the Pentagon's efforts to develop systems capable of shooting down nuclear-armed rockets.
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The ECB left its ultra-loose monetary policy unchanged but president Mario Draghi kept a wide range of options open for further stimulus in December, shooting down any talk of tapering its 20.19 trillion euro asset-buying program.
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Reporting here since 2001, I have covered many dark days of this conflict: the massacre of 72 migrants; the disappearance of 43 students; cartel gunmen shooting down a military helicopter; a mass grave with more than 250 skulls.
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Russia and Ukraine have been at war for years, and Danylov said that the Ukrainian investigators looking into the crash include the experts who participated in the investigation into the 2014 shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17.
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A White House spokesman said the two leaders discussed protests in Iran, where citizens have flooded the streets to express frustration with leaders in Tehran, as well as the Iranians shooting down a Ukrainian International Airlines passenger jet.
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What started as Iran claiming that a technical issue was to blame has led to the country being accused of accidentally shooting down the plane itself as it was on heightened military alert due to US missile strikes.
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The Sinai group, which arose after the Egyptian military overthrew the country's Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi, in 2013, was considered one of its most effective affiliates, responsible for shooting down a Russian jetliner in 2015, killing 224 people.
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Tanden, a close Clinton ally and the head of the liberal think tank Center for American Progress, was shooting down reports of chatter in New York political circles that Clinton could run against incumbent Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho told reporters that President Donald Trump had declared war on North Korea and Pyongyang reserves the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S. bombers even if not in its air space.
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What can be learned by not shooting down a North Korean missile "There are a lot of things that those who fire missiles are testing whenever they do these kinds of things," says retired US Lt. General Mark Hertling.
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But even a "proportional" US military response, like shooting down an Iranian drone or attacking the base that fired the missile that brought down the US aircraft, would likely force the Islamic Republic to up the stakes considerably again.
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The White House is shooting down reports in a German newspaper that President Donald Trump told leaders in Europe he would stop German car sales to the U.S. The story was filed by the German newspaper Spiegel on Thursday.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke to his Israeli opposite number, Avigdor Lieberman, and told him Moscow holds Israel wholly to blame for the shooting down of a Russian military plane near Syria, Russian news agencies reported.
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WASHINGTON, June 20 (Reuters) - Several top U.S. House Republicans, including leader Kevin McCarthy, said on Thursday the United States must undertake a "measured response" to Iran after Washington accused Tehran of shooting down a drone and attacking oil tankers.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Defense Ministry said the objectivity of the findings of an international investigation into the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine were causing doubts, being based mainly on the Internet and Ukraine's secret services.
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Turkish troops have been engaged directly on the front lines, shooting down at least two Syrian government helicopters and spearheading a counterattack last week to retake the strategic town of Saraqib on the main highway between Aleppo and Damascus.
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"A lot of attention was paid to fending off a U.S. aerospace operation, shooting down cruise missiles, getting ships out to sea while under incoming missile fire and concealment of moving forces to avoid getting hit," Mr. Kofman said.
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The North has, however, taken other hostile actions against the US and its allies over the decades, including shooting down American spy planes and killing people in the demilitarized zone that marks the boundary between North and South Korea.
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It is unclear why a few assassinations or attempts would spur allies to take tougher action against Moscow when killing civilians in Syria, shooting down a passenger airliner over Ukraine and meddling in the American election generally have not.
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While flagging further sanctions, Trump also said on Saturday he wanted to make a deal to bolster Iran's flagging economy, an apparent move to defuse tensions following the shooting down of an unmanned U.S. drone by the Islamic Republic.
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The U.S. military has in recent days confirmed an attempt by Iran to shoot down a U.S. drone last week as well as the successful shooting down of one on June 6 by Iran-aligned Houthi forces in Yemen.
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From the shooting down of a civilian airliner over Ukraine to operations in Syria and the United States electoral hacking, the organization's recent history has been entangled with some of Russia's most contentious actions, analysts and security researchers say.
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New avenues need to be pursued through diplomatic channels to sever North Korea's sales of missiles and nuclear materials and to gain international support for actions the U.S. and allies may take, such as shooting down the North's missiles.
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has apologised to Russian leader Vladimir Putin over last year's shooting down of a Russian air force jet by Turkey's military, the Kremlin said on Monday, opening the way for Russia to lift economic sanctions.
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DUBAI, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Iranian protesters gathered for a fourth day in Tehran on Tuesday to demonstrate against the way the authorities have handled last week's accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner, videos posted on social media showed.
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It's indisputable that Russia under Putin is an increasingly hostile, aggressive power, acting against liberal democracies, meddling in our political process, undermining our allies and violating international law, including the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines jet in 2014.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - A leader of Iran's opposition Green Movement, Mehdi Karroubi, called on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the top authority in the Islamic Republic, to step down over the handling of the shooting down of the Ukrainian airliner.
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The idea for a military branch focusing on space security came as a reaction to rival nations like Russia and China investing in their orbital presence, including their attempts to develop missile systems capable of shooting down military satellites.
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In the two months since the sanctions were tightened, the confrontation has taken on a military dimension, with Washington blaming Tehran for attacks on oil tankers, and Iran shooting down a U.S. drone, prompting the aborted U.S. air strikes.
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President Vladimir Putin of Russia may indeed be looking for an excuse to pay Turkey back for shooting down a Russian jet that strayed into Turkish airspace in November, but Mr. Erdogan should resist giving him an excuse to do so.
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The Israeli official did not give details of the nature of Israel's actions since the shooting down of the IL-20 aircraft near Latakia, in which the crew of 15 were killed, or the number of times it had attacked.
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"A raccoon latched on my arm, and I knew he bit me, and I could just feel electricity shooting down my arm," the Canton, Ohio-native says in this exclusive clip from Wednesday's episode of the syndicated daytime series The Doctors.
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LISBON (Reuters) - United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned on Sunday that it is essential to avoid "any form of escalation" in the Gulf as tensions continue to rise following the shooting down of an unmanned U.S. drone this week by Iran.
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The German was hired last year to nurse the airline back to health after it was left reeling when two disasters in 2014 - the disappearance of flight MH370 and the shooting down of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine - compounded losses.
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President Donald Trump called off air strikes at the last minute in retaliation for Iran shooting down a U.S. drone over the Gulf, which followed attacks on two oil product tankers in the nearby Gulf of Oman by unidentified assailants.
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Tensions have skyrocketed between Tehran and Washington in recent months, with Iran shooting down a U.S. military drone and Trump administration officials blaming the Islamic Republic for attacks on commercial tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, charges the Iranians deny.
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Fifteen police were killed in a single ambush in Jalisco in 2015 during six weeks of violence that claimed the lives of more than two dozen officers and culminated in the shooting down of an army helicopter on May 1, 2015.
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But with all of this competition to rule the skies, one can't help but wonder whether Amazon and Domino's are also secretly developing Predator-style pizza drones with offensive capabilities like shooting down competing delivery drones with high-speed dough balls.
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Among the highlights of the video are scenes of Clinton shooting down a vodka and Trump in a bedroom with a bevy of attractive young ladies, hinting at one of the most perverse rumors about Trump's 2013 visit to Moscow.
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"Soon, images captured by the Guards drones from the US warship Boxer will be published to expose to world public opinion as lies and groundless the claim ... of shooting down an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz," it said.
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While I don't think Trump has any intention of going to war with Iran, he has come to believe those who warn that more confrontation, including military strikes in retaliation for shooting down a drone, could escalate into all-out war.
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"Soon, images captured by the Guards drones from the U.S. warship Boxer will be published to expose to world public opinion as lies and groundless the claim... of shooting down an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz," it read.
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A statement released by the Russian government announced that Turkey had conveyed that it "never had the desire or deliberate intention of shooting down the Russian federation's plane" and that it was prepared to do everything possible to restore friendly ties.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has apologized to Russian leader Vladimir Putin over last year's shooting down of a Russian air force jet by Turkey's military, the Kremlin said on Monday, opening the way for Russia to lift economic sanctions.
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US and British officials say that Iran has conducted covert operations against shipping in the Gulf of Oman, the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, accusing the country of holing six tankers with limpet mines and shooting down an American drone.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday the shooting down of a Russian military plane by Syrian anti-aircraft fire was an "unfortunate" incident and a reminder that a political resolution to the conflict was needed.
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It's an approach that was also seen in the confrontation with Iran, when Trump appeared to shock many of even his closest advisers last month by stepping back from a military strike following the shooting down of a U.S. drone.
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The US has clashed with regime troops in the past, carrying out airstrikes against forces that were seen to pose a threat to a US base and shooting down a Syrian jet in June after it bombed Syrian Democratic Forces.
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Support the bill and they'll violate their position that military spending shouldn't increase if the budget for nonmilitary programs stays flat; oppose it, and they'll effectively be shooting down salary increases for rank-and-file members of the US military.
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Of particular concern is the "ladder of escalation" — a chain of actions prompted by the shooting down of a North Korean or American jet, or sinking of a ship of which Mr. Mattis and other Pentagon leaders could quickly lose control.
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The two countries have also been on the brink of conflict at times, including after Trump said in June that he called off a military strike at the last moment after the U.S. accused Iran of shooting down an American drone.
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Iran may have concluded that Trump is the mother of all bunny rabbits after the lack of any kinetic response to attacks on oil shipping in May and June, or to Iran's shooting down of an American drone in June.
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Khamenei's rare appearance at Friday prayers is seen as an attempt to rally support for the regime days after protesters across the country took to the streets again to condemn the shooting down of the Ukrainian airliner that killed 176 people.
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OTTAWA, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Canada's Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne will meet Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday to discuss Tehran's shooting down of a Ukrainian airline last week, killing all 176 people on board, including 57 Canadians.
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Ahead of shooting down the plane, Iran responded to Soleimani's death with missile strikes on US positions in Iraq; the government said "human error" led to military officials mistaking the aircraft for an enemy plane in the wake of those strikes.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's semi-official Fars news agency, in a rare report on anti-government unrest, said protesters in Tehran on Saturday chanted slogans against the nation's top authorities, after the powerful Revolutionary Guards admitted shooting down a passenger plane.
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DT took to Twitter Saturday with a message to the folks protesting in Tehran right now, decrying their government recently shooting down a Ukraine International Airlines plane by mistake ... and killing over 150 passengers, many of whom were Canadian citizens.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards will offer an explanation and apology on Saturday for the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran earlier this week, the official IRNA news agency reported, citing an informed source within the Guards.
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Having your home country, the place where your family still lives, lie about shooting down a plane carrying your friends, work colleagues, or classmates, caused a lot of confusion and added another layer of outrage to an already complex situation.
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The last year also saw Washington's designation of the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group, Iran's shooting down of a U.S. drone, intensifying U.S. sanctions on Iran, and Tehran's incremental rolling back of its commitments to the nuclear deal.
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The last year also saw Washington's designation of the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group, Iran's shooting down of a U.S. drone, intensifying U.S. sanctions on Tehran, and Tehran's incremental rolling back of its commitments to the Iranian nuclear deal.
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During World War I, he was a pioneer of air warfare, shooting down four enemy planes with the help of his own invention: wedge-shaped steel plates attached to the propeller blades, which allowed for a forward-firing machine gun.
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The Russian defense ministry claims its air defenses detected 13 "small-size air targets" approaching its bases and repelled the attack, shooting down seven drones with its anti-aircraft missile systems and taking control of six others using electronic warfare.
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" Several hours later, President Trump ordered a retaliatory strike on three targets, then cancelled it at the last minute, because, he said in a tweet on Friday, the potential death toll was "not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone.
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MOSCOW, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said the objectivity of the findings of an international investigation into the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine were causing doubts, being based mainly on the Internet and Ukraine's secret services.
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After shooting down Uber's motion to compel Meyer to arbitrate the case, an appeal to the Second Circuit forced Judge Rakoff, ironically enough, to force arbitration—even though "it is based on nothing but factual and legal fictions," he wrote.
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MUNICH, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had "impressed upon" Iran's foreign minister on Friday that a complete and independent investigation into the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January had to be carried out.
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North Korea's foreign minister said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump had declared war on North Korea and that Pyongyang reserved the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S. bombers even if they are not in its air space.
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White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told CNBC that President Donald Trump has not asked U.S. officials to draw up a proposed trade plan for China, shooting down an earlier report from Bloomberg that Trump had asked officials to draft a possible deal.
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Malaysia Airlines, which is still trying to recover from two disasters suffered in 2014 - the disappearance of flight MH370 and the shooting down of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine - could obtain the aircraft on lease to help it conserve cash, analysts have said.
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Still one of America's most beloved action heroes — but also a deranged, douchey flex of a human being, intent on shooting down others' confidence faster than the bus in Speed can jump a gap — this Reeves is far from his real-life reputation.
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It grew stealthily while rival gangs bore the brunt of the government offensive on organized crime, but became a priority target after a series of major attacks on state security forces last spring that included shooting down a military helicopter with a RPG.
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"If that all gets shut off, I think you'll see that reflected in the stock market in the Unites States," he argued, ahead of White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow shooting down a report that a China deal was in the works.
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ANKARA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday he expected Russian tourists to keep coming to Turkey and did not expect any decline in their number, despite tensions between the two countries over the shooting down of a Russian jet last year.
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In Syria, the Trump administration has also claimed that a range of actions, from shooting down a Syrian government jet to targeting Iranian drones — aircraft from two countries that were not remotely involved in 9/11 — were also covered by the AUMF.
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In one recent case, federal prison officials released a statement shooting down the rumor, spread on social media and in at least one published interview, that two inmates had died inside the prison because of conditions in the aftermath of the storm.
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President Trump authorized military action against Iran for shooting down a U.S. surveillance drone on Thursday, but then abruptly pulled the plug on the operation as it was already underway on Thursday night, the New York Times reports, citing several senior administration officials.
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LISBON, June 23 (Reuters) - United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said on Sunday that it is essential to avoid "any form of escalation" in the Gulf as tensions continue to rise following the shooting down of an unmanned U.S. drone this week by Iran.
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Russian trade sanctions imposed on Ankara over the Turkish shooting down of a Russian jet near the Syrian border last November remain in place, and Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said on Tuesday they were unlikely to be lifted before the two leaders met.
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Mysterious oil tanker blasts near the Strait of Hormuz, attacks by Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen on Saudi Arabia and Iran shooting down a U.S. military drone have raised fears of a wider conflict engulfing a region crucial to global energy supplies.
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Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump called off air strikes at the last minute in retaliation for Iran shooting down a U.S. drone over the Gulf, which followed attacks on two oil product tankers in the nearby Gulf of Oman by unidentified assailants.
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Not that he should have to — because the rumor made no sense in the first place — but George R.R. Martin is firmly shooting down "absurd" media reports that he's secretly completed the final two books in his Song of Ice and Fire saga.
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" And in a later tweet, Trump warned Russia against shooting down any missiles the U.S. would fire at Syria in retaliation for the purported attack, saying the country "shouldn't be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's push to create safe zones in Syria could force him to make some risky decisions about how far to go to protect refugees, including shooting down Syrian or Russian aircraft or committing thousands of U.S. troops, experts said.
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"THAAD Is a purely defensive weapon, it is purely capable of shooting down a ballistic missile it intercepts and it is there for the protection of the United States," Secretary of State John Kerry said last month during a visit to Beijing.
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The former U.S. government intelligence analyst said he believes the day is coming when the U.S. and its allies will have to start shooting down the North's missiles because they will not know whether the missile is a test or an actual attack.
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According to CNN, Tillerson reportedly gave a tongue-lashing to a high-ranking White House official about the need to let his department remain independent in hiring personnel, and for shooting down proposed nominees after months when State has been severely understaffed.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has formally requested the Trump administration's legal justification for the U.S. military recently shooting down a Syrian jet and other confrontations between U.S. forces and those loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, a committee aide confirmed Thursday.
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Outgoing CEO Christoph Mueller is due to leave in September, having been hired only last year to lead the carrier's recovery from the twin blows of the disappearance of flight MH370 and the shooting down of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
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To hear the ruling Justice and Development Party tell it, the Gulenists are to blame for the government's crackdown on protesters in Gezi Park in Istanbul in 2013 and the shooting down of a Russian plane on the Turkish-Syrian border last fall.
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The sequel, called "Top Gun: Maverick," is shooting down in San Diego with Tom Cruise back in the pilot seat and, when we got Loggins at LAX Tuesday, he told us he'd put some feelers out for the 2.0 version of the song.
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That proximity led to some clashes in June, including US airstrikes against regime forces who had encroached on the zone and US jets shooting down two pro-regime drones that were perceived to pose a threat to local allies and their coalition advisers.
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When I heard that the British set designer Michael Howells had died Thursday evening at the age of 61, it sent me shooting down a rabbit hole of memory to my introduction to the fashion world at the turn of the millennium.
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The shooting down of the plane came on the same day that Mr. Shoigu, Russia's defense minister, said that Syria would refrain from launching an offensive on Idlib Province, the last significant piece of territory in Syria that Mr. Assad does not control.
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Mr. Putin has fully embraced the old Kremlin aversion to ever admitting wrongdoing, whether it's shooting down a Malaysian jetliner, or killing Alexander Litvinenko, or seizing Crimea, or fighting in eastern Ukraine, or cyber-meddling in Western elections, or doping Olympic athletes.
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Nancy BermonNyack, N.Y. To the Editor: All this posturing over the shooting down of a drone, which caused no loss of life, reminds me of when the United States Navy mistakenly shot down an Iranian civilian airliner in 1988, and 290 people died.
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Western analysts said they doubted claims that Guard leaders had failed to anticipate the severity of the American reaction to shooting down the drone, noting the caustic warnings recently issued by John R. Bolton, the national security adviser, and Mr. Trump himself.
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Even as the military machinery cranked up to launch an attack on Iran on his orders in response to the shooting down of an unmanned American spy drone, Mr. Trump called it off, opting for restraint over retaliation, at least for now.
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Updated June 20, 2019 WASHINGTON — Iran's shooting down of an American surveillance drone on Thursday and the attacks on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week have again sent the United States and Iran, two longtime adversaries, hurtling toward potential crisis.
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Their friendship was cemented during a mission in Kosovo in 1999, when they led jets into what turned into a hard-fought, multiday campaign that culminated with the Serbian army shooting down an American stealth aircraft with a surface-to-air missile.
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That has manifested itself in a series of encounters this month in which the United States shot down a Syrian warplane, came close to shooting down another and downed two Iranian-made drones that were nearing American-backed troops on the ground.
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ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER GERALD R. FORD IN THE VIRGINIA CAPES — The US Navy is trying to find an alternative to shooting down anti-ship missiles with other missiles, and the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford could prove useful in this pursuit.
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He also accused Iran's "enemies", a term that usually refers to Washington and its allies, of trying to use Iran's accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner to overshadow a public show of grief following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general.
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Iran has signaled that Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) would play a more active role than international rules require in the investigation of the Iranian military's shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week, TSB head Kathy Fox said on Monday.
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This has reportedly included meddling with U.S. GPS signals in a way that has apparently affected the operations of American drones; Russian officials have warned of worse, including shooting down U.S. missiles and perhaps even targeting the aircraft and ships that fired them.
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If the latter option were chosen, it would be akin to the cyberoperations that blew up Iran's nuclear centrifuges a decade ago and the move to wipe out military databases several months ago, after the shooting down of an American drone by Iran.
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DUBAI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards will offer an explanation and apology on Saturday for the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran earlier this week, the official IRNA news agency reported, citing an informed source within the Guards.
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DUBAI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Iran's semi-official Fars news agency, in a rare report on anti-government unrest, said protesters in Tehran on Saturday chanted slogans against the nation's top authorities, after the powerful Revolutionary Guards admitted shooting down a passenger plane.
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In Washington, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, an outspoken Iran critic who was among the first American officials to accuse the country of shooting down the Ukrainian jetliner, posted a message on Twitter that clearly alluded to the outrage in Iran on Saturday.
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It is notable that the shooting down of the American spy plane in Nixon's time, one of the largest losses of Americans in a Cold War military attack, did not result in retaliation, in part for fear of rekindling the Korean War.
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But just as that vote was in the works, we may have reached peak "bash Trump" levels when some of the president's opponents decided to publicly blame him for Iran's apparent shooting down of the Ukrainian passenger jet over Tehran Thursday morning.
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Following allegations from multiple government sources that Iran was likely responsible for shooting down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 on Tuesday, Iran&aposs claim that it is "scientifically impossible" for one of its missiles to have downed the plane appears to be faltering.
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The surprise move underlines the growing strength of Moscow's rapprochement with Ankara, with which it fell out last year over the shooting down of a Russian plane, and reflects Russia's desire to cement its growing influence in the Middle East and more widely.
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"The measured response by President Trump regarding the shooting down of an American drone was clearly seen by the Iranian regime as a sign of weakness," Graham said, adding it was "imperative" that the U.S. take decisive action to deter further Iranian aggression.
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Watch the VICE News documentary Launching Balloons into North Korea: Propaganda Over Pyongyang: Shooting down incoming ballistic missiles is extremely difficult, and military planners generally want to take several shots at an incoming warheads just in case they miss a couple times.
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Trump on Saturday said additional sanctions would be imposed on Monday but that he wanted to make a deal to bolster Iran's flagging economy, an apparent move to defuse tensions following the shooting down of an unmanned U.S. drone last week by Iran.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson said Russia must answer for its actions after a report into the shooting down of a civilian flight over eastern Ukraine in 2014 said the missile involved belonged to a unit of the Russian army.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran made "a very big mistake" by shooting down the drone that Tehran said was on a spy mission over its territory, in an incident that has fanned fears of wider military conflict in the Middle East.
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Hossein Salami, said the shooting down of the drone had sent a warning to the US. "The only way for our enemies to be safe is to respect our sovereignty, national security, and the national interests of the great Iranian nation," Salami said, according Tasnim.
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Trump said on Saturday he would impose fresh sanctions on Iran but he wanted to make a deal to bolster its flagging economy, an apparent move to defuse tensions following the shooting down of an unmanned U.S. drone this week by the Islamic Republic.
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Vivendi's investment in Telecom Italia is not a point of entry for French telecoms group Orange into the Italian group, the CEO of the media group said on Tuesday, shooting down talk that it could facilitate a tie-up between the two telecom companies.
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That proximity had led to some clashes last month, including US airstrikes against regime forces who had encroached on the zone and US jets shooting down two pro-regime drones that were perceived to pose a threat to local allies and their coalition advisers.
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EU officials will be watching warily as Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are set to agree a deal on TurkStream next month at their first meeting since Russia imposed sanctions over Turkey's shooting down of the jet near the Syrian border last November.
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The Israeli military reported it struck Quds surface-to-air missiles, weapons warehouses and military bases, after shooting down four rockets from Syria on Tuesday, according to the AP. The military claims Tuesday's objective was the sixth Iranian attempt to attack Israel since February 2018.
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The past several months have seen attacks on six commercial tankers in the Persian Gulf, the shooting down of an American drone, seizures of oil tankers and a major attack on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure, all of which Washington has blamed on the Iranians.
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While US officials have long said the military maintains a full range of options for dealing with North Korea, the notion of shooting down a missile has largely centered on conducting an operation if the missile were to directly threaten the US or its allies.
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The new video mostly chronicles what it calls "humiliating defeats" suffered by the United States at North Korea's hands over the years, including the North's capture in 1968 of an American ship, the Pueblo, and the shooting down of an American helicopter in 1994.
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The ability of the SM-6 to perform many roles — shooting down airborne targets, hitting ships, attacking deep inland, and hitting ballistic missiles — means that it could be the perfect way to turn that first island chain into a major headache for Chinese military planners.
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It took House Speaker Paul Ryan shooting down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell joining by conference call, for a 45-minute session to walk the President through the GOP wins in the bill to bring him around.
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In shooting down the first version of the American Health Care Act and pushing through a more draconian revision, the hard-right House Freedom Caucus showed that it, not the White House or Speaker Ryan, was the determining factor on this issue within the party.
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Iranian officials also miscalculated, believing that after a series of escalatory military operations — the tanker attacks, the shooting down of an American drone, the Saudi oil strikes, rocket attacks on bases in Iraq by Iranian-backed militias — Mr. Trump would refrain from responding consequentially.
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Widespread anger at the Iranian government for shooting down a passenger plane and then misleading the public about it simmered for a third day on Monday, with the police and protesters facing off in at least two cities and increasing demands from lawmakers for accountability.
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But for North Korea, lashing out to send a message is an art form, practiced since the days when Mr. Kim's grandfather ordered the seizure of an American ship, the Pueblo, in 1968, followed by the shooting down of an American reconnaissance plane, killing 31.
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In a statement posted online, Karroubi asked when Khamenei was told about the shooting down of the plane after it took off from Tehran on Wednesday, and why there had been a delay in informing the public about the real reasons for the crash.
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No one anticipated the killing of Soleimani, no one anticipated the attack on the U.S. Marine base nor the shooting down of a passenger jet that took off from Iran's own airport last week – just after Iran conducted missile strikes against U.S. targets in Iraq.
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Significant time was devoted to anticipating — and shooting down — the defenses that Team Trump is likely to offer, including the president's unsubstantiated claims about the Biden family's corruption and the nutty conspiracy theory that it was Ukraine rather than Russia that hacked the 2016 election.
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North Korea's foreign minister Ri Yong Ho said earlier on Monday that President Donald Trump had 'declared war' on North Korea and that Pyongyang reserved the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S. bombers even if they were not in its air space.
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For instance, strategists writing for Chinese military journals have argued that in the event of a hostile maritime incident with the United States, shooting down US early-warning satellites could be a de-escalatory measure — a response signaling a desire for no further fighting.
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Recent unexplained attacks on oil and fuel tankers in the waters near the Straits of Hormuz and Iran's shooting down of a U.S. unmanned drone aircraft are recent signs of the escalation of the dispute between the United States and Iran over its nuclear program.
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ROME (Reuters) - Vivendi's investment in Telecom Italia is not a point of entry for French telecoms group Orange into the Italian group, the CEO of the media group said on Tuesday, shooting down talk that it could facilitate a tie-up between the two telecom companies.
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North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump had declared war on North Korea and that Pyongyang reserves the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S. strategic bombers even if they are not in the country's air space.
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The leadership of the Republican National Committee is holding firm on its pledge that the rules of the party's convention are made a week prior to the gathering, shooting down a plan to shift the dynamics of power from the leadership into the hands of the delegates.
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The lowly state of Russo-American relations, he tweeted, was not the fault of the Russian government for seizing Crimea, shooting down a passenger airliner, interfering in America's presidential election or using a banned nerve agent to kill citizens of a close ally on its own soil.
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Two events in the past month -- the shooting down by a US plane of a Syrian Su-22 and the use of ballistic missiles by Iran against ISIS targets -- are evidence of a scramble in eastern Syria that's been gathering pace since the beginning of the year.
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Two events in recent days -- the shooting down by a US plane of a Syrian Su-22 and the use of ballistic missiles by Iran against ISIS targets -- are evidence of a scramble in eastern Syria that's been gathering pace since the beginning of the year.
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In March, the President slammed Snoop Dogg for shooting down a clown dressed as Trump in a music video, tweeting that the rapper would have been thought deserving of jail time if he had made a video of him doing that to former President Barack Obama.
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This situation makes the country much more willing to takes risks, such as mining oil tankers, pirating shipping routes, shooting down drones, or attacking energy facilities, all activities that have been linked to Iran, to signal its displeasure and force a change to the status quo.
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The yen made sharp gains versus the greenback on Monday after the North Korean foreign minister said President Donald Trump had declared war on the country and that Pyongyang reserved the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S. bombers even if not in its air space.
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In fact, long-range SAMs in a modern and effective IADS are even assigned their own guard of short-range SAMs, which are designed to be particularly effective at shooting down enemy munitions at short range using a combination of guns and highly maneuverable short-range missiles.
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Last Saturday, Saudi oil facilities were struck by drones and missiles in an attack that the US has blamed on Iran, a country that has also been blamed in recent months for mining oil tankers, pirating vessels, and shooting down unmanned aircraft, among other hostile behavior.
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And last week Trump came within 19453 minutes of bombing Iran — but wisely pulled back — in retaliation for its shooting down of a U.S. drone, at a time when we cannot stabilize Iraq, or get out of Afghanistan without leaving chaos behind, absent the cooperation of Iran.
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So, whatever the outcome of this immediate crisis over the shooting down of the drone (in which each side says the other is the aggressor), we're facing very real risks of a cycle of escalation, without good face-saving exit ramps for either Trump or Khamenei.
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Mr. Rouhani's remarks, made in a televised address, made it more clear than ever that Washington and Tehran remain in a standoff despite President Trump's decision last week to call off a missile strike against Iran in retaliation for its shooting down of an American surveillance drone.
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While Tehran has rejected allegations that it tried to cover up the shooting down of the plane, the editor in chief of right-wing Tasnim news agency -- which is tied to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps -- criticized Iran's leaders for attempting to lie to the public.
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Read more:Iran&aposs foreign minister said &aposUS adventurism&apos is to blame for the Iranian military shooting down a passenger jetEverything we know so far about the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 crash in IranIran admits it shot down Ukrainian Airlines flight 752, blaming human error
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Robert Malley, who heads the International Crisis Group and helped negotiate the nuclear deal, said on Tuesday that Mr. Trump and his aides would feel now that Iran was weakened by the sanctions and the protests in the streets after the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner.
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Three US sailors were killed when 21-year-old Mohammed Alshamrani, a member of the Royal Saudi Air Force who was training at Naval Air Station Pensacola, entered a building on base and "proceeded to walk around shooting down his unarmed victims in cold blood," Barr said.
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To the music of military bands at the remote Deveselu air base, senior U.S. and NATO officials declared operational the ballistic missile defense site, which is capable of shooting down rockets from countries such as Iran that Washington says could one day reach major European cities.
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But if the two sides didn't end the treaty even over major clashes like Iranians taking Americans hostage or the US shooting down an Iranian airliner, why is the Trump administration suddenly ending the treaty now, when nothing even remotely as serious as those incidents has occurred?
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WHEN VLADIMIR PUTIN arrived in Brisbane for the G20 meeting five years ago, he cut an isolated figure, frozen out of the civilised world by the annexation of Crimea, the invasion of eastern Ukraine and the shooting down of a passenger airliner with Dutch and Australian families on board.
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How we got here: The strike had been ordered in response to Iran's shooting down of a U.S. drone earlier this week, but the trend toward conflict began in earnest last year when the president announced that the U.S. would pull out of the internationally negotiated Iran nuclear deal.
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A limited military intervention could include actions such as shooting down Syrian planes or striking regime air bases, but the White House has been reluctant to consider such measures, which risk a military confrontation in which Moscow shoots down US planes or draws in Iran to the fight.
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BRUSSELS, June 20 (Reuters) - European Union leaders will decide on Thursday to prolong until the end of January 2020 economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine and call on Moscow to help bring to justice those guilty of shooting down a passenger plane there in 2014.
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India Declares Itself a 'Space Power' After Shooting Down Its Own SatelliteIn a surprise televised address to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India's first …Read more ReadIn March of this year, India purposefully shot down one of its own satellites to showcase its growing influence in space.
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And even for those in the press inclined to look critically at whether his tweet actually meant anything at all, the result has been a news cycle spent shooting down those early, credulous reports, and ultimately establishing that ... nope, nothing has changed, and Trump's tweet was substantively meaningless.
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The president's assignment to Defense Secretary James Mattis and his generals the conduct of an undeclared war in Syria, with sea-based missile attacks and the recent shooting down of a Syrian government plane inside Syria; the restarting and escalation of the Iraq war that officially ended on Dec.
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"Soon, images captured by the Guards drones from the U.S. warship Boxer will be published to expose to world public opinion as lies and groundless the claim ... of shooting down an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz," the Revolutionary Guards said in a statement carried by news agencies.
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When, midway through her story, her tale intersects with the 2014 police shooting down the road of a young black teen named Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Daje reflects with hope on the world she wants to create for herself and the son, Ahkeem, she has brought into it.
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After the attempted military coup to overthrow Turkey's government this July, Putin "reset" relations with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, distancing himself from earlier tensions over Turkey's shooting down of a Russian fighter jet near the border with Syria, and removing some of the accompanying sanctions imposed on Turkey.
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It will be interesting, to say the least, to see how the U.S. will respond if North Korea undertakes a provocation like the many it has launched in the past — for example, an attack on a South Korean island, or shooting down an American military plane in international airspace.
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These actions have included its role in the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, its indiscriminate bombing campaign in Aleppo in 2016, its meddling in American elections, and its assassination attempt earlier this year using a nerve agent against a Russian citizen living in England.
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North Korea's foreign minister said on Monday that a weekend tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump counted as a declaration of war on North Korea and that Pyongyang reserved the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S. bombers even if they are not in its air space.
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There is the threat of new sanctions from the United States over election hacking, for example, as well as the investigation into the Trump campaign's contacts with Moscow and a court case in the Netherlands over the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner over Ukraine in 22015.
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Even a limited strike against a North Korean missile on its launching pad or the shooting down of a missile in midair would pose risks that the North's leader, Kim Jong-un, might retaliate, setting off a spiral of escalation that could plunge the Korean Peninsula into war.
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This would give the Russians a better chance of shooting down US missiles than in April 2018 when Russia was unsuccessful after the US, UK and France launched strikes against targets at three sites after an alleged chemical weapons attack on civilians in the Damascus enclave of Douma.
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Trump has hinted at the potential for military action in the wake of the attacks on two Saudi oil sites and also referred back to Iran's role in shooting down a U.S. military drone in June, an event that ramped up already high tensions between Washington and Tehran.
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Hunt's comments, likely to create backlash amongst Scots sensitive to being told what to do by politicians in distant London, came as Sturgeon reiterated that any new secession vote would have to be legally agreed, shooting down comments by the deputy leader of her own Scottish National Party (SNP).
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The same happened this summer with the release of another supposedly scandalous report on Russia's nefarious deeds: The Dutch marshaled reams of evidence in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine, carefully laying it out in a report that pointed to Moscow's role in the tragedy.
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DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would impose fresh sanctions on Iran but that he wanted to make a deal to bolster its flagging economy, an apparent move to defuse tensions following the shooting down of an unmanned U.S. drone this week by the Islamic Republic.
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Donald Trump Asked Why 'Samurai' Japan Isn't Shooting Down North Korean MissilesPhoto: APPresident Donald Trump has headed to Japan at the head of an 11-day Asian tour, with last-ditch efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis before it spirals out of control at the top of the agenda.
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We saw around a dozen SU-24 aircraft at the Hmeymim airbase with many taking off for missions in a very short time span SU-35 Jet Fighter The SU-35's deployment to Syria is a direct result of the Turkish shooting down of a Russian SU-24 last year.
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Iran's recent aggression — targeting oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, shooting down a US drone — are likely responses to the US pressure campaign, an attempt to get the US to back down from a posture that has done real damage to the Iranian economy.
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The Japanese currency made sharp gains after North Korea's foreign minister Ri Yong Ho said on Monday that President Donald Trump had declared war on the country and that Pyongyang reserved the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S. bombers even if they are not in its air space.
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And the US military's shooting down of a Syrian government jet on Sunday has injected new urgency for advocates in Congress who want to pass an authorization for use of military force against ISIS -- which could at the same time limit military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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You might not like the message but trigger-finger shooting down of the other side's messenger is perpetuating the Internet's culture clashes by encouraging a ramping up of verbal violence and a reduction in the diversity of debate available on tech platforms – which are fast becoming the only mass media.
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"The Green New Deal is about putting a LOT of people to work in developing new technologies, building new infrastructure, and getting us to 100% renewable energy," she wrote on Twitter, again shooting down a critical headline from the New York Post that called out her "hypocrisy" for taking car rides.
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They don't involve putting "boots on the ground" on another nation's sovereign soil, and they reduce dramatically the risk of U.S. casualties — not to mention the propaganda score inherent in capturing U.S. troops or shooting down low-flying rotary-wing aircraft like the stealth Black Hawk helicopters that transported the SEALs.
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The proximity between the two sets of forces led to some clashes in June, including US airstrikes against regime forces who had encroached on the zone and US F-15 jets shooting down two pro-regime drones that were perceived to pose a threat to local allies and their coalition advisers.
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So when Kelly goes before the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Tuesday, they'll be less interested in shooting down his nomination than in finding out how he plans to lead one of the country's most sprawling and poorly-managed Cabinet departments — and how willing he'll be to challenge the president.
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The excerpt focused on Israel's numerous attempts to kill the P.L.O. leader Yasir Arafat, many of which were thwarted by Israeli officers worried that the sometimes spectacular schemes, which involved dropping bombs on crowded neighborhoods or shooting down civilian aircraft, threatened too much collateral damage and would amount to war crimes.
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Read more: Trump says Iran made a 'very big mistake' by shooting down a US drone in an ominous tweet Trump has said he does not want a war with Iran but congressional lawmakers in both parties have expressed concerns about his handling of the crisis and the direction its heading.
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Having flirted publicly with the prospect that the president would visit the demilitarized zone while he was in Seoul, 35 miles to the south, White House officials had made a show of shooting down the idea, first saying that Mr. Trump was unlikely to go, and later flatly ruling it out.
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Just as it did after the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine in 2014, the Kremlin targeted aggrieved social groups — not difficult to find in the years since the 2008 financial crisis — and capitalized on the disciplined silence of the Western investigators, filling the vacuum with alternative theories.
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Now tensions are high following air and artillery strikes on Thursday on Turkish forces that have plunged relations between Moscow, the Syrian government's main backer, and Ankara into a crisis even deeper than a 2015 rupture precipitated by Turkey's shooting down of a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border.
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Critics said Ukraine's actions would only help the Kremlin raise doubts now when it is accused of wrongdoing, as in the shooting down of a civilian airliner over Ukraine in 2014 that killed nearly 300 people, and the poisoning of a retired Russian spy and his daughter in Britain in March.
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Other sources told NBC that when McMaster was replaced by Iran hawk John Bolton in the spring of 2018, Bolton advocated for more confrontational action towards Iran, including urging Trump to strike Soleimani in June of 2019 as tensions escalated in the region, culminating in Iran shooting down a US drone.
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Of course, Iran would seek to demonstrate that it could take actions to make life more difficult for us, as well -- beginning again to enrich uranium beyond the limits allowed under the Iran deal, allegedly attacking oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, shooting down an unmanned US surveillance drone.
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The risk is that better off tourists such as Germans will choose to take their holidays elsewhere while Russians, Turkish tourism's number two market, will be forced to stay away due to an economic crisis at home and political tensions following Turkey's shooting down of a Russian warplane in November.
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The proximity between the two sets of forces led to some clashes in June, including US airstrikes against regime forces who had encroached on the zone and US F-15 fighter jets shooting down two pro-regime drones that were perceived to pose a threat to local allies and their coalition advisers.
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MORE FROM REUTERS * U.S. drone kills militant blamed for attack on Sri Lanka cricket team in Pakistan * Video: Tiny predator is Top Gun of the insect world * U.S. bans carry-on laptops and cameras for some travelers For example, the U.S. Air Force recently tested experimental shotgun shells for shooting down drones.
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The military option the Trump administration has threatened against North Korea could involve shooting down North Korean missiles over international waters, said Cheon Seong-whun, a visiting research fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul who served as a presidential secretary for security strategy until a few months ago.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the top authority in the Islamic Republic, was informed about the accidental shooting down of the Ukrainian airliner on Friday and said information should be publicly announced after a meeting of Iran's top security body, the semi-official Fars news agency said in a tweet.
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The news offered a rare sign of comity at a time when Iran has been in an escalating cycle of confrontation with its Persian Gulf neighbors and with the United States, including the shooting down of drones, the seizure of tankers and, most recently, an attack on major oil installations in Saudi Arabia.
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