- ( IRNA) -- Five US warplanes entered Iran's air space
last Thursday night from the southwestern Shalamcheh border and flew over
the city of Khorramshahr for a while, press reports said Tuesday.
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- According the Persian daily Seday-e Edalat, 'the jet
fighters which flew at high speed and altitude, then headed to the Arvand
River'.
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- "They flew at a height of 10 kilometers and maneuvered
over Khorramshahr for a while," the paper said.
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- "While the objective behind the fighters' violation
of the Iranian air space is not known yet, some military specialists believe
such moves are aimed at assessing the sensitivity of the Islamic Republic's
anti-aircraft defense system," it added.
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- It said military and air force officials had refrained
from commenting on the incident when contacted.
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- Iran has been wary of the occupation forces' presence
on its doorsteps in Iraq and carefully watched their movements.
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- Tehran, while opposing Iraq's invasion, took a position
of `active neutrality' at the time of the attack.
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- In June, Iranian naval guards seized three British boats
with eight crew in the country's territorial waters in Arvand river, which
borders Iraq.
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- The servicemen, two Royal Navy sailors and six Royal
Marine commandos, were later released.
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- Their equipment reportedly consisted of personal weapons,
radios and navigation equipment, including echo sounders to measure the
depth of the water, global positioning systems to identify the exact position
and up-to-date maritime charts.
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