Yuram writes perspectives on Islam, social justice, economics and politics from the viewpoint of an American convert to Shia Islam, focusing on the deleterious role played by the U.S. in the Middle East and elsewhere. A dissenting voice from the “Belly of the
Beast”, he lives in Denver, Colorado and can be reached at yuram@sahafa.com.
I admit it, I forgot, too! And I’m old enough to remember. I recall where I was and what I was doing on July 3, 1988, but it took a look at Mehr News Agency to jog my memory. Oh yes, the US missile cruiser USS Vincennes did indeed attack an unarmed, Iranian airliner flying within the commercial air corridor and blew it out of the sky, killing 290 human beings.
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