The Washington Times accompanied President Bush as he choppered from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, en route to Jerusalem, after arriving in Israel.
The press pool hopped on Israeli helicopters as Mr. Bush took off in Marine One, which was flown from the U.S. in a cargo plane, for the 20-minute ride to Jerusalem.
This is footage of the press pool walking across the tarmac to the chopper.
And here is a slightly longer look at takeoff.
-- Jon Ward, White House correspondent, The Washington Times
Comments (1)
Perhaps the speed boats approaching US warships in the Strait of Hormosa is Iran's way to detract from the current Bush peace efforts in the ME. But this incident could have other motives.
Perhaps it was a dry run for a torpedo boat attack aimed at curtailing world oil supply.
A potential scenario would be:
A US ship is attacked by Iranian small craft, percieved or real.
The US ship fires on the Iranian craft.
Iran retailates with land based missile attack on US ships.
The US attacks Iranian missile sites.
Posted by Rod Hug | January 9, 2008 11:30 AM