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Commercial airlines are rerouting flights throughout the Middle East to avoid potential danger during heightened tensions between the United States and Iran.Jumbled schedules could affect as many as 15,000 passengers per day, lengthen flight times by an average of 30 to 90 minutes, and severely bruise the bottom line for airlines, industry analysts said.There is anxiety that the conflict between the longtime foes could intensify following Iranian ballistic missile strikes Wednesday o stanley thermos mug n two Iraqi bases that house U.S. stanley cup troops. The attacks were retaliation for the U.S. killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike near Baghdad last week. In a war situation, the first casualty is always air transport, said Dubai-based aviation consult Mark Martin, pointing to airline bankruptcies during the Persian Gulf and Yugoslav wars. stanley termohrnek At least 500 commercial flights travel through Iranian and Iraqi airspace daily, Martin said.A Ukrainian passenger jet crashed shortly after taking off from Irans capital Wednesday killing 167 passengers and nine crew members just hours after Irans ballistic missile attack, but Iranian officials said they suspected a mechanical issue brought down the 3陆-year-old Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Ukrainian officials initially agreed, but later backed away and declined to offer a cause while the investigation is ongoing.Still, at least two Kazakh airlines 鈥?Air Astana and SCAT 鈥?were consid Hrzw Social Security s costs will exceed its income in 2020
WASHINGTON AP 鈥?President Barack Obama will travel to Orlando on Thursday to pay respects to the victims of last weekend s nightclub shooting and to stand in solidarity with the community as it embarks on recovery, the White House said Monday night.Press Secretary Josh Earnest did not provide more details about the trip. Obama had canceled what was to be his first campaign event with presumptive Democratic nomin stanley thermoskannen ee Hillary Clinton in the wake of the shooting at a gay nightclub that killed 49 and wounded dozens more. That event was scheduled for Wednesday.The role of consoler-in-chief is not a new one for Obama, who has traveled to Newtown, Connecticut, Charleston, South Carolina, and among other places to meet with families who have lost loved ones to gun violence.Obama has called the Orlando shooting an act of terrorism and an act of hate. He noted that the site of the shooting was more than a nightclub, cal stanley cup ling it a place where people came to raise awareness, speak their minds and advocate for their civil rights.Earlier Monday, Obama said the gunman was inspired by extremist information over stanley termosky the internet, calling it an apparent example of homegrown extremism that U.S. officials have been worrying about for years.Obama, speaking in the Oval Office after meeting with the FBI director, said the attack appears similar to the shooting late last year in San Bernardino, California, though he added that we don t yet know. Investigators in that attack determined the killers wer |
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