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Blair attends palestine investment conference { April 2008 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90RFVUO0&show_article=1 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90RFVUO0&show_article=1 Israeli jets scramble toward Blair plane May 23 01:30 PM US/Eastern By ARON HELLER Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli fighter jets scrambled to intercept an unidentified aircraft suspected to be hostile this week, only to find that it carried none other than Tony Blair, a top military official said Friday. Blair, the International Mideast peace envoy, was on a private plane from the World Economic Forum summit in Sinai, Egypt to an investment conference in the West Bank city of Bethlehem Wednesday when it penetrated Israeli airspace, the official said. The plane failed to respond to repeated control tower radio calls demanding that it identify itself, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not permitted to speak to the media. As is common practice in such a case, the Israeli air force sent two fighter jets to intercept the aircraft. They flew above the former British prime minister's plane and quickly established contact. The pilot told them of the traveler on board, the official added. When asked about the incident, the army spokesman's office said "the air force does not comment on its operational activities." Blair's plane apparently had a technical malfunction and could not hear the Israeli control tower's calls. Blair spokesman Matthew Doyle, who was also on board, said Blair and others were unaware of the drama unfolding around them and only found out about it all when fielding calls from reporters. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.

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