International: You Kill Us

The Russian-built MIG jet fighter that dropped onto Korea's Kimpo airport was all crated and on its way by air transport to Ohio's Wright-Patterson field last week when the U.S. Defense Department handed down its ruling: the MIG was not a legitimate prize of war because it had been surrendered by its pilot after the armistice. The crated aircraft was grounded en route —reportedly at Okinawa—and the U.N. command announced that it was canceling its offer of $50,000 reward for additional MIGs. Furthermore, it offered to return this one to its "rightful owner" if the owner would step forward and...

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