Malaysian Passenger Plane Crashes in Ukraine Near Russian Border

[Merrytooth 5,748]

The site of a Malaysia Airlines plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in Donetsk region:

http://bit.ly/1eP5C4X pic.twitter.com/guBJ5ppeRy

Also there is a picture of a child still strapped to a seat. VERY GRAPHIC (so not posting here).

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Except for the sinners and zionists among them, amirite?

Slow troll day AJ?

[Operator 1,927]

A Russian guy that works with my wife said that it was the White-house and Wall St. that shot this plane down. He says this is just how the US started WWII.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

A Russian guy that works with my wife said that it was the White-house and Wall St. that shot this plane down. He says this is just how the US started WWII.

Yay, here we have it. It's Obama's fault.

[Operator 1,927]

Yay, here we have it. It's Obama's fault.

...and he goaded Hitler into invading Poland.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Yay, here we have it. It's Obama's fault.

Did you suspect, even for a second, Obama had nothing to do with this crash? You need to tune in and listen to Rush more often...

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

...and he goaded Hitler into invading Poland.

Yes, we established some time ago that Obama is responsible for WWII.

People Who Call Obama Worst President Since Second World War Also Blame Him for Starting It

WASHINGTON — A new poll released Wednesday revealed that people rank President Barack Obama as the worst President since the Second World War, and also blame him for starting the Second World War.

While the respondents slammed the President for his handling of the economy, Iraq, and a host of other issues, his perceived role as the primary cause of the Second World War was the biggest drag on his numbers.

Even more troubling, when compared to the three leaders of the Axis powers during that war, President Obama polled at the bottom of the list, finishing far behind Emperor Hirohito of Japan.

“Fair or not, the American people hold the President responsible for starting the Second World War,” Davis Logsdon, a political-science professor at the University of Minnesota, said. “If the President hasn’t gotten his version of the story out, there’s only one person to blame for that: Barack Obama.”

In other poll results, the most popular President in the survey was Ronald Reagan, widely credited with ending the Second World War.

[BastillaShan 30]

A Russian guy that works with my wife said that it was the White-house and Wall St. that shot this plane down. He says this is just how the US started WWII.

[waka1 28]

Unlike the first Malaysian air disaster, they have the 'corpus delicti', both plane and missile. The responsibility for this one will be determined. A very sad day

[lostinblue 1,989]

http://mashable.com/2014/07/17/malaysia-airlines-ukraine-russia-cossacks-leaked-audio/

KIEV, Ukraine — A YouTube video surfaced Thursday that Ukrainian security officials say includes a phone call between a pro-Russian rebel leader and a Russian intelligence agent discussing the shoot-down of a plane.

The beginning of the audio is reportedly between Igor Bezler, a pro-Russian rebel leader, and Vasili Geranin, a man Ukraine security officials say is a Russian intelligence agent. In the first line, Bezler allegedly says "We have just shot down a plane." (This line can also be translated to "We have seen a plane shot down," but then both translations says "cossacks" —Russian volunteers—from Chernukhino road block shot it down.)

The second half of the audio is between two unidentified men, named "Greek" and "Major."

See also: Pro-Russian Rebel Commander: 'We Did Warn You — Do Not Fly in Our Sky'

According to a transcription of the video, provided by the Kyiv Post, the rebel tells the Russian intelligence, “We have just shot down a plane.” Later in the tape, one rebel, Greek, asks if there are weapons on board. Major responds: “Absolutely nothing. Civilian items, medicinal stuff, towels, toilet paper.”

“Are there any documents?” Greek asks the other. “Yes. Of an Indonesian student from Thompson University. .”

Here's the full translation of the video, provided by Kyiv Post:

Igor Bezler

: We have just shot down a plane. Group Minera. It fell down beyond Yenakievo.

Vasili Geranin

: Pilots. Where are the pilots?

IB

: Gone to search for and photograph the plane. It's smoking.

VG

: How many minutes ago?

IB

: About 30 minutes ago.

After examining the site of the plane the terrorists come to the conclusion that they have shot down a civilian plane. The next part of the conversation took place about 40 minutes later.

“Major”

: These are Chernukhin folks shot down the plane. From the Chernukhin check point. Those cossacks who are based in Chernukhino.

“Greek”

: Yes, Major.

"Major"

: The plane fell apart in the air. In the area of Petropavlovskaya mine. The first “200” (code word for dead person). We have found the first “200”. A Civilian.

Greek

: Well, what do you have there?

Major

: In short, it was 100 percent a passenger (civilian) aircraft.

Greek

: Are many people there?

Major

: Holy sh*t! The debris fell right into the yards (of homes).

Greek

: What kind of aircraft?

Major

: I haven’t ascertained this. I haven’t been to the main sight. I am only surveying the scene where the first bodies fell. There are the remains of internal brackets, seats and bodies.

Greek

: Is there anything left of the weapon?

Major

: Absolutely nothing. Civilian items, medicinal stuff, towels, toilet paper.

Greek

: Are there documents?

Major

: Yes, of one Indonesian student. From a university in Thompson. .

In a final phone call, included later in the recording, a rebel checks in with a Cossack commander.

Rebel

: Regarding this plane that was downed in the Snizhne-Torez area. It turned out to be a passenger aircraft. It fell near Grabovo. A lot of bodies of women and children. Now the Cossacks are looking at all that.

Rebel

: The TV said it was AN-26. A Ukrainian cargo plane. But Malaysia Airlines is written on it. What was it doing on Ukraine’s territory?

Cossack commander

: It means they wanted to bring some spies to us. them. They should not fly, we are at war here.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 people on board. The plane was reportedly shot down in the embattled area, which for months has been the epicenter of conflict between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists.

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[Pooky 3,791]

If it is confirmed that the rebels shot down the plane, they did not use a man-portable SAM. They just don't have the range to hit a target six miles up, traveling at 500 knots.

If this was done from the ground, it was done with a fixed, or vehicle-mounted, radar-guided SAM. And it was no accident. The plane was above closed airspace, clear by 1000 feet, on a recognised flight path. Anyone with an ounce of intelligence would know it was no military flight. Heck, the Flightradar 24 app for the iPhone will tell you the flight number and aircraft type of a plane almost anywhere in the world.

If it turns out that the Russians supplied the missile to the rebels, Putin is in deep trouble. The rebels already are. This may kill off any future Russian military aid. Putin can't afford to be linked to the mass murder of defenseless foreign nationals.

[BatmanUSA 105]

Its the same airline and the same type of plane that went missing a few months ago...

If this plane was shot down by terrorists using missiles supplied by Russia I expect a full NATO response in the region.

I hope we get the flight data recorders soon.

Edited July 17, 2014 by BatmanUSA

[unsmiley 111]

Yay, here we have it. It's Obama's fault.

Lighten up - no need to make this political. I am sure even you know the people that Operator quoted are the same type of tinfoil hat-requiring nuts who called 9-11 an "inside job."

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

A Russian guy that works with my wife said that it was the White-house and Wall St. that shot this plane down. He says this is just how the US started WWII.

You work with Mr. Big Dog ?

If it is confirmed that the rebels shot down the plane, they did not use a man-portable SAM. They just don't have the range to hit a target six miles up, traveling at 500 knots.

If this was done from the ground, it was done with a fixed, or vehicle-mounted, radar-guided SAM. And it was no accident. The plane was above closed airspace, clear by 1000 feet, on a recognised flight path. Anyone with an ounce of intelligence would know it was no military flight. Heck, the Flightradar 24 app for the iPhone will tell you the flight number and aircraft type of a plane almost anywhere in the world.

If it turns out that the Russians supplied the missile to the rebels, Putin is in deep trouble. The rebels already are. This may kill off any future Russian military aid. Putin can't afford to be linked to the mass murder of defenseless foreign nationals.

Didn't seem to hurt Reagen in 1988. just saying

Edited July 17, 2014 by The Nature Boy

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

You work with Mr. Big Dog ?

You hitting the bong again?