Looters Stole Cash, Credit Cards, and Jewelry from Flight MH17 Crash Victims

The Wire ^ | 18 Jul 14 | Polly Mosendz

[elhombrelibre]

The crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which went down yesterday afternoon after being shot with a missile, is now being looted. This is not only causing issues for the investigation, but also for the families of the victims on board, who will now not be able to recover the lost property of the 298 dead passengers and crew.

After the crash, investigators were unable to get to the site quickly and rope it off to preserve evidence. This allowed armed separatists and locals to essentially raid the scene. Suitcases were removed from the wreckage and pillaged. The coldhearted looters stole a variety of personal possessions, but left behind some apparent undesirables: a Minnie Mouse lunchbox, a Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal, family photographs, and intact passports.

As for what they took, wallets and credit cards were a favorite. A photojournalist at the scene said, "There isn't a single cellphone, wallet with money or camera to be found in any handbag or on the bodies. It's like they all mysteriously disappeared overnight."

[Caipirabob]

Looters Stole Cash, Credit Cards, and Jewelry from Flight MH17 Crash Victims

For what's it's worth, and it's hideous at best, many of the people in this area are living a day to day SHTF scenario.

Yes, the looting is hideous. Their day to day life is hideous. This crash to us is a horrendous tragedy. To them, it is a treasure trove of salvage that fell from the sky.

I'm simply stating that our sentiments towards this nightmare would probably be the same over there under normal circumstances, but in a war torn regime, this is probably a luxury they don't care to engage in.

A militia member in black pants ran toward us, yelling that we should stop using our cell phones.

“I will shoot, I have nothing to lose,” he said.

WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS PLANE FLYING OVER A WAR ZONE FOR?!?!?

[Uncle Chip]

Yeh —

The gibsmedat army of voters vote themselves loot, while the gibsmedat army of looters shoot their loot out of the sky.

[X-spurt]

Terrorism works. Putin has more in common with Vlad the Impaler than just the name.

The end justifies the means. A long and firm belief of the communists, who adopted it obviously from the muslims.

300 or so dead is nothing to a people who either participated in or suffered in the extermination of millions of their own countrymen.

[Uncle Chip]

WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS PLANE FLYING OVER A WAR ZONE FOR?!?!?

Wrong question:

Why is Russia giving SAMs to drunken rebels in a war zone under an international flight path thus endangering all the flights overhead???

[Caipirabob]

Sadly, in this case, Russia fears no one. Putin looks at obama and laughs his tail off.

Meanwhile, obama did promise "flexibility". There it is. Russia could arm terrorists in our own nation, would obama bother to do anything? Perhaps issue an executive order to deprive citizens of access to firearms (oh, he did that this week.) Has obama even decided if this is a tragedy yet? Maybe it's time for another one of his "apology tours".

/rant off *sigh*

Sorry, it makes my head spin, the times we live in...