Posted on 10/31/2015 7:58:02 AM PDT by tcrlaf
A militant group affiliated to Islamic State in Egypt claimed responsibility for the downing of a Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Saturday, the group said in a statement circulated by supporters on Twitter.
SNIP....
"The fighters of the Islamic State were able to down a Russian plane over Sinai province that was carrying over 220 Russian crusaders. They were all killed, thanks be to God," the statement circulated on Twitter said.
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Wonder how secure the pilot was? Check out the pilot and co pilot first. Almost sounds like they turned off the transponder.
Wonder how secure the pilot was? Check out the pilot and co pilot first. Almost sounds like they turned off the transponder.
Unless it was a direct hit to the cockpit, a MANPAD cannot bring down a large commercial airliner in anything other than a takeoff scenario where no time exists for a distress call.
When the one you piss off happens to have nuclear weapons and a history of brutal respone when attacked, they might indeed want to care about who they piss off.
ISIS is being pretty selfish in claiming responsibility. The kudos minimally should be shared with Cankles, for the Bhengazi n’ Furious progrom.
The Russians ISIS forgets, will not tolerate attacks.
The Russians should send John Kerry to the UN to make a very strongly worded statement . . . or, . . . kill as many of the towelheaded bastards as they can find. I wonder which it will be?
Thanks - that’s a lot higher than what I’d read on another thread.
Meters, maybe?
Very possible.
From a News article ...”Search and rescue teams found bodies as far away as three miles from the crash site”
Mid air break up/explosion
It's all part of the plan that allah (piss be upon him) has ordained for his army of demons on Earth.
Pilot had reported technical problems in flying the plane. The Russian RIA news agency, citing sources at Sharm el-Sheikh, said: “The pilot contacted the dispatcher and reported technical problems, asking for a change of the route and a landing at Cairo airport, after which communication was broken.”
If it was not mechanical, if it was some sort of missile, then it would have to be something taken from Qaddafi’s Libya and smuggled in ... what AA stuff did he have and was any of it capable of going up to 1.1km?
We should work WITH the Russians on this one and totally clean out ISIS... kill every last one of ‘em.
Not with Caliph Obama in the White House.
We should work WITH the Russians on this one and totally clean out ISIS... kill every last one of ‘em.
Hey Putin... how can we help? That’s what we should say...
Yup.
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