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Retired Air Force general stands by theory Malaysian Airlines flight could have landed in Pakistan
The Daily Caller ^ | 19 Mar 2014 | Jamie Weinstein

Posted on 03/19/2014 10:48:45 AM PDT by mandaladon

Retired Air Force General Thomas McInerney isn’t backing away from his thriller novel-like suggestion that the missing Malaysian Airlines flight could have very well landed in Pakistan — and he says his theory is based on more than mere conjecture.

“General, I’ve known you a long time, I know you too well to know that you’re not just making this up, this is not something you’ve concocted. You’ve spoken to a number of people, am I correct?” Sean Hannity asked McInerney during Tuesday night’s episode of “Hannity” on Fox News.

“Yes, but that’s all I want to say, Sean, please,” McInerney responded.

McInerney said that while he has reason to believe the plane landed in Pakistan, he has no idea about the fate of the passengers.

“I don’t know anything about their status,” he said.

McInerney pointed to the way the U.S. and Israeli militaries have acted in recent days to suggest that much more is known about the missing flight than has so far been revealed.

“First of all, let me say, when the U.S. Navy quits their search — their ship search — they must know something in the Indian Ocean,” he said. “When the Israeli Defense Forces, when they increase their air defense alert, they must know something.”

“My concern is, if this airplane could be used as a bearer of a weapon of mass destruction or even conventional munitions that could attack a carrier, the Israelis, other allies, American Forces, for instance,” he added. “We have to be very alert until we know exactly where this airplane is.”

McInerney said he believes “both pilots may have been complicit” and that the U.S. knows much more than it is letting on.

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To: crosslink

If Diego Garcia picked up the flight seen by the people near Male then the GAN international airport south of there that was once a WWII base and now only serves visitors to the Shangra La spa and resort seasonable make even more sense.
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21 posted on 03/19/2014 11:20:27 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: crosslink

“Our radar at Diego Garcia covers well north of the southern tip of India, we would have spotted it”

Yes I’m sure thats true and they just have not shared it with us yet.


22 posted on 03/19/2014 11:20:42 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: mandaladon

McInerney suggested that MH370 may have crossed India by hiding in the radar shadow of SIA68, a Singapore Airlines flight heading to Europe.

Another possibility is that MH370 landed in the Maldives. From the Maldives, the plane could have been flown directly to Pakistan or Iran without crossing the airspace of any other country.

A commercial jet landing in the Maldives from Kuala Lumpur might not arouse suspicion if spotted by US military radar.

However, the US is presumably watching closely the airspace over Iran and Pakistan.


23 posted on 03/19/2014 11:21:44 AM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: mandaladon

Pakistan got the bomb from China. They would not want to piss off China by taking 200 of its people. The Taliban exists with tacit approval by Pakistan’s intelligence service. They would not want to go against their sponsors. The theory doesn’t seem like a likely scenario to me. But at this point, nothing makes sense, so who knows? He claims to have sources for the info. We will see, I guess.


24 posted on 03/19/2014 11:24:00 AM PDT by Defiant (Let the Tea Party win, and we will declare peace on the American people and go home.)
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To: Meet the New Boss

Most interesting is that he stated that the Boeing Company knows that the aircraft is in Pakistan.


25 posted on 03/19/2014 11:24:10 AM PDT by CodeJockey (Christian, Freeper, Tea Party Member, Bitter Clinger, Creepy White Cracker)
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To: CodeJockey

What good has ever come out of the nation of Pakistan?

Please name me one thing.


26 posted on 03/19/2014 11:25:25 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: CodeJockey

If the last satellite ping was handed off or detected by a second satellite, then they may well have been able to triangulate and pinpoint an area such as Pakistan.

What they have told the public is that only one satellite received the pings and released a map of large arcs showing distance from the satellite where the aircraft might have been.


27 posted on 03/19/2014 11:27:47 AM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: Defiant; crosslink

Last night the was a post that contained in its last paragraph the information that the quavers (sp) took credit for stealing the plane almost immediately. Hadn’t heard that before

Add that to your mix defiant


28 posted on 03/19/2014 11:28:22 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: hoosiermama

The general also mentioned that the US has some serious “ears” in that part of the region (middle east) and seemed to suggest that “we” had picked up on some voice communication, not navigational signals from the pilots.

There is a link in an above to the interview with Sean Hannity last night. If you have not listened to it, please do. Gen. McInerney does sound credible. Even apprehensive to speak at some times.


29 posted on 03/19/2014 11:34:46 AM PDT by CodeJockey (Christian, Freeper, Tea Party Member, Bitter Clinger, Creepy White Cracker)
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To: hoosiermama
Quavers? Do you mean Uighyers? (Pronounced wee-gurs). I have never heard of anything called quavers. If the Uighyers claimed responsibility, that would indicate that the plane landed somewhere in western China, where they are located. But you'd have to accept that the plane flew in another jets shadow for that to be viable. And that China hasn't found it in 10 days.

However, while I have seen speculation that it may have been the Uighyers, I have not seen any report that they have claimed credit. I did see reports early on that someone had called Beijing Airport about a threat, but that threat was not identified.

Or is there another group you are referring to? If so, look up the Quavers and I will check into it and add them to the mix. Maybe it was the Quakers from Sidwell Friends.

30 posted on 03/19/2014 11:35:40 AM PDT by Defiant (Let the Tea Party win, and we will declare peace on the American people and go home.)
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To: mandaladon

Why would Iran or Pakistan need a run down 777 from Malaysia for some kind of terrorist operation when they hav so many of their own — and all they would have to do is paint it???


31 posted on 03/19/2014 11:49:07 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: CodeJockey
Yes, This stuff is leaked for a reason,the appointee’s are not making the hard decisions. This is done to make people get off their asses and make the hard choices.

I have also noted on the faces of many in the know extreme stress. Everyone except the guy picking teams.

32 posted on 03/19/2014 11:52:41 AM PDT by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: crosslink; hoosiermama; WildHighlander57; LucyT; null and void

“I think his point was we did see it and do know. I am getting the feeling that some are not happy with our response. This release helps turn the stove up a bit on the appointees in the meetings at CIA and DOD, LOL.”

“Formally invited”?? Hmm...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/missing-malaysia-airlines-plane-live-3258716#ixzz2wR7Nro6k

6:06 pm
The FBI and US Justice Department have offered to help the Malaysian government with its investigation ever since the plane went missing.

However, it was not until today that they were formally invited to join the inquiry.

Speaking to USA Today, Attorney General Eric Holder said the US and Malaysian governments have been “in ongoing conversations about how we can help.”

Holder added: “We’re working with authorities, but we don’t have any theories (on the cause of the plane’s disappearance).”


33 posted on 03/19/2014 11:57:16 AM PDT by maggief
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To: CodeJockey
Most interesting is that he stated that the Boeing Company knows that the aircraft is in Pakistan.

That's funny because the Boeing Company says that the plane went missing along the Sacred Arc that runs nowhere near Pakistan.

To date no one has debunked the engine-satellite-ping theory on the plane's location which would put it on that Arc and nowhere near Pakistan.

34 posted on 03/19/2014 11:58:25 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Defiant; hoosiermama; maggief; LucyT; null and void; crosslink; Black Agnes

Maybe the perps wanted to start something and don’t care.

Also that guy “jaffar the pilot” is still at large.

Stolen 777 + Jaffar + something nasty = Bad Moon Rising


35 posted on 03/19/2014 12:00:57 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: crosslink

Guy picking teams = who?

Thanks for the ping!


36 posted on 03/19/2014 12:02:21 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: maggief

Looks like the General got the desired results.


37 posted on 03/19/2014 12:02:24 PM PDT by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: crosslink

Think you are correct...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/missing-malaysia-airlines-plane-live-3258716#ixzz2wRBGmTvE

2:37 pm

Thailand finally released radar data showing the plane turning west and Indonesia said it would allow surveillance planes fly in its airspace in the search for the plane.

1:03 pm
At this morning’s press conference acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein asked other countries to help by releasing their radar data.

He said: “I can confirm that we have received some radar data, but we are not at liberty to release information from other countries.

“I appeal to all our partners to continue volunteering any and all information that could help with the investigation and the search for MH370.”


38 posted on 03/19/2014 12:11:51 PM PDT by maggief
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To: mandaladon

Hello NAPA? This is Al Queda calling from Islamabad...you got a couple oil filters and some brake pads for a 2002 Boeing triple 7-200?


39 posted on 03/19/2014 12:15:19 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: maggief
The light is about to be turned on and the roaches are scattering. The General has many contacts including at the top at Boeing and the DOD. I may be wrong but my guess is he is a proxy for many.
40 posted on 03/19/2014 12:16:24 PM PDT by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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