[cricket]

"Wonder if the Russians will be truthful with us..and if the black boxes are intact." <P< Well, they do not hide their battle with Chechnyan rebels - Islamic terrorists by any other name, of course.

[cricket]

you asked: "Wonder if the Russians will be truthful with us..and if the black boxes are intact."

I responded: "Well, they do not hide their battle with Chechnyan rebels - Islamic terrorists by any other name, of course".

You asked the right question; and I was wrong:

DRUDGE HEADLINE:

OFFICIAL: WRECKAGE FRAGMENTS SHOW 'NO TERRORIST ACT' IN RUSSIA PLANE CRASHES...