Posted on 07/17/2014 2:03:46 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Laughing rebels filmed the plane as it crashed, gleefully bragging ‘That was a blast – look at the smoke!’ while a fireball rose from the debris.
One of the voices is believed to be militia commander Igor Strelkov, who then penned a triumphant war cry on Twitter, saying: ‘We warned you – do not fly in “our sky”.’
A sickening mobile phone video posted online shows a pall of black smoke billowing over the crash site as three rebels provide an excited commentary.
The extraordinary footage – apparently filmed by the shooters themselves – charts the terrible final moments of the doomed airliner.
Their camera does not zoom in enough to see the plummeting plane in the sky, but the rebels’ voices can be heard talking happily of ‘black spots – these are the parts flying’, suggesting it fell to earth in several pieces.
A voice believed to be that of Strelkov – dubbed ‘Igor the Terrible’ – announces: ‘The plane was hit!’ He adds: ‘Look at those black spots, these are the parts, flying … it was a blast … look, look, black smoke!’
Another rebel, possibly referring to the missile system, laughs and says: ‘It was worth bringing this thing, wasn’t it?’
None of the rebels can be seen in their horrific film, but it appears to be genuine because at the time only they seemed to know what was happening. Ordinary life carries on in the village where they are standing. A bus trundles by and an unsuspecting villager is seen wandering past the camera.
Shortly after the passenger plane was downed, Strelkov – seen smirking in propaganda photos – tweeted a boastful message claiming responsibility.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Well in case the Russian sympathizers in Donetsk are not aware of it, their life is about to change and not in the way they dreamed.
You mean Reggie’s?
He’ll get to it after he does his daily ration of fundraising for Commies!
That is what I meant. The focus now will be on this damn airplane. The border problem will be ignored as everything else has been ignored.
The vets are a memory now. So is Obamacare, Fast and Furious, Benghazi, the IRS.........you name it.
Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Libya, Sudan, Hamas rocketing Israel, Christians slaughtered by the hundreds, Jews attacked by Muzzies in France, . . .
That's the sort of stuff a Muzzie wants to keep out of the headlines.
The democrat media can bury domestic stuff with entertainment slop and important perversion stories without all the fuss of an international incident.
The UK piece has many elements of propaganda in it, attributing emotions to the rebels instead of just reporting the facts. I don’t trust the British press myself. Beware of propaganda. (Not saying this is not a tragedy, my prayers to the families who lost loved ones.)
When they say "rebels", are they talking about Ukrainians who are fighting Russians or are they talking about Russians fighting Ukrainians?
Isn't it convenient how Putinist priorities change in a time like this?
Rebels would be the separatists would be the Russian special forces. The Ukrainians are not rebels in their own country.
Like the one who hasn't said a word between 2010 when they were shilling for the guy the coup threw out and 2014 when they reappeared shilling for the current crowd. You know, the propaganda crew in Kiev who work for whoever has power at the moment.
Oh, and of course, all the rabid Futurama fans, but they're idiots 24/7/365.25 no matter what the topic.
You do have for feel kinda sorry for the Futurama fanboyz around here who like to display the disastrous effects their long term drug use has had on their wee brains.
Those Futurama fanboyz call others "scummy Putinists", too, but they just picked that phrase up between tokes on their bongs so they're a tad different than the professional idiots.
Neither group has the sense God gave a jackass.
That image behind Putin is a Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) 727 plummeting to Earth in September, 1978 in San Diego after colliding with a general aviation aircraft.
It was the worst air disaster in California history.
Careful you lying scummy rat. Your true loyalties are revealed when you start accusing people of being liberals while you wave your hands like crazy to distract from dead Americans. God will cast you into hell, I assure you, for all the lies and all the trash you have spread on this forum in defense of your "Christian" Putin.
Like the one who hasn't said a word between 2010 when they were shilling for the guy the coup threw out and 2014 when they reappeared shilling for the current crowd.
Have I been on this forum since 2010? I don't think so.
Actually, more people have died from the border crisis than on a plane in Ukraine. THIS is our homeland and it is being invaded. Ukraine is not the top priority at the moment in my mind. If we don’t stop what is happening here, nothing else will matter much. Now, because of this, the invasion will carry on with no attention focused on it.
So stop your sorry assed nastiness. You seem to be the one who is “scummy”. You started to name calling dude.
By the way, Putin ain’t my buddy either. So STHU
Easy and convenient for one of the pathological liars and Putin groupies to say. I got you figured out, scumbag.
Can you walk and chew gum at the same time?
Good.
I don’t give you the time of day. So beat it fool.
Hey, listen. Maybe there’s an illegal immigration thread around here somewhere. If you find it, you don’t have to whine on this one.
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