A cross appears through the smoke over the devastation in this photo- eerily reminiscent of the 9/11 cross
(telephone pole, actually- but still eerie)
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.
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Who is whining? Why don’t you take a hike?
Hey, at the very least, the media will quit focusing on the illegal alien invasion of the US.waah
I guess McCain wants another big assed war with Russia.
Good bye America. You been had.
You're a reruns of "Sex and the City" and "Queer as Folk" kinda guy when NPR news isn't on.
It shines through in a lot of the phrases you choose.
Oh, please elaborate.
Western Ukraine sees itself as part of Europe. Eastern Ukraine wants to maintain close relations with Russia.
Last February, they had a revolution, in which the Russian-sympathizing President Viktor Yanukovych was overthrown and driven out of the country. Russia condemned the western-leaning revolutionary government and took back historically Russian Crimea, which Khrushchev had transferred to Ukraine in 1954 (when it manifestly did not matter).
Folks in the Russia-sympathizing eastern parts of the country, centered on Donetsk, rebelled against the Kiev government, aiming to split the country.
Lately, the fighting escalated to the use of advanced ant-aircraft missiles. On Monday, the rebels shot down a Ukrainian Air Force AN-26 transport and captured the crew who bailed out. Today, they shot down what they thought was another Kiev AN-26, but it turned out to be MH17. Bad move!
Kiev claims the leader of the rebels, Igor Girkin/Strelkov, is a colonel in the GRU. Naturally, Moscow denies that. Obviously, there are questions about how the rebels obtained the anti-aircraft rockets and the training to use them.
“What’s Obama going to do?
Write a “stern” letter to someone?”
Until he LEARNS what he’s supposed to be doing....he will do nothing.
Western Ukraine sees itself as part of Europe. Eastern Ukraine wants to maintain close relations with Russia.
That’s false. There has never been a free poll in E. Ukraine advocating such. If it was true the majority had wanted union with Russia in the East they would have easily broke away from the weak central govt back in February. When this started the Ukraine military had no batteries in trucks and were outgunned by a squad of babushkas.
If their really had been a genuine popular revolt the central govt would have been ejected from Donbas. Instead we had a phony Russian managed astroturf revolt and Putin to sent in his goons. All leadership of the “separatists” are in fact Russian nationals.
ALL polls from the East and South, whether done locally or from international organizations, have ALL shown that the separatists only enjoy a minority of support. Probably even less now, what with all the kidnappings and murder the "separatists" engage in to control the residents.
Russia condemned the western-leaning revolutionary government and took back historically Russian Crimea, which Khrushchev had transferred to Ukraine in 1954 (when it manifestly did not matter).
The Russkies only had Crimea since they ethnically cleansed somewhere between 2 to 7 million Ukrainians, not to mention non-Ukrainian "kulaks" and others who resided there.
Crimea is geographically a part of Ukraine. It does not even have a land connection to Russia.
Folks in the Russia-sympathizing eastern parts of the country, centered on Donetsk, rebelled against the Kiev government, aiming to split the country.
Strelkov and most of his cronies are Russian agents. Half of the war dead have been Russians, even Muslim Chechens sent as part of the Vostok battalion. Their corpses were sent back to Russia, not buried in East Ukraine.
Strelkov and most of his cronies are Russian agents. Half of the war dead have been Russians, even Muslim Chechens sent as part of the Vostok battalion. Their corpses were sent back to Russia, not buried in East Ukraine.
Yes, they were sent back to Russia because Russian chauvinists consider Ukraine to be Little Russia. Not an important area just some imperialistic borderlands.
#ImTooBusyFundraising
Don’t worry. McCain basically called Obama a coward. However, I’ve yet to hear McCain say “I apologize to the American people for saying Obama would not be bad for the country. He’s as bad as bad can be.”
Now you’ve gotten me confused with my inclusion on your post, or maybe its you who are confused due to your lack of FR tenure and seemingly broad “scummy putinist” smear.
I suggest you conduct a good posting background before beginning some infantile screech at everyone in the room.
Oh, my apologies. I was not accusing you of anything. I was referring to DForest who replied to you, and Rashputin who replied to Dforest. They're the scummy Putinists.
Thank you. Clarity is our friend.
What’s odd is your strange attitude of ambivalence in the face of evil.
You are such a sick puppy that you don’t even use posting courtesy. You are supposed to ping people that you talk about.
Talk about sly scum. Puny, you take the cake.
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