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South Sudan plane crash: 'Dozens killed' near Juba airport
BBC ^ | 20 minutes ago, 2015-11-04 | BBC

Posted on 11/04/2015 4:08:02 AM PST by WhiskeyX

A cargo plane has crashed on take-off near the international airport in South Sudan's capital Juba, with at least 25 killed.

Some reports put the death toll as high as 40.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: aircrash; airsafety; crash; juba; plane; planecrash; russia; southsudan; sudan
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To: Genoa

Thanks!


21 posted on 11/04/2015 9:40:59 AM PST by halo66
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

[snip] An Israeli man was violently attacked by a Sudanese national [/snip]

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22 posted on 11/04/2015 1:24:09 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: WhiskeyX

Maybe the jihadi sleepers at the airport mistook it for a Russian plane, because it was Russian design, and had light-skinned operators.

Or maybe it was Russians under cover.


23 posted on 11/05/2015 12:20:11 AM PST by BeauBo
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To: WhiskeyX

I wouldn’t discard terrorism as cause.


24 posted on 11/05/2015 4:28:48 AM PST by Canale
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To: upchuck
IMHO, no matter the reason, American citizens do not belong in the Middle East right now.

After both wars in Iraq, several of our younger relatives got high paying job offers in the Middle East. Fortunately, they all said No Thank You!.

25 posted on 11/05/2015 7:54:41 AM PST by Grampa Dave ("If you use FR and don't donate. That means that you are a Left Wing or Rino plant, to be ignored!)
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To: Canale

Has ISIS claimed responsibility yet?


26 posted on 11/05/2015 8:43:05 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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