87 Dead After Polish President Lech Kaczynski's Plane Crashes in Russia

Fox News ^ | April 10, 2010

[60Gunner]

I wouldn’t put anything past that communist p*ssy Putin.

[unkus]

I have often said that Poland is a beacon of light in a Europe darkening with socialism.

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The same here. They suffered under the Nazis and then the Communists and know what freedom truly means.

They are not a bunch of spoiled brats like so many other Europeans and and most Americans.

[Doofer]

I was being sarcastic, but it does seem that without video there’s no story.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

It appears that some of the good replacements to keep Poland going in the right direction were on the same plane. I see that Lech Walesa is now 67. No idea if he is able to come back.

[AdmSmith]

Here is a list of some of the victims http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36th_Special_Aviation_Regiment The Russians are probably looking for all classified papers and coding equipment etc as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Szczygło was on board.

[Quix]

In this era,

such speculations are the most logical likelihoods.

[AdmSmith]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Szczygło

[Junior_G]

Go to cnn.com and their top story is about allergy season.

[hoosiermama]

Wonder if BO got a 3 AM call.....
mmm mmm mmm?

[Quix]

INDEED.

Given all the givens . . . one would think it was almost a certainty.

[Quix]

Interesting.

Thanks.

[machogirl]

nothing on whitehouse.gov, maybe in another 2 days. /s

[rmlew]

I’m watching Russian Tv (RTV). They really don’t like Pres. Kaczynski.

[machogirl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nucwf6DvpG4

some first video from scene

[CaliforniaCon]

I have had the horrifying experience of riding on Russian planes — it was in the ‘70s and ‘80s but still -— I cannot imagine things are all that much better —

I was on the smaller version, the Tupelov 134, each time. Good grief, I’d forgotten how awful those flights were for every imaginable reason.

This is a terrible tragedy —

[anglian]

Google map of The Smolensk Airport http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=54.745,32.065&spn=0.03,0.03&t=m&q=54.745,32.065

[machogirl]

http://twitter.com/RT_com

russia today twitter about accident

[pyx]

Prayers offered to all and their families involved.

A Presidential plane packed with the latest avionics and electronics along with a hand-picked flight crew crashes at low speed and low altitude in some fog ?!? Its almost reminiscent of Ron Brown's plane flying head-on into the side of a mountain. I wonder if any of the bodies recovered will have perfectly round single holes in the tops of their skulls with what appears to be powder burns just like Ron Brown.

It remains to be asked, who, if anyone would benefit from the deaths of; President Lech Kaczynski, Andrzej Kremer - vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Franciszek Gągor the Chief of Army Staff, Slawomir Skrzypek, the president of Poland's central bank, Aleksander Szczygło - chief of the Office for National Security, Paweł Wypych - presidential Secrtetary of state, Bishop Tadeusz Płoski - Catholic field bishop of the Polish Army ... and the list goes on ... ?

Will there be a military or banking coup d'etat within Poland or is it possible for something more sinister happening from external forces such as Russia or others ?

[caww]

Oh dear...the nation will be in dire mourning I am certain. This is not good. I suppose Bo will botch our nations condolences on this just as he has on everything else...instead of flowers he’ll likely send an ipod with his speeches....such an idiot!

[lizol]

Almost rhe same place, almost the same time ... just 70 years ... later.

Polish elite died near SMolensk again ....