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Malaysian passenger plane crashes in Ukraine near Russian border: Ifax
Reuters ^ | 17 July 2014 | Alissa de Carbonne

Posted on 07/17/2014 8:24:22 AM PDT by CMB_polarization

A Malaysian passenger airliner with 295 people on board crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border, Interfax cited an aviation industry source as saying on Thursday.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: aerospace; aviation; crash; malaysia; malaysianairlines; mh17; mh370; reset; russia; ukraine
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To: mware

Wow!


241 posted on 07/17/2014 9:55:08 AM PDT by Dog (Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
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To: Dog
You just hear the report from Shep.

Putin told Obama about the crash during the phone call earlier this morning.

242 posted on 07/17/2014 9:55:15 AM PDT by mware
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To: CMB_polarization

So horrible..first MH370 disappears and now this..I dont understand why this plane was allowed to fly in an area that is known for shooting down aircraft


243 posted on 07/17/2014 9:55:39 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: laplata

My FReeper FWB aka my husband LOL


244 posted on 07/17/2014 9:55:45 AM PDT by cyborg (Still married...)
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To: mware
Kemlin claiming that Putin told Obama about the crash during the call.

(in Russian accent) He Baraq...... I finally found out what happens when you push that big red reset button you gave me!!!!

245 posted on 07/17/2014 9:55:48 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
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To: Cementjungle

Presidents Obama and Putin did briefly discuss the Malaysian jet that crashed in Ukraine during morning call ..via Fox News


246 posted on 07/17/2014 9:55:55 AM PDT by caww
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To: mware

Yeah...adds a twist to the story.


247 posted on 07/17/2014 9:56:17 AM PDT by Dog (Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
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To: catfish1957

Not sure what you are driving at . . . everyone should feel free to speculate, but posting speculation as fact? In order to spin the outcome? That’s where things get a little tricky.


248 posted on 07/17/2014 9:56:23 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: mware

Ed Henry asked the Press Sec, and he told him, he would get back to him.


249 posted on 07/17/2014 9:56:26 AM PDT by mware
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Hi!!! Showing up to tragedies like Chuck Schumer to a camera.


250 posted on 07/17/2014 9:56:37 AM PDT by cyborg (Still married...)
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To: catfish1957
Unless Putin is delusional (which I think he is not), he realizes that Russia's prestige is only based on untapped hydrocarbon and a stack of ICBMs. He has to realize that he does not have the infrastructure to be "the" dominant world power anytime soon. China is the real threat in that department.

If Putin shared your assumptions, he would have moved his entire military to the Chinese border instead of smacking around former Russian possessions that pose no threat to him. Never assume that your opposite number thinks the way you do.

251 posted on 07/17/2014 9:56:45 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: edpc
I did not say average rebel. Yes, it took expertise to operate the SA-17, but you can train 18 year olds to operate the radar and guidance control and launch a strike. It takes command and control to prevent such reckless use of top of line surface to air missile systems. I used to help train fighter pilots on avoiding SA-17 radar. The ATC had no business allowing a flight plan anywhere near this area!!! I doubt Russia or Putin ordered this shoot down. This was out of control rebels. Wait until some of the weapons Obama gave Alqeda, ISIS, Syrian Islamists end up shooting down airliners anywhere at anytime with same result.
252 posted on 07/17/2014 9:56:45 AM PDT by Mat_Helm
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To: cyborg

:)


253 posted on 07/17/2014 9:57:15 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: Agog

Nobody’s admitted anything....all sides denying at this juncture.


254 posted on 07/17/2014 9:57:28 AM PDT by caww
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To: cyborg

LOL


255 posted on 07/17/2014 9:57:57 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: CMB_polarization

The crazy thing is Malaysia Airlines had about fifteen 777s in its entire fleet. At this rate they’ll all be gone by by 2020.


256 posted on 07/17/2014 9:58:09 AM PDT by cdga5for4
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To: Zhang Fei
The Berkut is the crappiest non-portable system fielded by the Russians.

Well, it doesn't have to be great to shoot fish in a barrel, so to speak. I mean, it's not like the airliner was blowing chaff, jinxing and deploying ECM.

Sitting duck; easy shot.

257 posted on 07/17/2014 9:58:15 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: Agog
The terrorists own leader Girkin admitted they shot down what they thought was an AN.

If true, someone needs to find those tweets (or whatever), and make sure they are not flushed down the hole.

258 posted on 07/17/2014 9:58:40 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Mat_Helm

See post 234


259 posted on 07/17/2014 9:59:43 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: caww

Wrong I saw the twitter post up earlier in the thread in which a separatist leader crowed about bringing down a AN cargo plane before it was announced a passenger jet went down


260 posted on 07/17/2014 10:00:04 AM PDT by Dog (Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
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