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[Herbspiceguy]

I just read a somewhat detailed report of the aftermath on a Dutch website. Truly horrifying. Those poor, poor people.

 

[Whitechocolatekrispies]

Fox news.

No. Fox news is stupid biased and try to skew the news. Russia Today full out fabricates and lies on air to please their government owners.

 

[rakhir]

Has there been any evidence that Russian/Russian Separatist shot this down? Besides word from a Ukrainian official? Like hard evidence? I pray for the lost souls.

I'm basing this on the information from the best Polish newspaper, Wyborcza.:

"at 15:50 Igor Striełkow, the leader of army of Donietcka Republika, said in the VKontakte service that in Toreza region [just where the airplane crashed] separatist forces destroyed Ukrainian transport aircraft An-26"

"We warned them, don't fly in our territory" - said Striełkow.
His post is already deleted.

At 16:13 Russian news agency RIA-Nowosti has sent a telegram from Donetsk with information from separatist leaders about shooting down the Antonow.
Not one Antonow was shot down today"

And from just a moment ago:

"Ukrainian Defence Force has said, that they interecepted a conversation between separatist confirming that they shot down the plane" - says Ukrainian Truth.
It's impossible right now to confirn this information.

Sorry for my botched translation.

EDIT: oh, so one Antonov was really destroyed today? Disregard the above then.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

What. The. Fuck.

 

[PhantomHound]

Shepard smith... is describing the victims.. oh god i want to cry

 

[RandyBobandy]

Pentagon confirming that missile originated from Russia.

Well then..

 

[Lord of Castamere]

what site are you visiting for this??

Documenting Reality. Invite only I'm afraid.

 

[GasProblem]

How can the Pentagon even confirm this? Hmm, I need more confirmation then just CNN. If the rocket actually came from Russian turf though...

 

[AstroNut325]

Pentagon confirming that missile originated from Russia.

WHAT? LINK?

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Ugh

Its heartbreaking because its dark and he didnt know and some rebels are shining flashlights and he's just seeing it for the first time.

I really feel for these people and their families.

 

[Morat]

Yeah, CNN talked about that a few times earlier. It's w/r/t the plane shot down the other day. Ukraine (and the US apparently) believe that missile came from across Russian border

So to be clear, the Pentagon report was about a previous incident in which a Ukraine military aircraft was shot down, as opposed to days airliner?

 

[Rur0ni]

That will be insane if they confirm that it came from Russian territory. I haven't seen any uncensored images, but I know it has to be terrible. Makes the stomach churn thinking about that, especially with kids.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

ABC news reporter on the scene was talking live on the phone. Guy sounded like he was about to pass out from seeing pieces of human remains everywhere.

 

[strafer]

https://twitter.com/Galrahn/status/489846120185462786

Pentagon source? Ehm..even if that source was your dad I don't think he would tell you.

 

[freenudemacusers]

that cnn tweet is absymal. says nothing but just shit out to make waves.

Welp.

It's not like he has much of a career anyway. Cry for help.

he does this all the time, and has for years.

 

[ramuh]

Here is the site mentioning of the domains getting registered already from the flight.


http://www.domaininvesting.com/malaysian-airlines-crash-domain-names-already-registered/

Edit: Did a simple search for Mh17. http://domainview.verisignlabs.com/...e=20140717&domainName=mh17&dailyId=&hourlyId=

 

[BronsonLee]

I have images off on GAF.
If you're posting screenshots of Twitter stuff or news, label it as such. Otherwise, wary souls like me won't click it out of fear of seeing crash site photos.

RE: The Pentagon thing...this could escalate quickly.

 

[Gr1mLock]

This is not going to end well.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Would someone please translate?

Don't quote me on that, but I'll try

"Just shot down a plane AN-26 in the region "Tores". Went down near Schachta. We told you not to fly here. Here is a video confirming the "kill". It went down behind the village, no civilians harmed"

Again, this is a VERY rough translation.

 

[Zaph]

https://twitter.com/Galrahn/status/489846120185462786

If true, this will make Andrew Wood's remarks on the fallout look laughably conservative.

 

[sangreal]

So to be clear, the Pentagon report was about a previous incident in which a Ukraine military aircraft was shot down, as opposed to days airliner?

Yeah, unrelated to today's events. At least the stuff CNN reported from Pentagon sources

 

[Anth1888]

Surely if the Pentagon confirmed this officially it would be all over the international news channels not just 'sources' on American news channels.

 

[Morat]

Here is the site mentioning of the domains getting registered already from the flight.


http://www.domaininvesting.com/malaysian-airlines-crash-domain-names-already-registered/

That is absolutely pathetic.

Thanks for the info.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

How can the Pentagon even confirm this? Hmm, I need more confirmation then just CNN. If the rocket actually came from Russian turf though...

The Pentagon has to have eyes on the entire area 24 / 7 and could probably place a trajectory based on where it split up and where things landed.

that said I am still skeptical.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

How can the Pentagon even confirm this? Hmm, I need more confirmation then just CNN. If the rocket actually came from Russian turf though...

They're watching that area with lots of satellites, signals intelligence (NSA), human intelligence.

The Pentagon has to have eyes on the entire area 24 / 7 and could probably place a trajectory based on where it split up and where things landed.

that said I am still skeptical.

If the US has proof and is commenting publicly they will show it.

 

[Wes]

Fox news.

Even Fox isn't as weird as RT.

 

[DrM]

So to be clear, the Pentagon report was about a previous incident in which a Ukraine military aircraft was shot down, as opposed to days airliner?

Yes, that is unrelated to this crash.

BUK rang is max 30 km and plane crashed around 50 km from Russian border

 

[Sigmaah]

War is coming. FUCK.

 

[soundscream]

How can the Pentagon even confirm this? Hmm, I need more confirmation then just CNN. If the rocket actually came from Russian turf though...

Well you would assume they are watching the area. The scheduled call today between Putin and Obama was about the Russian support for the separatist in the area.

 

[HI. BILLY MAYS HERE]

So I went to TMZ, I don't know...I just wondered if they had scoops. I figured they couldn't have anything. Just curious.

wrong :

C'mon Jason what the fuck

 

[Lamel]

This is terrible. RIP.

And I'll go against the mold, even at 10,000 meters, major features of airplanes are often distinguishable. The size difference between and AN 26 and 777 as well as the jet engines vs prop engines are potentially distinguishable. Now whether someone was experienced enough to realize this is a different question all together.

 

[Ape Gone Insane]

Here is the site mentioning of the domains getting registered already from the flight.


http://www.domaininvesting.com/malaysian-airlines-crash-domain-names-already-registered/

Edit: Did a simple search for Mh17. http://domainview.verisignlabs.com/...e=20140717&domainName=mh17&dailyId=&hourlyId=

mh17movie.com
moviemh17.com

 

[smokeandmirrors]

C'mon Jason what the fuck

He's a washed up hack of an 'actor' who does stupid 'shock' shit on twitter because he can't get work otherwise.

 

[Maddocks]

Wow some guy on ABC is on the phone and is describing human remains and blood everywhere

:-(

Watching that too. It spooked him bad too. He really didn't know till the rebel walked up to him and pointed it out.

 

[Wind's Howling]

War is coming. FUCK.

Calm down, lol. It will most likely be some verbal fights being spouted from point A to point B for a few months and then it will all be forgotten again.

 

[Kurtofan]

Holy fuck.

 

[funkypie]

Even if the missile did not come from Russia, the Russians are still responsible. They supplied the seperatists with surface to air missiles, run of the mill rebels around the world can't get access to gear like that.

Russo is directly repsonibe for everything that has happened, flooding the area with weapons and paramilitaries has only caused the conflict to grow. I hope the world reacts and does something.

 

[PhantomHound]

FOX is calling out RT.

Damn Shep is in rage mode.

 

[RedShift]

Yes, that is unrelated to this crash.

BUK rang is max 30 km and plane crashed around 50 km from Russian border

Well feasibly it was shot down with something else with a longer range, or even by a plane.

I still highly doubt anything but the rebels shooting it down though.

 

[Tamanon]

War is coming. FUCK.

Against who? Russia?

Hell no. Sanctions are coming. Peacekeepers are probably coming also.

 

[Easy_D]

FOX is calling out RT.

RT is that bad, huh?

 

[Kiever Sher]

Shep not having RT's claims about a Ukrainian missile targeting Putin

 

[Mohonky]

War is coming. FUCK.

What? With who?

Russia would not deliberately shoot down a commercial airliner. There is nothing to gain. If anything, its seperatists, everyone will blame Russia indirectly, sanctions will increase. Nothing else.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

If the US has proof and is commenting publicly they will show it.

Is it coming from the Pentagon directly or is it traveling through the twitter vine?

 

[Ferr986]

Even if the missile did not come from Russia, the Russians are still responsible. They supplied the seperatists with surface to air missiles, run of the mill rebels around the world can't get access to gear like that.

Russo is directly repsonibe for everything that has happened, flooding the area with weapons and paramilitaries has only caused the conflict to grow. I hope the world reacts and does something.

Sadly, nothing is going to happen to Russia.

Fuck this, what a terrible tragedy done by some armed idiots...

 

[JohnTinker]

Associated Press journalists saw BUK Missile system in the town of Snizhne earlier today, here is photo confirmation:

https://twitter.com/finriswolf/status/489828883194077184

 

[Acorn]

FOX is calling out RT.

Damn Shep is in rage mode.

Enemy of my enemy is my enemy.

 

[SniperHunter]

i doubt the missile came from Russia. The Russian backed rebels in Ukraine are responsible imo

 

[Purkake4]

Going to be fun to see Russia block the next Security Council resolution.

 

[kris.]

https://twitter.com/Galrahn/status/489846120185462786

so who is this guy and is he reliable?