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U.S. to Release Intelligence on Downing of MH17
2014-07-23
[An Nahar] U.S. intelligence officials were expected to present data Tuesday backing up the theory that pro-Russian rebels were responsible for the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine.

The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was blown out of the sky Thursday by what is believed to have been a surface-to-air missile, killing all 298 passengers and crew on board.

"There has been a lot of evidence that's already been presented that paints a pretty compelling picture," White House front man Josh Earnest said.

"I do expect that you'll hear from intel officials later today who will have some more data to present and some more evidence to indicate -- I guess some more evidence to educate you about what we know so far about that situation."

Earnest did not go into more detail about what was to be released.

The United States has alleged that the plane was shot down by an SA-11 surface-to-air missile system from an area in eastern Ukraine controlled by the Moscow-backed separatists.

"The Ukrainian military was not operating anti-aircraft weapons in that area at that time," Earnest reiterated.

On Monday, Obama voiced outrage that the probe into the downing of the airliner was being hampered by Ukrainian rebels and demanded that Russian leader Vladimir Putin
...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...
force them to cooperate, saying Moscow had "direct influence over these separatists."

Putin, who has borne the brunt of international fury, pledged Tuesday to "do everything" to influence the separatists and ensure a full probe into the crash.

Moscow had earlier slapped down accusations that it had supplied the alleged missile system, with a senior defense official intimating that Kiev may have been responsible for its downing.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Two Ukrainian fighter jets shot down. Evidently US Intelligence is still not notifying the Ukrainian Military of AAA radar signatures. Of course the Ukrainian rebels could be flying advanced Russian fighters.....
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-07-23 08:32  

#2  And Louis Lerner emails?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-07-23 04:05  

#1  Vlad sends the Champ and the "U.S. intelligence officials" his regards. [how you say... thanks you Amerikonski SOB's] Still no word from the "U.S. intelligence officials" regarding events at Benghazi.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-07-23 00:25  

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