Saturday, July 19, 2014

Are Pro-Russian Separatists Destroying MH17 Evidence?


Cover-Up: Ukraine Rebels Destroying All Links To MH17 Air Atrocity -- The Guardian

UN demands full inquiry but armed Russian separatists block access to crash site amid confusion over black boxes.

Pro-Russia separatist groups in eastern Ukraine are hastily covering up all links to the Buk missile battery suspected to have been used to shoot down the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane, according to western-based defence and intelligence specialists.

As the UN security council called for a "full, thorough independent international investigation" into the downing of the plane, concern that a cover-up was under way was fuelled by a standoff at part of the crash site between observers from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and rebel gunmen, which ended with a warning shot being fired.

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My Comment: Reading these news reports does not surprise me. As I had mentioned before .... I am familiar with the people in this region and I can say the following unequivocally .... the people who live there are stubborn, strong headed, determined, and I sometimes I have to wonder if they are in the 21rst century. And while I am not there .... if I was to hazard a guess on why they are behaving this way .... I would say that they are not destroying evidence but they are doing something worse .... they are looting the bodies of money and valuables. Everyone on this flight was either going to an AIDS conference or a vacation .... and when you go on vacation you are usually carrying thousands of dollars, credit cards, and other valuables (gifts).

Update: It appears that my assessment is right .... Dutch banks act on MH17 credit card looting reports -- AFP

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