Passenger plane shot down?

colddiesel said:

298 dead including:
154 Dutch
43 Malays
27 Australians
23 USA
9 UK

Remainder unverified. A number of the Dutch and Australians in particular probably have dual nationality.

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You missed the One Canadian

chillywilly2 said:

You missed the One Canadian

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Canadians, Australians, is there really any difference between them?

Laurel said:

From what I've read, neither Ukrainian and pro-Russian rebel forces have the capability to take down a plane at that altitude. NATO logs all missile activity in that area. I'm thinking Russia are the only ones with the tech to do this, thinking it was a Ukrainian supplies plane.

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There are plenty of man-portable anti-aircraft weapons that could take down an airliner, and it goes without saying that all the potential culprits would have access to that kind of weaponry.

That said, I highly doubt that anyone that was likely the culprit would purposefully shoot down a passenger liner, if that's indeed what happened.

Hopefully this gets straightened out quickly, because this combined with the middle east flare-ups does not bode well.

The whole region is on the brink of descending into larger scale conflict.

President Obama is finally blaming his allies.



... but, he's going to lead from behind...

Lorilei said:

I feel like I should know who that is, but I don't.

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The only one in the tinfoil hat conspiracy gang nuttier than eyer.