Thread: Ukrainian airliner crashes near Tehran: Iranian media

Originally Posted by Klondyke

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Finally a sensible contribution by you, well done

To everyone else. I am not even saying that I know what happened ! I am just trying to flush out every possible scenario here and trying to determine what is the most likely.

Its the exact fucking same thing as MH-17. A jet was "accidentally" shot down as the US was bringing on new sanctions. Both times, the EU was a bit gun shy on them. But fell into line after the "accident". Because you know, we always punish for accidents. It doesn't really make a difference in public opinion. Putin is a murderer because of MH-17 oh yes. Same with Iran

The MH17 crash comes as the US is imposing big sanctions on Russia over Ukraine.



The European Union will expand its sanctions blacklist to target Vladimir Putin's inner circle and draw up further broad measures including an arms embargo and financial restrictions on Russian businesses, EU foreign ministers have decided following the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.


EU backs new sanctions on Iran


The EU has frozen assets of an alleged Iranian intelligence organisation and two of its agents, in a shift towards a tougher line against Tehran that could complicate efforts to save its international nuclear deal.

Originally Posted by Backspin

To everyone else. I am not even saying that I know what happened ! I am just trying to flush out every possible scenario here and trying to determine what is the most likely.

It's *exactly* like MH17, only Putin isn't man enough to admit it.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

It's *exactly* like MH17, only Putin isn't man enough to admit it.

You fundamentally believe that the Anglo powers are benevolent actors in the world. You don't believe that any of these events are anything other than what it says on the news.

I understand that. I used to be a wildly ignorant naive cvnt too.

Originally Posted by Backspin

I used to be a wildly ignorant naive cvnt too.

"Used to be"?

They tried for another one. If they don't hit one, no big deal but downing one would be a nice plus to their military objectives.

Because once AGAIN, per the necon/neoliberal American led axis that Harry believes in, they (Russians, Chinese Iranians) are backward immoral mistake prone sub humans who shoot down their own airliners then lie about it. And nothing else could explain downed airliners because we are enlightened morally upstanding people who don't make mistakes.

Airliner With 172 Passengers Almost Downed Due To Israeli Attack On Damascus: Russian MoD



Russia's Defense Ministry has issued a rare scathing public condemnation of the latest round of Israeli airstrikes which occurred Wednesday night into the early hours of Thursday morning in and around Damascus.


Though brief in duration, they have been described as among the most intense over the past year, and included multiple aerial interceptsof inbound missiles by Syrian air defenses.

On Friday Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov spokesman said Israel's attack directly endangered a passenger airliner. "An Airbus-320 with 172 passengers on board could have been targeted by Syrian missile defense systems because of Israel's airstrikes on the Damascus suburbs on February 6, the plane was escorted out of the danger zone and assisted in landing at the Hmeymim air base," he told reporters, according to TASS.

And in a situation which closely resembles Russian accusations related to the accidental September 2018 downing of a Russian reconnaissance plane over the Mediterranean by Syrian anti-air defenses attempting to defend against a major inbound Israeli attack (resulting in the deaths of 15 Russian crew members), Russia has accused Israel of using the civilian passenger jet as "cover" during this latest attack.