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    Video appears to show moment Ukrainian plane was hit by missile

    So it sounds like there are many blaming Trump. If he hadn't targeted that general blah blah blah... but it's a real tragedy.

    There were many Canadians onboard so it's hitting some communities in Canada very hard. There were something like 10 or 12 from the University of Alberta in Edmonton.


    Video appears to show moment Ukrainian plane was hit by missile

    TORONTO -- New video appears to show a missile hitting a Ukrainian airliner before it crashed near Tehran, Iran, killing everyone on board (176) – including 63 Canadians.

    The video footage shows a bright object hitting another object in the dark sky over Parand, southwest of Tehran.

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters Thursday that "intelligence from multiple sources" indicates that flight PS752 was struck by an Iranian missile – possibly by accident.

    The Ukrainian airliner crashed minutes after takeoff. Of the176 people on board, 138 were headed to Canada via connecting flights from Ukraine, Trudeau has said.




    Video appears to show moment Ukrainian plane was hit by missile | CTV News

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    The question I'm asking myself is if the Iranian regime is showing us their ability to act just they avoid a direct Iran-US confrontation. There were no US citizens on that plane, were there ? I'm suspecting that incidents might follow in the future where noone knows that Iran was behind it but everyone eventually starts suspecting that it was. It's a form of "silent terror" where the aim is to create a deterrent against future meddling in their affairs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel View Post
    The question I'm asking myself is if the Iranian regime is showing us their ability to act just they avoid a direct Iran-US confrontation. There were no US citizens on that plane, were there ? I'm suspecting that incidents might follow in the future where noone knows that Iran was behind it but everyone eventually starts suspecting that it was. It's a form of "silent terror" where the aim is to create a deterrent against future meddling in their affairs.
    Interesting thoughts. Probably very likely.

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    Iran finally ADMITS shooting down Ukrainian jetliner: Tehran says military 'unintentionally' fired at Boeing 737 and killed 176 people on board because of 'human error'

    Iranian state TV, citing a military statement, says the country 'unintentionally' shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 aboard.

    The statement came Saturday morning, local time, and blamed 'human error' for shooting down the plane on Tuesday. The government also offered an apology to families.

    The jetliner, a Boeing 737 operated by Ukrainian International Airlines, went down on the outskirts of Tehran during takeoff just hours after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at U.S. forces.

    Iran had denied for several days that a missile downed the aircraft. But then the U.S. and Canada, citing intelligence, said they believe Iran shot down the aircraft.

    The plane, en route to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, was carrying 167 passengers and nine crew members from several countries, including 82 Iranians, at least 63 Canadians and 11 Ukrainians, according to officials.

    On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration revealed that American lives were possibly saved after it issued a notice barring U.S. civilian planes from flying over Iran and Iraq.

    The FAA confirmed to DailyMail.com on Friday that it published a 'notice to airmen' (NOTAM) warning of potential hazards along the flight routes in the area just three hours before the plane was shot down.

    'Our NOTAMs were published roughly three hours before the accident,' a spokesperson for the FAA told Washington Free Beacon.

    The notice specified 'flight restrictions that prohibit US civil aviation operators from operating in the airspace over Iraq, Iran, and the waters of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

    'The FAA will continue closely monitoring events in the Middle East,' the NOTAM said.

    'We continue coordinating with our national security partners and sharing information with US air carriers and foreign civil aviation authorities.'

    When the FAA was asked if the order saved American lives, an official from the agency said it would not 'speculate on what effect [the notice] might have had.'

    But one senior congressional official who is familiar with airlines issues said that the order 'may well have saved American lives.'

    'Iran is not a normal country, and they regularly act in reckless and unprofessional ways,' said the congressional source.

    'The FAA showed vigilance and competence in publishing the NOTAMs when they did, and they may well have saved American lives.'

    The FAA's ban remains in effect.

    Iran cleared up the crash site where the passenger jet came down and before admitting its responsibility on Friday, said it wanted to handle the black box data itself.

    The debris of the Boeing 737 has been removed from the crash site near Tehran before Ukrainian investigators have even arrived, sparking fears of a cover-up.

    Tehran says it is 'opening' the flight recorders today but has indicated it will not allow the US government to analyze their contents.

    Washington and its allies believe that the plane was shot down by two Iranian missiles which were launched just minutes after the airliner took off.

    It was feared that Iranian forces may have mistaken the passenger plane for a military jet, hours after Iran launched missile strikes on US bases in Iraq.


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    If America shot down that plane accidentally there would riots worldwide

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cardinal TT View Post
    If America shot down that plane accidentally there would riots worldwide
    You got it. And Trump would be blamed. He didn't even have anything to do with this one and they're trying to blame him for it.

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    Iran says Ukrainian passenger plane was shot down unintentionally in fear of US aggression - CNN

    "Iran says Ukrainian passenger plane was shot down unintentionally in fear of US aggression"

    That's totally nonsensical and the message is clear. If the evil Iranian regime is willing to kill 200 innocent people from countries they are not at war with just to make a statement to the US then they are very much able and willing to create "accidents" involving the US, in the future. Let's hope it's meant to be just a deterrent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel View Post
    Iran says Ukrainian passenger plane was shot down unintentionally in fear of US aggression - CNN

    "Iran says Ukrainian passenger plane was shot down unintentionally in fear of US aggression"

    That's totally nonsensical and the message is clear. If the evil Iranian regime is willing to kill 200 innocent people from countries they are not at war with just to make a statement to the US then they are very much able and willing to create "accidents" involving the US, in the future. Let's hope it's meant to be just a deterrent.
    And our Justin Trudeau is a friend to Iran, so I highly doubt there will be any consequences from Canada.

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    Quote Originally Posted by A.J. View Post
    And our Justin Trudeau is a friend to Iran, so I highly doubt there will be any consequences from Canada.
    It's a paralysing act of terrorism. It's much easier to accept it as an accident and perhaps ask for monetary restitution like with Khaddafi and the Lockerbie incident, than to take it seriously and then try to figure out exactly what to do.

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    'Iran is not a normal country, and they regularly act in reckless and unprofessional ways,' said the congressional source.
    Ya think, Jake??

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