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UK and US Suspect That ISIS Bomb Took Down Flight 9268 (cnn.com)

An anonymous reader writes with a report from CNN that U.S. and UK intelligence agencies believe it is more likely than not that the destruction on October 31st of a Russian A321 jetliner in Sinai "was most likely caused by a bomb on the plane planted by ISIS or an affiliate of the group." Kogalymavia Flight 9268 fell apart in flight, killing all aboard. From CNN's article: The British government announced Wednesday that it had "become concerned that the plane may well have been brought down by an explosive device." A formal conclusion has not been reached by the intelligence communities of either country. An UK aviation team is travelling to inspect the Sharm airport to look at whether there were proper security measures at the airport and the various scenarios by which an explosive device could have made it to the Russian airliner "including a person or in cargo," according to the British transport minister. Both Russian and Egyptian officials discount the claim, but detecting bombs is hard.

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  1. I wouldn't put it past Putin by Ukab+the+Great · · Score: 0, Troll

    to put a bomb on his own country's plane to justify even greater craziness in the future.

  2. Why would anyone go for a Holiday in a Muslim coun by Chrisq · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why would anyone go for a Holiday in a Muslim country? I mean going dresses as a Westerner is like walking through Harlam wearing a "KKK" badge, you know that everyone is going to hate you and someone could attack you.

  3. Re:It's either that... by NotDrWho · · Score: -1, Troll

    The Russians only attained their firsts through sheer attrition.

    What the fuck does that even mean? Are you such an ignorant hillbilly dumbfuck propagandized American that you think that the Russians only got to space by launching millions of men on giant catapults, hoping a few of them would make it?

    Do you even know who Sergei Korolev is, you ignorant dumbshit? He's only, you know, the genius engineer who PUT MANKIND INTO SPACE!!

    Do you even know that the Russian space program had almost every first in the space race? First satellite, first man in space, and dozens of others--all done while your American scientists were having to desperately beg some former Nazi to teach them even the basics of astronautics. Did you know that Russians built the first robotic rovers, sent the first space probes to other planets, built and launched the first space station? Probably not, since that's not covered on American Idol or Monday Night Football.

    Go back to masturbating to Rambo movies and eating Cheetos, you dumb fucktard. The adults are talking.

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  4. Re:It's either that... by GLMDesigns · · Score: 1, Troll

    You're conflating many different people and many different political / philosophical subgroups over several generations.

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