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geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
Tue Jul 22, 2014, 05:18 PM Jul 2014

Ukrainians report sightings of missile launcher on day of MH17 crash

Source: Guardian (UK)

Claims by pro-Russia separatists in east Ukraine that they have never been in possession of the missile launcher apparently used to down flight MH17 are looking increasingly flimsy, as several witnesses told the Guardian they had seen what appeared to be a Buk missile launcher in the vicinity of the crash site last Thursday.

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"We were inside and heard a noise much louder than usual," said one shopkeeper, who did not want to be identified. "We came running out and saw a jeep disappearing into the distance with something much larger in front of it. Later, customers said it had been a missile carrier."

In another shop further down the street, there was talk of a convoy of two jeeps and a missile launcher covered in a net driving past in the direction of the town of Snizhne. "I've never seen anything like it," said a middle-aged woman. She said her husband showed her a photograph of a Buk launcher afterwards and she realised that was indeed what she had seen. A group of men also said they had seen a Buk.



Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/22/ukraine-sightings-missile-launcher-mh17



Who are you going to believe, Putin and the separatists or your own lying eyes?
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Ukrainians report sightings of missile launcher on day of MH17 crash (Original Post) geek tragedy Jul 2014 OP
Why a net and during that supposed transfer with the missing missile there was none ?/nt jakeXT Jul 2014 #1
It's in that video. joshcryer Jul 2014 #3
Curveball actually saw Putin pressing a button on the Buk cosmicone Jul 2014 #2
Hilarious. joshcryer Jul 2014 #4
Why tell the joke when one geek tragedy Jul 2014 #5
Twitter is awash with sick Putin jokes. joshcryer Jul 2014 #6
Wrong. It was a prescient yet sardonic response cosmicone Jul 2014 #7

joshcryer

(62,270 posts)
3. It's in that video.
Tue Jul 22, 2014, 05:44 PM
Jul 2014

Just not covering the missiles totally. It's also in the other video where it's seen escaping the area.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
2. Curveball actually saw Putin pressing a button on the Buk
Tue Jul 22, 2014, 05:43 PM
Jul 2014

while looking at the radar signature of a Boeing 777 on the screen. Curveball also remembers that Putin then said "I got me a bunch of them innocent passengers" and then Putin, Kim Jong Un and a bunch of Hamas people opened a bottle of champagne.

joshcryer

(62,270 posts)
6. Twitter is awash with sick Putin jokes.
Tue Jul 22, 2014, 05:56 PM
Jul 2014

I guess they're in acceptance stage and the way they deal with it is joke about how Putin literally shot the plane down.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
7. Wrong. It was a prescient yet sardonic response
Tue Jul 22, 2014, 06:45 PM
Jul 2014

to point out that eyewitnesses are unreliable and can be manufactured/manipulated by political biases as well as the intent of the entity that wants to prove something - anything.

How many times have prisoners convicted on eyewitness testimony been found innocent upon DNA examination?

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