Flight KGL9268: shot down over Sinai?
Yassin Musharbash (based in Germany) examines the claim by ISIS(Sinai) that they caused the crash and deaths:
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What should we make of the IS claim of responsibility?
He concludes:
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So, what should me make of all of this?That's easy:
* This incident should NOT be counted as an IS terror attack (yet).
* We should consider the written claim of responsibility by the IS Sinai province as quite possibly authentic, but not beyond doubt. Furthermore we should bear in mind that even if authentic, it can still be wrong
* We need to look closely at what the technical investigations will tell us
* We should look out for IS publications containing credible pieces of insider information.
Link:http://abususu.blogspot.be/2015/10/w...-claim-of.html
For background on the crash of the Russian owned airliner I have relied upon the BBC's reporting:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34689870
A mess in the making for the UK?
So we now reportedly have 2k plus UK tourists in Sharm-el-Sheikh stranded, plus more who cannot get there at home. One of the bigger travel operators has 1700 alone.
Tomorrow President Sisi is due to visit London, on a state visit and already Egyptian diplomats are angry - as tourism to Sharm is effectively over for the UK, however temporary. Before the halt to UK flights he was interviewed by the BBC and claimed all of Sinai was under control:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34703978
Amidst the smoke some conclusions
From Jason Burke, the SME on terrorism for The Guardian, he concludes that:
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If it was indeed an Isis bomb that brought down the plane – and both Egypt and Russia have
downplayed any suggestion that the crash is linked to terrorism – then this still does not signal that the group has launched a fully fledged global campaign of violence. Yet.
Link:http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...-war-on-terror
The Soufan Group briefing ends with:
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Beyond the immediate theater of the Syrian civil war, the international community will have to recalculate the degree to which the threat from terrorism has increased as a result of the Islamic State joining
al-Qaeda as a group capable of attacks outside its main area of operation. It is depressing that after 14 years of counterterrorism measures that have focused in particular on protecting civilian aviation, the threat to passenger transportation seems as real as ever.
Link:http://soufangroup.com/tsg-intelbrie...skies/?catid=3
Amidst the smoke there was chatter beforehand
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Egyptian security shutdown was sparked after British spies intercepted messages which showed Isil extremists had plotted a major terror attack in the region, the Telegraph can disclose. The communications and “chatter” - uncovered by British intelligence only after the
Russian passenger jet tragedy - are what led David Cameron to say it was “more likely than not” that a bomb brought the plane down on Saturday killing 224 people.
Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...air-crash.html