The BBC News leading item is about this:Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34724604The Russian plane that crashed in Egypt at the weekend "may well have been brought down by an explosive device", Downing Street has said.All flights between the UK and Sharm el-Sheikh have been suspended on Wednesday evening as UK experts assess security at the Egyptian airport.
Number 10 said flights had been delayed as a "precautionary measure" after "more information has come to light".
Now:Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34728901ntelligence suggests the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people on board was likely brought down by a bomb, US and UK officials say. But they say they have yet to reach a formal conclusion.
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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
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Pretty good evidence here. High probability this was an ISIS bomb from inside the plane.
https://twitter.com/robpulsenews/sta...43750382837760 …
It may have been a bomb, but is that what Daesh was claiming? I thought they claimed that they shot the plane down.
If I had really brought the plane down I think I would know how I did it.
"I can change almost anything ... but I can't change human nature."
Jon Osterman/Dr. Manhattan
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Kremlin says US or Israel shot down #7K9268:
https://mobile.twitter.com/RobPulseN...23816870002688 …
What is the Obama WH doing about this? ZERO.
http://observer.com/2015/11/obama-fa...ganda-machine/ …
From Jason Burke, the SME on terrorism for The Guardian, he concludes that:Link:http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...-war-on-terrorIf 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.
The Soufan Group briefing ends with:Link:http://soufangroup.com/tsg-intelbrie...skies/?catid=3Beyond 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.
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