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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/

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    Default Amidst the smoke some conclusions

    From Jason Burke, the SME on terrorism for The Guardian, he concludes that:
    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:
    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
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    Default Amidst the smoke there was chatter beforehand

    The 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
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    Al Arabiya English ✔ @AlArabiya_Eng
    #BREAKING Black box confirms 'violent, sudden' demise of Russian jet: investigation source
    http://ara.tv/zrhqn

    ISIS reportedly warned of 'something big in the area' before the Russian plane went down in Egypt
    http://read.bi/1PfrME1

    Sound of explosion heard on Russian plane's black box: French TV
    http://reut.rs/1OtPDzQ

    Unprecedented: US & UK shared #SinaiCrash intel w/#Russia before #Putin suspended Russian flights to Sharm
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    In a new news re #Sinai plane crash a new report revealed a #UK plane barely survived a missile fired near Sharm el-Sheikh last year..

    Reports that an IS SAM missed an UK airliner by 300 meters in August this year....UK and US kept it quiet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    In a new news re #Sinai plane crash a new report revealed a #UK plane barely survived a missile fired near Sharm el-Sheikh last year..

    Reports that an IS SAM missed an UK airliner by 300 meters in August this year....UK and US kept it quiet.
    UK airliner had to dodge a missile while nearing #sharmelsheikh airport. But govt decided it was OK

    http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...sile-in-august

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    Default Was it a SAM or something else?

    To be fair the BBC is reporting:
    The British government investigated and concluded the incident was linked to routine Egyptian military activity and was not a "targeted attack".....Aviation security experts told BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner it had involved artillery practice by the Egyptian army.
    Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34754577

    There has been press reporting here of chaotic airport security @ Sharm, with bribes to pass through screening and poor security for airport staff. One gets the impression these reports did not reach anyone brave enough to refer the concerns to politicians.
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    Quote Originally Posted by davidbfpo View Post
    To be fair the BBC is reporting:
    Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34754577

    There has been press reporting here of chaotic airport security @ Sharm, with bribes to pass through screening and poor security for airport staff. One gets the impression these reports did not reach anyone brave enough to refer the concerns to politicians.
    The SAM launch in August cover story of "friendly fire" was simply a cover story in order to not to admit that IS had in fact launched a SAM and in order to not disturb the "tourists/tourist industry" which is important to Egypt.

    If you go back to the extremely limited "military SAM launch story"--there was not much at all carried even by social media--and the "military SAM" was never ID'd nor was they any explanation for a military exercise being carried out near the runway take off area that commercial airliners were using to gain height on.

    Actually if one tracks the cover story--social media only picked up on it in the last two days--a SAM launch friendly or otherwise would have been a massive red signal flare to social media--but nothing of the kind occurred.

    BREAKING: Black boxes show no system or hardware failures aboard #A321 prior to crash - RT
    http://on.rt.com/6v35

    ISIS in Aleppo releases a video congratulating #ISIS in Sinai for downing Russian plane
    http://www.longwarjournal.org/archiv...n-airliner.php

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