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Man Who Filmed Polsk Airline Crash Stabbed To Death, Twice
2010-04-22
"Author of the video seen by everyone by now has been stabbed near Kijow on 4.15 and transported in critical condition to the hospital in Kijow. On 4.16 three unidentified individuals unplugged him from life support system and stabbed him 3 more times. Andrij was pronounced dead that afternoon. Russian government claims it was a coincidence."
But the video is out, and can't be recalled by those who ordered the double murder of a single hero. His memory is for a blessing.
Posted by: Anonymoose

#11  I don't think Russia is at fault at all, except for undoubtedly screwing up the investigation. The should have let EVERYONE in quick, so no doubt was left. Instead the did the "curtain" and now this will be laid at the feet of Russia for the next century, a Polish JFK case if you will.

On the other hand, it's always nice to see caution and arms being raised against the Bear, even if it hasn't done anything to you. Yet.
Posted by: Charles   2010-04-22 20:38  

#10  ....and riddles, wrap themselves in mysteries, inside enigmas.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-04-22 15:35  

#9  Russia, where conspiracy theorizes you.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2010-04-22 15:29  

#8  My humble assessment....simple patriotic emotion trumped common sense. Many died as a result.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-04-22 15:26  

#7  I love a good conspiracy, especially involving Putin, but that video is hardly a smoking gun.
The Polish president ordered his pilot to land in Tbilisi during the Russian-Georgian war, and refused to, diverting to Baku. He was fired afterward.
You connect those dots.
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2010-04-22 13:03  

#6  Kiev is quite a distance (350km?)from Smolensk and in Ukraine. Kinda does not make much sense.

More intresting...

Now Russians say that the Kaczynski plane did not crash on the fourth approach, it did not crash on the third, nor it did crash on the second. It is obvious that the plane crashed and all those approaches are not really needed and are extraneous. Simply one, the first approach, would do. In any case, under certain topological geometry conditions, the spiral that has four loops can be conceived of as a straight line.

Thus, the plane actually crashed on the first approach. Basta!

(“Wot blaque box? We haven’t found any blaque boxes, wot is a blaque box? Witness? No. The one that made the after-crash video? He is unfortunately unavailable. Where is he? In a morgue. Where? We don't have that information. Why in a morgue? Personal problems, apparently, the witness wanted to cool off.”)
Posted by: twobyfour   2010-04-22 12:16  

#5  Gunshots are heard. Laughter. People talking and gunshots?
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2010-04-22 07:18  

#4  I'm sorry. I'm living in Estonia, so I'm first in line to believe in Russian government shenanigans. But I don't see it in the video that is on that website.

So, people are walking along the treelines. So fraking what?

Can you tell me what the smoking gun is supposed to be here, as a rationalization for him being killed?
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2010-04-22 05:25  

#3  So now we know for sure.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-04-22 03:12  

#2  Russia seemed quite ready to jump in and take advantage of the "surprise" situation.
Posted by: gorb   2010-04-22 02:23  

#1  Checka.
Posted by: newc   2010-04-22 00:22  

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