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2010-04-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Man Who Filmed Polsk Airline Crash Stabbed To Death, Twice

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-04-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Checka.

Posted by newc 2010-04-22 00:22|| 2010-04-22 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Russia seemed quite ready to jump in and take advantage of the "surprise" situation.

Posted by gorb 2010-04-22 02:23|| 2010-04-22 02:23|| Front Page Top

#3 So now we know for sure.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-04-22 03:12|| 2010-04-22 03:12|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-04-22 05:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Gunshots are heard. Laughter. People talking and gunshots?

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2010-04-22 07:18|| 2010-04-22 07:18|| Front Page Top

#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!

(âWot blaque box? We havenât 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.â)

Posted by twobyfour 2010-04-22 12:16|| 2010-04-22 12:16|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-04-22 13:03|| Front Page Top

#8 My humble assessment....simple patriotic emotion trumped common sense. Many died as a result.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-04-22 15:26|| 2010-04-22 15:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Russia, where conspiracy theorizes you.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2010-04-22 15:29|| 2010-04-22 15:29|| Front Page Top

#10 ....and riddles, wrap themselves in mysteries, inside enigmas.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-04-22 15:35|| 2010-04-22 15:35|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-04-22 20:38|| Front Page Top

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