Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Rebel Commander Acknowledges Fighters Had BUK Missiles
A powerful rebel leader in Ukraine has confirmed that pro-Russian separatists had an anti-aircraft missile of the type Washington says was used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and it could have originated in Russia. In an interview with Reuters, Alexander Khodakovsky, commander of the Vostok Battalion, acknowledged for the first time...
Malaysia jet victims’ bodies arrive in Netherlands
The carefully choreographed, nearly silent ceremony contrasted sharply with the boom of shells and shattered glass in eastern Ukraine as pro-Russian rebels fought to hang onto territory and shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets. Boys going to visit their grandparents, a flight attendant hurrying to get home, a bouncer heading to see his sweetheart...
Western powers largely alone in condemnation of Russia
Fellow members of the BRICS club of emerging powers (Brazil, India, China and South Africa) remain skeptical of the evidence presented by the U.S. and Ukrainian governments …read more Source: The Globe and...
Flight MH17’s cockpit voice recorder ‘in good condition’
The cockpit voice recorder of the Malaysian airliner downed over Ukraine is in good condition, the UN civil aviation body said on Wednesday, adding that it was holding talks with airlines and states on how to assess the danger posed by conflicts. …read more Source:...
NATO Sees Signs Weapons Still Moving From Russia to Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO continues to see evidence of weapons being moved into Ukraine from Russia since the downing of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine last week, a NATO military officer said on Wednesday. “We have noted an increase in the amount of weapons being transferred from Russia to Ukraine in the last several weeks....
FAA extends Israel flight ban amid caution after jet downed in Ukraine
The Federal Aviation Administration’s temporary ban on U.S. flights to Israel, which was renewed Wednesday, reflects a new and possibly permanent regulatory cautiousness in the aftermath of last week’s downing of a commercial airliner over Ukraine, aviation experts said. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Airlines optimistic despite a year of several tragedies
It hasn’t been a good news cycle for the aviation business — a commercial plane shot down over Ukraine, the closure of Israel’s main airport over terrorism fears and Wednesday’s deadly crash of another plane in East Asia — but the travel-by-air business is not likely to see an economic … …read more...
US: Downed Fighter Jets Part of Pattern in Ukraine
WASHINGTON— The White House cast the downing of two fighter jets in Ukraine on Wednesday as part of a pattern of Russian-backed separatists using Russian weapons to pose risks to aircrafts and further destabilize the conflict in the former Soviet republic. The Ukrainian jets were downed just 20 miles south of the wreckage from the Malaysia...
MH17 Families Shouldn’t ‘Lust For Revenge,’ Father Of Lockerbie Bombine Victim Says
The English father of a woman killed in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, 26 years ago reached out to the victims’ families of MH17, assuring them that their loved ones didn’t suffer when the Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine last week. …read more Source: International Business...
On “We Told You So,” Ben Gurion Airport, Gaza and the West Bank
As of 2005, when Ariel Sharon executed the ”Disengagement Plan” from Gaza, in which not even one Israeli, whether civilian or military personnel, was allowed to stay there, the Israeli right wing, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, warned of what would happen in Gaza. When their dire predictions were fully materialized, and instead of peace...
