Section: US & Canada
Russia Responsible for ‘Creating the Conditions’ that Downed Malaysian Plane, Says US Official
WASHINGTON—Senior U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday that Russia was responsible for “creating the conditions” that led to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, but they offered no evidence of direct Russian government involvement. The intelligence officials were cautious in their assessment, noting that while...
Airlines ban flights to Israel after rocket strike
JERUSALEM (AP) – A Hamas rocket exploded Tuesday near Israel’s main airport, prompting a ban on all flights from the U.S. and many from Europe and Canada as aviation authorities responded to the shock of seeing a civilian jetliner shot down over Ukraine. Israel declared that Ben-Gurion Airport … …read more Source: The...
‘No Perry Mason Moment’: U.S. Can’t Find Direct Link to Putin
The officials said that intelligence analysts believe that pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine fired the missile that took out the jetliner but could not say so definitively. …read more Source:...
Igor Girkin (Strelkov) Gives Odd Account of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Crash
MOSCOW (AP) — A top pro-Russia rebel commander in eastern Ukraine has given a bizarre version of events surrounding the Malaysian jetliner crash — suggesting many of the victims may have died days before the plane took off. The pro-rebel website Russkaya Vesna on Friday quoted Igor Girkin as saying he was told by people at the crash...
U.S. officials believe attack against Malaysian plane was mistake
U.S. intelligence agencies believe Ukrainian separatists shot down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet by mistake, possibly by misreading fuzzy radar images on a sophisticated surface-to-air missile launcher provided by Russia, senior U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
EU fails to impose tough sanctions on Russia
Ministers stop short of tougher penalties for fear Russia will retaliate with a gas cutoff. …read more Source: USA...
‘She was my everything’: Dutch fathers grieve as bodies of MH17 victims return home
Two grieving Dutch fathers connected by an immense tragedy following the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 tell CBC News about loved ones they lost in the disaster. …read more Source:...
U.S. Officials: No Evidence Of Direct Russian Link To Malaysia Plane Crash
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior U.S. intelligence officials say they have no evidence of direct Russian government involvement in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. They say the passenger jet was likely felled by an SA-11 surface-to-air missile fired by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine and that Russia “created the...
Malaysia Flight MH 17 Crash Site Photos: See Pictures of the Wreckage, Rescue, Bodies (Warning)
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — When international monitors and Malaysian aviation experts arrived Tuesday at the two main sites where the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 smashed into the undulating countryside of eastern Ukraine, there was almost no perimeter tape. The only security consisted of two armed men who did not stop reporters...
Lax security at crash site hampers investigations
When international monitors and Malaysian aviation experts arrived Tuesday at the two main sites where the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 smashed into the undulating countryside of eastern Ukraine, there was almost no perimeter tape. …read more Source: Miami...
