Azerbaijan Airlines says plane crashed after 'external interference'
as questions mount over possible Russian involvement
...
...
Miles O'Brien, a CNN aerospace analyst, told Jim Sciutto on Thursday
that the fact that the metal around the holes is bent inwards shows
that there was "an explosion in proximity to the tail of that
aircraft."

That is "quite literally smoking gun evidence of a surface-to-air
missile," O'Brien said, adding that the plane was flying over Chechnya
"in the midst of heightened military activity."

"You might conclude a hair trigger approach to things," he suggested.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/27/asia/azerbaijan-airlines-crash-intl/index.html

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On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:53:37 -0600, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

Azerbaijan Airlines says plane crashed after 'external interference'
as questions mount over possible Russian involvement

CNN
Putin apologizes for 'tragic' Azerbaijan Airlines crash, without
admitting responsibility

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JAB <[email protected]d> writes:

Putin apologizes for 'tragic' Azerbaijan Airlines crash, without
admitting responsibility

We're still waiting for him to apologise his invasion to Ukraine, and submitting himself to judgement for that.

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Jukka Lahtinen

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On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:03:45 +0200, Jukka Lahtinen <[email protected]d> wrote:

We're still waiting for him to apologise his invasion to Ukraine...

Their "plan" was to "win" without destroying the infrastructure.

I suspect Trump may decide Ukraine's future. I wonder if he has sme outstanding loans with the Russian oligarchs

"We don't rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out
of Russia."
Donald Trump JR, 2014

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_projects_of_Donald_Trump_in_Russia

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On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:02:08 -0600
JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:03:45 +0200, Jukka Lahtinen <[email protected]d> wrote:

We're still waiting for him to apologise his invasion to Ukraine...

Their "plan" was to "win" without destroying the infrastructure.

I suspect Trump may decide Ukraine's future. I wonder if he has sme outstanding loans with the Russian oligarchs

"We don't rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out
of Russia."
Donald Trump JR, 2014

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_projects_of_Donald_Trump_in_Russia

Nothing new there after 2019.

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Bah, and indeed Humbug.

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On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 10:22:40 +0000, "Kerr-Mudd, John"
<[email protected]> wrote:

"We don't rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out
of Russia."
Donald Trump JR, 2014

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_projects_of_Donald_Trump_in_Russia

Nothing new there after 2019.

Is Donald Trump the greatest grifter of them all?

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Azerbaijan's president says crashed jetliner was shot down by Russia unintentionally

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JAB wrote:

Azerbaijan's president says crashed jetliner was shot down by
Russia unintentionally

It's all word play. Clearly the Russians intended to shoot it
down, they just didn't know that it was an Azerbaijan Airlines
jet full of passengers that they were firing at. So
intentionally unintentional!

It's not the first time things like this have happened in
conflict zones though.

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