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Thursday, January 09, 2020

JUST IN: Iran mistakenly shot down Ukraine jet - US media

Iran mistakenly shot down the Ukrainian plane that crashed on Wednesday near Tehran with 176 people on board, US media report.

US officials say they believe the Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737-800 was hit by a missile, CBS says.

Ukraine earlier said it was examining whether a missile strike brought down the aircraft - but Iran ruled this out.

The crash came just hours after Iran carried out missile strikes on two airbases housing US forces in Iraq.

CBS News quoted US intelligence sources as saying a satellite detected infrared "blips" of two missile launches, followed by another blip of an explosion.

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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not going to play well on the world stage.

Anonymous said...

Only a little more creative than the ridiculous story Americans were told about the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

Remember it?

When Jim Morrison’s father (Naval Intelligence) participated in the lie that led to the Vietnam War - a hugely profitable killing event.

Anonymous said...

lets see if Canada takes Iran's side on this one

Anonymous said...

Never good news.

Now more countries (hmmm.. Canada) will be pissed, who in the past sat by while US military where in middle eastern theater's of operation. Being pissed, sitting and watching was one thing - now your fellow country men/women who were killed on that plane need some sort of retribution!

Step up, eh?

Anonymous said...

CNN reports the airliner was shot down with Russian-made surface to air missiles.

Oh my...

Anonymous said...

WHAT will CANADA do in response ? Let for Muslims in the Country ?

Anonymous said...

Let more

Anonymous said...

NO Damn Mistake !!! & they need to be held ACCOUNTABLE

Anonymous said...

No 3:09 they'll just blame that on trump

Anonymous said...

NO Mistake !!! Bullshhht