MH17

Propaganda, Intelligence and MH-17

If the U.S. government’s hope was that the combination of Kerry’s hasty judgment and the DNI’s supportive “Government Assessment” would pin the P.R. blame for MH-17 on Putin and Russia, the gambit clearly worked. The U.S. had imposed serious economic sanctions on Russia the day before the shoot-down – but the Europeans were hesitant. Yet, in the MH-17 aftermath, both U.S. and European media were filled with outrage against Putin for supposedly murdering 298 innocents.

Rumour Mongering Surrounds MH17 Investigation as NATO War Games Barrel Ahead in Eastern Europe

By Roger Annis | CounterPunch | August 14, 2015 ‘Could be.’ ‘Might be.’ ‘Can’t show or prove anything, but maybe.’ Is there any wonder that with such language coming lately from the “official” but secretive investigation of the July 17, 2014 crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, there is little reason for confidence in a […]

Dutch Authorities Refuse Access to MH17 Boeing Crash Information

Sputnik – 13.08.2015 The Dutch television news service RTL Nieuws made a Freedom of Information request about the actions of the Dutch government in the aftermath of the Malaysian Airlines crash in Donetsk in July 2014, which was refused by the Ministry of Security and Justice. A Freedom of Information request for information about the aftermath of the July […]

MH17 investigators to RT: No proof east Ukraine fragments from ‘Russian’ Buk missile

RT | August 11, 2015 Investigators probing the downing of MH17 flight told RT that they cannot confirm that fragments found in eastern Ukraine are from a Buk missile system, refuting media reports that the parts belong to a Russian surface-to-air complex. On Tuesday, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) released a statement saying that it […]

Lavrov: Russia Being Kept Out of the Loop in MH17 Downing

Sputnik – 05.08.2015 KUALA LUMPUR – Russia is not receiving full information on the technical investigations into the Malaysian Airlines downing over eastern Ukraine, unlike other countries that are participating in them, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday. “The Russian participants aren’t getting all the information that is disseminated among other participants in the […]