Headlines via Reuters
- US intelligence officials say they believe pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine probably shot down Malaysian passenger airliner “by mistake”
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Confirming what all the piecemeal evidence was already overwhelmingly pointing to.
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Here’s more, headlines on the Reuters:
- US does not know exactly who fired surface-to-air missile which downed plane -u.s. intelligence officials
- US did not know that Ukraine separatists had Russian SA-11 missiles until after Malaysian plane was hit
- Russia continuing to deliver more weapons, including rockets and tanks, to Ukraine separatists
- US intelligence officials did not make public new technical evidence to support assertion that plane was downed by SA-11 missile or that missile was fired by separatists
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Added – Russian media is already picking up on the report, saying approvingly: “Unnamed US officials are telling Associated Press that their intelligence suggests Malaysia plane shot down by separatist, no link to Russia found.” Link
