Ukraine Rebel Leader: Malaysian Plane was Full of Already Dead Bodies

[Thomas Eckhardt]

David,

I do not know who shot down that airplane, and neither do you.

It may well be that the rebels mistakenly shot down the plane with the 
missiles and expertise provided by Russia. If Kerry has evidence, let 
him provide it. Blaming Russia without presenting evidence is just more 
propaganda. And when or if Kerry presents evidence, let us hope he 
doesn't pull a Colin Powell or Tony Blair on the world...

> The article offers this evidence for the missiles having been fired by
> Ukraine troops:
>
> -----------------
>
> "Regarding the shoot-down of the Malaysian jetliner on Thursday, *_I’m
> told that_* some CIA analysts _cite U.S. satellite reconnaissance photos
> _suggesting that the anti-aircraft missile that brought down Flight 17
> was fired by Ukrainian troops from a government battery"
>
> 1. Reporter "was told" by third party (not even vaguely sourced) about
> "some CIA analysts" think Ukraine troops shot missile.

Yes, he should have spoken to the "CIA analysts" himself. FWIW, Parry 
has a new piece up in which he repeats his claim about the airplane 
being shot down by Ukrainian soldiers, this time referring to "one 
source, who has provided accurate information on similar matters in the 
past."

This said, all in all Robert Parry, like Seymour Hersh, has a much 
better track record with regard to factual truth than the US-government.

What he critizises is the "rush to judgment." I agree. But this rush to 
judgment is no accident. The best summary of what we are dealing with is 
this:

'The aide said that guys like me were "in what we call the reality-based 
community," which he defined as people who "believe that solutions 
emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality." ... "That's 
not the way the world really works anymore," he continued. "We're an 
empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're 
studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating 
other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will 
sort out. We're history's actors…and you, all of you, will be left to 
just study what we do."'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality-based_community

In his new piece, Parry writes:

"In the heat of the U.S. media’s latest war hysteria – rushing to pin 
blame for the crash of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet on Russia’s 
President Vladimir Putin – there is the same absence of professional 
skepticism that has marked similar stampedes on Iraq, Syria and 
elsewhere – with key questions not being asked or answered."

http://consortiumnews.com/2014/07/20/what-did-us-spy-satellites-see-in-ukraine/

I can assure you, by the way, that it is not only the U.S. media that 
suffers from war hysteria.

The rest of Parry's new article is very much to the point especially as 
regards the Ukrainian government and in particular Andriy Parubiy who 
may very well be the most dangerous man alive.

Thomas
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