Unequivocal Disinformation

[Wolf DeVoon]

I've already demonstrated that the consulate in Benghazi was a CIA operation, buying looted Libyan weapons and delivering them to "moderate" US-trained Syrian mercenaries who joined ISIS for better wages offered by Saudis and Qataris. That's why Hillary had to erase half of her emails and promote silly NSA disinformation about spontaneous Benghazi protests because a YouTube video insulted the Prophet.

Today I'd like to talk about another goofy cover-up. This time it's the Russians.

"One can unequivocally say that it [the Sinai A321 crash] was a terrorist act," Alexander Bortnikov, the head of Russia's FSB security service, told a meeting chaired by President Vladimir Putin, according to a transcript published on the Kremlin's web site. Bortnikov added that during the flight, a homemade device with the power of 1.5 kilograms of TNT was detonated. "As a result, the plane fell apart in the air, which can be explained by the huge scattering of the fuselage parts of the plane."

ISIS took credit for it, had jihadis right there to film it while it happened.

Pretty straightforward, huh? -- except that it's all rubbish. Let's start with the ISIS video, analyzed frame by frame on the Professional Pilots Rumour Network [PPrune.org], a highly credible international forum that reports and discusses every aircraft incident worldwide:

[multiple comments, Nov. 6-8] The perspective seems to be wrong for a plane that is at 33,000 ft filmed from the ground... The angles are all wrong for that height, the poor quality is telling of a CGI mock up, the explosion is totally bizarre in its nature, smoke a bit strange how it starts straight away so thickly (think about it) and going by the debris alone, no way it would be such a large fireball, it would show up on any rear part of the aircraft in fire damage and soot. It looks like an iPhone filming a tv screen... Video game footage filmed from a tv screen with a phone camera... Not characteristic of footage taken with a long lens of a subject at least 7 miles away... Lighting is all wrong; it should be coming from the right and below... the alleged ISIS video shows what appears to be an explosion at the centre fuel tank followed by a trail of black smoke as the plane flies on with the tail still attached, no sign of any large parts detaching from aircraft. The VS [vertical stabilizer] section debris on the ground shows no sign of the heavy sooting I would expect if the video were genuine... Smoke drifts back 37 pixels, or 116 ft/sec (80mph) if the plane was directly above the camera, or 232 ft/sec (160 mph) if the plane was only 30 degrees above the horizon. We know that the plane was going far faster than that... Blackness of the smoke at a distance of many miles, and the slow speed of the smoke relative to the airplane lead me to believe that this is shoddy visual effects work. It could easily have been done by anybody during the 24 hours between the crash and the release of the video.

Same thing happened with the Paris shooting massacre. ISIS propaganda geeks saw internet news stories and then claimed credit for something that was planned by freelance jihadis in Belgium. No connection with any "mastermind" or paymaster in Raqqa.

Let's move on to the question of whether the Russian charter A321 was blown up by a bomb.

Nov. 17 - Egyptian authorities have detained two employees of Sharm al-Sheikh airport in connection with the downing of a Russian jet on Oct. 31, killing all 224 people on board, security officials said on Tuesday. "Seventeen people are being held, two of them are suspected of helping whoever planted the bomb on the plane at Sharm al-Sheikh airport," one of the officials said.

Gee. That settles it, huh? Somebody at the airport put a bomb on the plane.

[multiple PPrune comments, Nov. 6-8] No clear evidence of high velocity fragments or blast or flash on the outside of components and parts of the plane that are visible on pictures in the public domain, and certainly not many ‘possibles’ in this respect. Amazingly clean wreckage. Break-up fracture lines include quite a few that are along what I call "production breaks," where with an explosion you would expect multiple more ragged edges... RUS and EGY experts officially stated earlier that no traces of explosives have been found on any of the examined victims... Last recorded airspeed was 281 knots IAS, no drastic speed drop on flight data recorders, means tail separation was before speed drop... It seems likely that aerodynamic forces were the cause of the failure at the aft bulkhead, as opposed to a result of the failure... CVR recording apparently ended with a bang right at the point of the failure or tenths of a second later which would be explained by failure of the horizontal stabilizer, the fracture of the fuselage, and the resultant departure of the tail -- all of which would have happened in a few moments at the longest... The posit that the explosion took out a wiring loom is impractical for a huge variety or reasons. I'm not saying it couldn't happen, just that it is extremely, extremely unlikely. It seems evident that the [flight data and cockpit voice] boxes were separated from the aircraft nearly instantly from the moment of failure... There is far more evidence to support a structurally catastrophic failure as opposed to a bomb.

Wait a minute. How could structural failure happen all of a sudden with no bomb?

[PPrune comments, Nov. 6] I find it impossible to believe that a bomb could be placed in the cargo hold and not damage any luggage/suitcases etc. The pictures we have seen so far, they have looked in pretty good condition despite what's happened. A bomb on the upper deck would surely demonstrate more shrapnel damage and/or leave behind a trace that any fully trained investigator would be able to spot. My money is still on the tail strike incident... A charter plane would be treated in a similar manner as a courtesy car would be. Maintained to the bare minimum/legal requirement and slightly lax care/consideration for it... When leasing out an aircraft the lessor will indeed only do the absolute bare minimum required, using the cheapest maintenance facilities and cheapest parts. Maintenance standards mean nothing to them, its all about stamps on paper to show legal compliance. If the aircraft does crash, the airline takes the rap, and the lessor gets a big fat insurance cheque for the value of the lost asset and lost future rent... The plane had a 3 month repair period after a severe tailstrike in Cairo 2001. What do we know about that repair, who did it, were they qualified etc (remember JAL123 had her tail repaired by Boeing in Haneda in 1978 only for that "official" repair to fail in 1985).

Tailstrike: banging the tail of the aircraft hard on concrete while landing

Tailstrike damage, supposedly repaired, crashed China 747 Flight 611: "After repeated cycles of depressurization and pressurization during flight, the weakened hull gradually started to crack and finally broke open in mid-flight on 25 May 2002, coincidentally 22 years to the day after the faulty repair was made on the damaged tail. An explosive decompression of the aircraft occurred once the crack opened up, causing the complete disintegration of the aircraft in mid-air. This was not the first time that a plane had crashed because of a faulty repair following a tailstrike. On 12 August 1985, 17 years before the Flight 611 crash and 7 years after the accident aircraft's repair, Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed when the vertical stabilizer was torn off and the hydraulic systems severed by explosive decompression, killing 520 of the 524 people on board. That crash had been attributed to a faulty repair to the rear pressure bulkhead, which had been damaged in 1978 in a tailstrike incident. In both crashes, the faulty repair had been an incorrectly installed doubler plate that was not installed according to Boeing standards." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_611

Putin likes the ISIS bomb, gives him international political standing to destroy ISIS and save Assad, to keep and expand his Russian naval base in Syria. He can't fess up about sloppy aircraft maintenance. ISIS claims credit for bombing the aircraft over Sinai, to drum up more jihadis and keep the money rolling in from Wahhabi fundamentalist patrons.

In reality "this is 30% aircraft investigation and 70% political intrigue" [PPrune comment]

[Brant Gaede]

Fly airlines that have the newest equipment.

--Brant

[Wolf DeVoon]

A little follow-up on the Metrojet A321 crash. Convincing evidence that there was tailstrike damage, poorly repaired. Accompanying graphic shows discoloration on the jet's APU tailcone before takeoff (top), internal structural weakness on all A321 tailcones, aerodynamic result of repair failure, and crash evidence indicating validity of theory (bottom).

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/e615/o5404x4z8j5j9u4zg.jpg?size_id=c

There was no "soda can" bomb.

[Selene]

Just one day after Russian officials confirmed that an improvised explosive device (IED) brought down Metrojet Flight 9268 over the Egyptian Sinai on Oct. 31, the Islamic State released an image of what it claims is the bomb that brought down the airliner.

The Islamic State released a photograph of the bomb (above, right) as well as what it claims are images of passports of Russians who were killed in the explosion and subsequent crash, in issue number 12 of its English language magazine, Dabiq. All 224 passengers and crew were killed in the attack.

The photograph of the IED is captioned “EXCLUSIVE: Image of the IED used to bring down the Russian airliner.” The Russian passports, which are superimposed on wreckage of the airliner, appears to have been taken from a news agency. It is unclear how the Islamic State would obtain passports from the crash scene, which was heavily guarded.

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/11/islamic-state-releases-photograph-of-bomb-that-brought-down-russian-airliner.php

[Wolf DeVoon]

A kilo of TNT in a soda can?

 

 

Even supposing placement of a bomb in the rear galley, it wouldn't produce the wreckage on the ground. Too clean. No ripped fuselage. No explosive residue anywhere. The Russians are pulling your finger, deflecting any serious air crash investigation. ISIS tried to blow digital smoke up our butt with a totally phony "shoot down" video. See post #1 above.

[Selene]

A kilo of TNT in a soda can?

Even supposing placement of a bomb in the rear galley, it wouldn't produce the wreckage on the ground. Too clean. No ripped fuselage. No explosive residue anywhere. The Russians are pulling your finger, deflecting any serious air crash investigation. ISIS tried to blow digital smoke up our butt with a totally phony "shoot down" video. See post #1 above.

Is this post in some way commenting on # 4 above?

If so, FYI:

The bomb appears simple in design: a soda can, presumably packed with explosives, a detonator, and an electronic trigger. The nature of the explosives and trigger device was not disclosed by the Islamic State. Yesterday, Alexander Bortnikov, the head of Russia’s Federal Security Service, said that the bomb had a “capacity” equivalent “of up to 1 kg [2.2. pounds] of TNT.”

[Wolf DeVoon]

Okay, Adam. It was blown up with a soda can, and they filmed it happening.

[Selene]

Okay, Adam. It was blown up with a soda can, and they filmed it happening.

Easy friend, it doesn't make sense 2 me either, that post was an fyi as 2 what is out there - I also have found the "long war" site 2 b really good for info

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[Selene]

Wolf:

Look who got released ... Jonathan Pollard!

The US frees Jonathan Pollard, an American who was jailed for spying for Israel.

Pollard was jailed for life in 1987 after being found guilty of passing confidential documents to Israel. The former US Navy intelligence analyst is released after 30 years in prison after his parole was granted in July.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly told officials to keep Pollards release as low key as possible. Pollards legal team have requested a sanction by US President Barack Obama for his immediate return to Israel upon release.

https://www.zapaday.com/page/event/1099427-0/US-frees-spy-Jonathan-Pollard-after-30-years-imprisonment-for-Israeli-espionage

[Selene]

NY Times News Alert:

The suspected architect of the Paris attacks was killed in Wednesday’s raid outside the city, officials say
Thursday, November 19, 2015 7:41 AM EST

Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Belgian militant suspected of having orchestrated the Paris terrorist attacks was killed in a police raid in the northern Paris suburb of St.-Denis early Wednesday, the French authorities announced on Thursday.

The death of the plot’s alleged ringleader ended one chapter of the intense criminal investigation that began on Friday night, when three teams of terrorists, in a series of closely coordinated raids, killed 129 people.

But many questions remained unanswered: how Mr. Abbaoud planned and organized the attacks; whether the Islamic State is planning additional attacks outside of its stronghold in Syria and Iraq; and the identities of several of the attackers.

Also on Thursday, the Belgian police conducted their own sweep in Brussels on Thursday.

Seven raids are being conducted in Brussels in relation to Bilal Hadfi, one of the dead Paris attackers, a spokesman for the Belgian federal prosecutor said, adding that the houses of Mr. Hadfi’s friends and relatives were being searched. One person has been detained for questioning.

[Brant Gaede]

Wolf:

Look who got released ... Jonathan Pollard!

The US frees Jonathan Pollard, an American who was jailed for spying for Israel.

Pollard was jailed for life in 1987 after being found guilty of passing confidential documents to Israel. The former US Navy intelligence analyst is released after 30 years in prison after his parole was granted in July.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly told officials to keep Pollards release as low key as possible. Pollards legal team have requested a sanction by US President Barack Obama for his immediate return to Israel upon release.

https://www.zapaday.com/page/event/1099427-0/US-frees-spy-Jonathan-Pollard-after-30-years-imprisonment-for-Israeli-espionage

Pollard had a great chance to get out of the country. Instead he ran to the Israeli embassy. Dual citizenship--if he had that--doesn't entitle you treason to the country you ostensibly work for.

--Brant

hard to admire a schmuck--or care about this one

BTW, look at what Israel did to the Israeli who said Israel had la bomba (did they ever let him out?)