gatt wrote:

Something suspicious here?
http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/...246621809.html

"The pilot of one of two Russian planes that crashed almost simultaneously
had sent a hijack alert,"...and, in the same story:

"FSB officials had not yet found evidence of a terrorist act or
explosion..."

Do the Russians really believe people are that stupid?

I think something might be lost in translation. They have simply stated
that they hadn't yet found anything at the crash scenes that clearly
pointed to a terrorist attack. That might change as the investigation
continues. Further, there seems to be some confusion about what the
aircraft had transmitted, and whether it was clearly a "hijack alert".
The news reports say that they are looking at a number of things,
including the possibility of an attack.

Instead, in this country, we have a media that immediately blamed
"Arabs" after the Oklahoma City bombing, and had paranoid people calling
the police about anyone who looked like they were from the Middle East.
A couple were detained after flying out of the city shortly after the
bombings, and newspapers jumped to the conclusion that they were guilty.
Readers really are that stupid.