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Old January 15th 20, 09:16 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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Default Video appears to show two missiles striking Ukrainian passenger plane over Iran

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/middl...hnk/index.html

(CNN) — A newly released video appears to show two missiles striking Ukraine
International Airlines Flight 752 on January 8.

All 176 people on board the flight were killed after it was brought down over
the Iranian capital Tehran, hours after Iran had fired missiles at Iraqi bases
housing US troops in retaliation for the killing of Iranian General Qassem
Soleimani.

The video, published by the New York Times, appears to show the two missiles
striking more than 20 seconds apart.

Iranian authorities have previously admitted that Iran's military shot down the
plane. On January 11, Brigadier-General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, Commander of Iran's
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force said the plane was shot down
by a short-range missile and was misidentified as a cruise missile by an air
defense operator.

Iran has not previously indicated that the plane was struck twice. Iranian
President Hassan Rouhani tweeted on Saturday a reference to multiple "missiles"
but did not give any clarification.

"Armed Forces' internal investigation has concluded that regrettably missiles
fired due to human error caused the horrific crash of the Ukrainian plane &
death of 176 innocent people," Rouhani wrote in English, though he did not
confirm how many were fired. "Investigations continue to identify & prosecute
this great tragedy & unforgivable mistake."

Armed Forces' internal investigation has concluded that regrettably missiles
fired due to human error caused the horrific crash of the Ukrainian plane &
death of 176 innocent people.
Investigations continue to identify & prosecute this great tragedy &
unforgivable mistake. #PS752

— Hassan Rouhani (@HassanRouhani) January 11, 2020

Rouhani added that "the Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous
mistake," and Tehran has vowed to investigate and hold the perpetrators to
justice, even as protests have erupted in the capital and other cities calling
for Rouhani and others to resign.

Iranian riot police used tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters in
Tehran's Azadi Square Sunday. Protests have also reportedly occurred in other
cities around the country, including Shiraz, Esfahan, Hamedan and Orumiyeh.

Video showed some protesters calling for the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei to step down, a far cry from the solidarity and national unity seen
in the days after Soleimani's killing.

"Death to the dictator," some chanted in the capital, Tehran, in footage posted
on social media. In one video, demonstrators chanted, "Khamenei have shame.
Leave the country."



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