[D66] Continuing media silence on the fate of flight MH17

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http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/08/29/mh17-a29.html

Continuing media silence on the fate of flight MH17
By Stefan Steinberg
29 August 2014

With a handful of exceptions, a shroud of silence has been drawn by the
international media regarding the fate of Malaysian Airlines MH17, which
crashed over Ukraine nearly six weeks ago.

Immediately after the plane crash on July 17, leading US officials, with
Secretary of State John Kerry at the fore along with sections of the US
and European media, alleged, without a shred of evidence, that the
passenger jet had been shot down by a Russian missile fired by
pro-Russian separatists operating in eastern Ukraine. The completely
unfounded allegations were then used to create a frenzied political
climate to justify the imposition of wide-ranging sanctions by the US
and the European Union against Russia.

Since the crash there has been deliberate stalling on the part of
Western authorities in releasing relevant information. At the start of
this month Dutch investigators leading the inquiries announced they
would release a preliminary report “in a few weeks.” Now, with only days
before the end of the month, no such report has been issued. This is
despite the fact that the Dutch co-ordinator for the struggle against
terrorism admitted in parliament that the Dutch authorities already have
extensive data from the black boxes and other sources in their possession.