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Did Putin Blow Up the Whole Polish Government in 2010? A Second Look.
The Daily Beast ^ | 4/11/2014

Posted on 04/13/2014 1:05:58 PM PDT by KeyLargo

Did Putin Blow Up the Whole Polish Government in 2010? A Second Look.

A plane crash at Smolensk in Russia four years ago wiped out the Warsaw leadership. It used to be seen as an accident. Now, after Putin’s games in Ukraine, people aren’t so sure.

Four years ago this week, Polish President Lech Kaczynski was killed in a plane crash near the Katyn Forest in Russia where he was flying to honor the 22,000 Polish officers, lawyers, priests and professors slaughtered there by the Soviets 70 years before. Ninety-five other military, political and public figures including his wife died on that plane. One of the more heartbreaking details to emerge was that First Lady Maria Kaczynska’s body could be identified only by her nail polish and the inscription inside her wedding ring.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: kaytn; kgb; ofcoursehedid; poland; polish; putin; putinistasfanclub; soviets; ukraine; wot
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Russian soldiers stand guard beside the wreckage of the Polish government Tupolev Tu-154 plane which crashed in Smolensk in April 2010

1 posted on 04/13/2014 1:05:59 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

This is old news, when this happened I already figured the Russians did it.


2 posted on 04/13/2014 1:07:56 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Bulwyf

Damn right they had something to do with it.The Russians figured who the hell was going to do anything about it.They were right of course.


3 posted on 04/13/2014 1:09:50 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

Ya, it just seemed way too convenient to me that basically all the freedom loving people were on the same plane and it goes down.


4 posted on 04/13/2014 1:12:39 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: KeyLargo

Of course he did. He’s not called Vlad for nothing.


5 posted on 04/13/2014 1:13:22 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: KeyLargo

Did the Russians blow up the Polish government?

YES!


6 posted on 04/13/2014 1:13:53 PM PDT by MNGal
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To: Bulwyf

What the heck was the whole Polish government doing on the same flight?


7 posted on 04/13/2014 1:19:23 PM PDT by grania
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To: KeyLargo

At first I thought it was an accident but an odd one. Now I think it probably was political murder.


8 posted on 04/13/2014 1:21:39 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: grania

I know, it makes one wonder.


9 posted on 04/13/2014 1:21:52 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: yarddog

Me too.


10 posted on 04/13/2014 1:22:52 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: KeyLargo
there should Never, EVER, be THAT many tier one Officers and officials on ONE PLANE!!!
11 posted on 04/13/2014 1:24:04 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Bulwyf

yup, they did it, this was pointed out at the time back in 2010. there were some witnesses too that confirmed some suspicious soviet activity around it. that they were neutralizing survivors.


12 posted on 04/13/2014 1:26:10 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Chode

no kidding. you’d think their security protocols would’ve demanded multiple planes at diff times on diff routes.


13 posted on 04/13/2014 1:27:05 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: KeyLargo

If they did I can’t see that they gained much out of it.


14 posted on 04/13/2014 1:28:00 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Bulwyf

The ILS approach had been monkyed with causing the aircraft to be off course and below glideslope resulting in scattering the plane all over hell.


15 posted on 04/13/2014 1:37:22 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: KeyLargo

A day after the crash there was video on you tube with Russians wondering around the wreckage with the occasional gun shot being heard nearby. It was pretty obvious any survivors were being eliminated.


16 posted on 04/13/2014 1:49:07 PM PDT by Sheapdog (Chew the meat, spit out the bones - FUBO - Come and get me)
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To: Bulwyf

Bump


17 posted on 04/13/2014 1:51:58 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!)
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To: Secret Agent Man
100% i mean most major companies won't even allow a majority of corp officers/board of directors/etc on one plane like that... a real recipe for disaster like they found out
18 posted on 04/13/2014 1:54:21 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: KeyLargo

If Putin didn’t do it you can bet he wished he did.


19 posted on 04/13/2014 2:07:23 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: grania

That’s a darn good question — I wonder if the Russians had a hand in that aspect of it as well.


20 posted on 04/13/2014 2:20:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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