Netherlands covers up secret pact controlling investigation of MH17 crash

[Karmadillo]

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http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/11/22/mh17-n22.html

Netherlands covers up secret pact controlling investigation of MH17 crash
By Alex Lantier
22 November 2014

On Wednesday, the Dutch government invoked the state secrets privilege to stonewall queries by leading Dutch news magazine Elsevier on a secret pact controlling the investigation into the July 17 shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn east Ukraine.

What is known about the secret pact exposes the investigation into the destruction of MH17 and the killing of the 298 people aboard as a sham. In four months, despite receiving extensive data about the crash from pro-Russian separatist forces at the crash site, investigators have been unable to establish who and what precisely destroyed MH17. The investigation is not a probe to impartially establish how MH17 was destroyed, but a cover-up controlled by the far-right regime in Kiev and its backers in Washington, Berlin and other NATO states.

On August 29, the Dutch press revealed that a secret pact had been signed on August 7 by the countries in the official MH17 Joint Investigation Team (JIT): the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, and the Ukrainian regime installed by February’s CIA-backed putsch in Kiev. According to Dutch state radio NOS, “Part of the agreement is that signatories retain control of the information they contribute. So they can veto disclosure of their own data.”

An investigation subject to such restrictions is neither impartial nor credible. Russian military sources, citing radar data, and the Malaysian press have independently charged that forces loyal to the Kiev regime in fact shot down MH17 to then blame it on Russia and justify a NATO escalation against Russia. Nonetheless, the current investigation gives key suspects in the crime—that is, Kiev and its CIA backers—veto power over what the supposedly independent and authoritative investigation can reveal.

For as-yet-unknown reasons, the secret pact also excludes Malaysia, which is allowed to contribute information but is not part of the JIT “team.”

Significantly, the existence of the JIT secret pact was hushed up by major international media outlets; it was only pursued by Dutch media.

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[HERVEPA]

1. Hmmm. Does "Go West" have the day off today?

[Octafish]

2. Thanks for the heads-up, Karmadillo.

This story demonstrates how un-democratic things have become in this era where "money trumps peace."

BTW: Whatever happened to that concrete proof of a Surface-to-Air Missile?

[MohRokTah]

3. Do you have a real source for this s story? eom

[GeorgeGist]

4. Sounds like bologna ...

Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services.


http://www.elsevier.com/s/search.html?profile=_default&form=sitesearch&collection=elsevier-meta&query=mh17

[Karmadillo]

5. A little Google is a dangerous thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsevier_%28magazine%29

Elsevier is a Dutch weekly magazine with a circulation of over 140,000 copies and well over 700,000 weekly readers. Its chief editor is Arendo Joustra. It is the largest news and opinion weekly in The Netherlands and conventionally considered to be one of the most influential written media in the Dutch language area. Views expressed are generally liberally right wing.

Elsevier focuses mainly on politics, international affairs and business. In terms of scope of articles it is best comparable to Germany's Focus, Belgium's Knack or America's Time Magazine. Like Time Magazine, Elsevier runs a yearly coverstory about a Person of the Year.

[PCIntern]

6. Isn't it fascinating how someone will attempt

to malign your post by saying that your source does not exist?

Business as usual...

[geek tragedy]

7. More swill from the allies of the fascist regime in Moscow.

Now resorting to bashing the Dutch in their desperate, vile attempts to deflect any and all criticism of their Dear Leader in Moscow.

Wsws is a propaganda shitrag, not a news source.

Proof that the anti-American fanatical left and fascist right have much more in common than they s do not. Two sides of t same coin, really.

[SidDithers]

8. ...

Sid

[hlthe2b]

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