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MoonRiver

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21. I'm sorry but bodies are routinely picked up in war zones.

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Fri Jul 18, 2014, 09:00 PM

Jul 2014

Even if one has no empathy for the families, decomposition represents a very real biological danger.

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Why aren't the bodies of MH17 being picked up and preserved??? [View all] MoonRiver Jul 2014 OP

thyey are in a war zone, I don't know how easy it is to get to them. hollysmom Jul 2014 #1

Well, countries where the victims came from need to demand safe access. MoonRiver Jul 2014 #3

And their demand will be backed up .... oldhippie Jul 2014 #28

life sucks in a war zone Niceguy1 Jul 2014 #47

I've seen reference to the investigators being fired upon--so I'm guessing the combatants hlthe2b Jul 2014 #2

The Russian separatists are in control Jenoch Jul 2014 #4

They may want to loot but they are not trying to destroy evidence. former9thward Jul 2014 #9

WTF kind of statement is that? Trajan Jul 2014 #11

What exactly would be the "evidence" they would be destroying? former9thward Jul 2014 #14

What a giant load ... Trajan Jul 2014 #17

You did not answer the question. former9thward Jul 2014 #40

They could be picking up missile fragments, for one thing. HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #22

They know the missile from radar and satellite. former9thward Jul 2014 #39

Fragments may identify a particular type of age of the missile system muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #45

The Ukrainians got their systems from Russia. former9thward Jul 2014 #49

Yes, but the type *or* age (as I should have typed above) may indicate muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #53

Fragments would reveal WHOSE missile. HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #48

Perhaps, but what does it matter who gave it to them? former9thward Jul 2014 #50

One of the stories on RT is that the bodies were actually from the Malaysian crash pnwmom Jul 2014 #25

I doubt anybody would take that claim seriously. HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #35

Those who need to believe that their cause is just and Igel Jul 2014 #41

Evidence of a missile strike, IronGate Jul 2014 #56

Ahhhh former9thward Jul 2014 #58

I know that, IronGate Jul 2014 #61

The kind of evidence that traces a SAM to recent Russian manufacturer and ownership. that kind. EX500rider Jul 2014 #62

That is not really the issue. former9thward Jul 2014 #63

It may be no issue to you whether or not the Russians handed over.. EX500rider Jul 2014 #64

If the debris on the ground does not give more Jenoch Jul 2014 #13

Most aircraft accidents are not shoot downs. former9thward Jul 2014 #15

Are you for real? Jenoch Jul 2014 #18

The Russians are not claiming that. former9thward Jul 2014 #20

There was also a claim that a top rebel commander said many of the bodies were days old. pnwmom Jul 2014 #26

Thank you. Jenoch Jul 2014 #29

I also read somewhere else that Russian television pnwmom Jul 2014 #30

Russia Today is pretty much the Pravda of the 21st Century. Jenoch Jul 2014 #34

No it is not. former9thward Jul 2014 #38

You can read anything on the internet. former9thward Jul 2014 #36

Two fails on you. Jenoch Jul 2014 #44

LOL former9thward Jul 2014 #51

How would you determine that? Jenoch Jul 2014 #55

Oh so you post stuff without a source former9thward Jul 2014 #57

You apparently did not read all of my posts. Jenoch Jul 2014 #59

The debris on the ground could include a black box, which certainly is evidence. n/t pnwmom Jul 2014 #24

No, its not. former9thward Jul 2014 #37

They need to prove the exact direction the missile was shot from pnwmom Jul 2014 #43

The black box does not know anything about the missile. former9thward Jul 2014 #52

We need to be able to prove it to the world's satisfaction, not just ours. pnwmom Jul 2014 #54

Because armed warlords aren't letting anyone near the site... Blue_Tires Jul 2014 #5

lol CatWoman Jul 2014 #10

Because the Russian terrorists won't let them be picked up. eom MohRokTah Jul 2014 #6

Because the heroic, anti-fascist freedom fighters won't allow it? n/t Crunchy Frog Jul 2014 #7

I noticed the man that owns the vegetable patch was kind enough to cover the body that fell. So sad monmouth3 Jul 2014 #8

All of the above, plus it's a crime scene. Brickbat Jul 2014 #12

Some of the bodies fell through Jenoch Jul 2014 #16

Uh, war zone? Hekate Jul 2014 #19

I'm sorry but bodies are routinely picked up in war zones. MoonRiver Jul 2014 #21

I doubt the guilty party is worried about bio-hazard to civilian population. HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #23

Yep, agree flamingdem Jul 2014 #32

That place was fucked up before there was a war. AngryAmish Jul 2014 #27

Rachel just said the separatists ordered volunteers to leave and that OSCE flamingdem Jul 2014 #31

Probably because the evidence will prove damning to Putin. Throd Jul 2014 #33

The initial reason was "it wasn't possible." Igel Jul 2014 #42

Because their bodies are in a war zone SoCalDem Jul 2014 #46

Russian tea party people in control randr Jul 2014 #60