Could Saudi Arabia or Qatar Be Behind the Crash of the Russian Airbus?

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Some interesting gossip, consider the source.

On October 31, Russian Metrojet Flight 9268 crashed over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 passengers and crew on board. Two weeks have since passed, and some Russian experts are now coming to suspect that the crash may indeed been an act of terror, and that the trace leads to the Gulf.

Commenting on the theory that the plane may have been downed by terrorists, Russian business and analysis magazine Expert noted that such a theory "poses serious foreign policy implications. It is absolutely clear that Russia cannot simply passively swallow such a bitter pill, and that its next steps in the complex game in the Middle East must take account of a new kind of threat."

The magazine's analysis, published as an editorial in its Monday print edition, suggests that "if the version suggesting terrorism is definitively confirmed (and the facts in favor of this theory are mounting), first and foremost it will be necessary to understand what forces may stand behind the direct perpetrators from among the Egyptian wing of the Islamic State."

"The first version," Expert notes, "is that Qatar, a country which supports ISIL, may be responsible. The emirate does have a very tense relationship with Moscow, and the parties regularly exchange insults and threats, including over Syria. Moscow's actions there are contrary to the interests of Qatar's powerful Minister of Foreign Affairs –Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah, and undermine his authority in his own country."

http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20151116/1030197229/saudi-arabia-qatar-russian-airbus.html

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1. Of course. Qatar and Saudis fund ISIS.

I'd like to see France and/or Russia bombing the ISIS money bags. Take the fight to the root of the problem.

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2. I wonder why Russia wants to sell that talking point?

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3. That's what I wondered too.

Tentatively I'm treating it as a warning to them.