Propaganda Alert
US officials 'confident' plane shot down
by Iranian missile
By Sky News
January 09, 2020 "Information
Clearing House" - (Unnamed) US
officials have said they are now "confident" the
passenger plane that came down in Tehran was shot down
by an Iranian missile.
One US official said US satellites had detected the
launch of two missiles shortly before the plane crashed,
followed by evidence of an explosion.
Two other (Anonymous) officials said Washington
believed the downing of the Ukraine International
Airlines plane, in which all 176 people including three
British nationals were killed, was accidental.
Their comments were preceded by Donald Trump saying
"somebody could have made a mistake" by shooting down a
passenger plane in Iran amid concerns the jet may have
been hit by a missile.
His comments came almost immediately after Downing
Street said it is looking into "very concerning" reports
the Ukrainian plane that had just taken off from
Tehran's main airport on Wednesday had been shot down by
a missile.
This article was originally published by "Sky
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