Thursday, November 5, 2015

Russian Plane Crash

Russian plane crash: U.S. intel suggests ISIS bomb brought down jet
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/04/africa/russian-plane-crash-egypt-sinai/index.html
By: Barbara Starr, Catherine E. Shoichet, Ashley Fantz
Published: Wednesday, November 4
Who: Metrojet Flight 9268 with 224 aboard crashed

What: A plane to St. Petersburg from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh blew up mid air and killed all 224 people aboard.

Where: The plane crashed on Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

Why: U.S. intelligence is suggesting it was an ISIS bomb that brought down the plane. Initially U.S. intelligence said it was ISIS but with further investigating, evidence suggests ISIS planted the bomb. Although authorities are unable to confirm. Airport is known to have very careless security.   

When: October 31, 2015

Summary:
After investigating the Russian plane bombing U.S. intelligence has suggested the bombing was inflicted by ISIS. There was no credible threat prior to the plane crash to foretell any signs of danger. Although there was no public claim by ISIS, through monitoring internal messages between terrorist groups, officials have reason to believe they were the cause. Ireland has delayed all flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt and Britain has delayed all flights bound to Britain.

Bias:
This article is not biased because the authors do not appear sympathetic to any one side. The authors are stating facts found from the crash and reported by countries such as Britain, Egypt and the U.S. The authors show statements from both the British Prime Minister and the Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.

Democratic Values:

Justice:
It is tragic how an organization can easily claim the responsibility of so many deaths via social media. ISIS has become such a massive terrorist group it has become very apparent that finding justice and catching the group will be an extraordinary difficult task that world leaders will need to come together to do.
Liberty:
The people killed in the crash were abused and stripped of their rights as human beings. They were restricted by terrorists and


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