I POSTED TWO VIDEOS YESTERDAY ON IRISH BLOG, WHICH HAVE BOTH BEEN CENSORED. BOTH ARE ON YouTube. ONE IS OF BLOODY SUNDAY, WHOSE 42nd ANNIVERSARY IS ON THE 30th JANUARY. BRITISH SINN FEIN WOULD PREFER WE FORGET ABOUT THIS AND BECOME AN IRISH INFORMER TO BRITISH OCCUPATION FORCES IN IRELAND. THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL PEACE PROCESS IN THE WORLD, IS IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE THERE WAS A GENUINE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION FORUM, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF ARCHBISHOP TUTU. WE WILL NEVER HAVE THIS IN IRELAND, BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT JUST A DIRTY WAR CONDUCTED BY BRITAIN AND BRITISH SINN FEIN. ONLY AT THE INTERNATIONAL, CRIMINAL COURT. THEIR DIRTY WAR IS ENABLED BY A DIRTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA OF DISINFORMATION AND CENSORSHIP, WHICH IS NOW BEING TAKEN FROM IRELAND TO MAINLAND EUROPE VIA BRITAIN. TO DEMONSTRATE THIS, I AM POSTING THE BLOODY SUNDAY VIDEO AGAIN AND THE LINKED SOURCE OF THE SECOND VIDEO IN INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE, WHICH WILL BOTH BE PROBABLY CENSORED AGAIN, BY MOST WESTERN DEMOCKARICIES, INCLUDING THE TWO SCUM STATES OF IRELAND. I AM ANGRY AND I WILL NOT RANT ANYMORE TODAY UNTIL I CALM DOWN. THE PETITION I HAVE POSTED HERE, WILL PROBABLY BE CENSORED TOO. FOUR PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY, CIVILIZATION, MAGNA CARTA, WIPE YOUR ARSE WITH THEM, MARTY MUCK WILL LICK THE REST! END OF RANT!
“We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation, and the cutting of all social services to rid the Galilee of its Arab population.” - David Ben-Gurion, a.k.a. David Grün (1886-1973), Israeli Prime Minister (1948-53, 1955-63) revered by Israelis as "Father of the Nation"
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"Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course." - William Shakespeare
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By Robert Parry Some U.S. intelligence analysts think Putin, whose plane was flying nearby, may have been the target of Ukrainian hardliners who hit the wrong plane. Continue
By Paul Rogers Support for the war inside Israel has remained strong throughout, but the country's reputation has suffered considerably across the world. Continue
Miko Peled was born in Jerusalem in 1961. His grandfather, Avraham Katsnelson, signed Israel’s Declaration of Independence. His father, Mattityahu Peled, fought in the 1948 war, and served as a general in the war of 1967. Continue
Afghanistan: 22 people killed in fresh wave of violence: 4 Afgahn soldiers killedAt least 4 afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and 18 anti-government armed militants were killed in fresh wave of violence across the country.
Four Civilians Killed in Attack on NATO Convoy in Kabul: Official: A suicide attacker targeting a NATO convoy in Kabul on Sunday killed four civilians and wounded at least seven others, officials said, the latest blast in the capital as politicians wrangle over disputed election results.
Afghan presidential candidates agree to accept election results:"We have agreed to work together for peace, security, stability and welfare of the people of Afghanistan," Abdullah said at the press conference held in the residence of Jan Kubis here in the Kabul city.
Syria: 16 killed in Aleppo violence: At least 16 civilians were killed in violence in Syria’s second city of Aleppo yesterday, residents and a monitoring group said.
Limited US strikes not enough, says McCain:" US Senator John McCain (Republican of Arizona ) has said that the US president's "fundamental misunderstanding of the threat" posed by Islamic State was "deeply disturbing."
The U.S. Airstrikes in Northern Iraq Are All About Oil: Analysis -What Obama left unsaid was the Kurds claim that if they were to become an independent state, they would have the ninth-largest oil reserves in the world. And oil wells are near Erbil.
US strikes could reach outside Baghdad: The United States would launch additional airstrikes against Islamic militants if they began to advance upon Baghdad, broadening the scope for additional military action in Iraq, the White House said Friday.
Why Obama's campaign in Iraq could require 15,000 troops: Military experts say tactical commanders will want more ground forces. Forward air controllers could provide more precise targeting information. U.S. advisers could support the Kurdish forces fighting the militants.
Rival fighters join ranks of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: For counterterrorism analysts, the movements are a worrisome indication of the expanding appeal of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which has overwhelmed military forces in the region
Why can’t Islamic State be stopped?: When the Islamic State moved against cities last week that were defended by the peshmerga, and the peshmerga retreated. On Thursday, the Islamic State captured at least four towns on the highway to Irbil and defeated peshmerga forces
14 soldiers killed in Yemen: Al-Qaeda gunmen have kidnapped and killed 14 Yemeni soldiers returning home from duty, local officials and residents say.
US Kills 3 People In Yemen : "The air raid was conducted by a US drone plane which targeted a house in the Maareb province, killing three people inside who are "suspected" to be members of al-Qaeda," a local official told the Reuters news agency.
Israeli attack on Gaza kills 5 people: : Five people have been killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza, health officials there say, as Palestinian militants continue to fire rockets at Israel. In the West Bank 2 protesters have killed by Israeli occupation troops.
DEC Gaza Crisis Appeal: Donate Now: Over 200,000 people have fled their homes - they urgently need food, water, shelter and medical care.
Tel Aviv anti-war rally held despite police order: Ignoring police orders to call off the large-scale protest due to the continuing rocket fire in the south, hundreds of left-wing activists gathered in Rabin Square on Saturday demanding an end to Israel’s military actions in Gaza.
Foreign press: Hamas didn't censor us in Gaza: Of the 710 foreign journalists who crossed into Gaza during Operation Protective Edge, only a handful have claimed they were intimidated by Hamas or produced hitherto unpublished footage of rockets being fired from civilian areas
Wikileaks: Ban Ki-Moon Worked with Israel to Undermine UN Report: The General Secretary of United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-Moon collaborated in secret with Israel and the United States to weaken the effects of a Board of Inquiry's report accusing Israel of human rights violations in Gaza in Dec. 2008 – Jan. 2009.
Ukraine rebel leader: We are open to a cease-fire: Ukraine's rebels are surrounded and ready to agree to a cease-fire to prevent a "humanitarian catastrophe," the insurgents' new leader said Saturday as conditions deteriorated in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, artillery thundering through deserted streets.
Russia, China agree on more trade currency swaps to bypass dollar: The Russian and Chinese central banks have agreed on a draft currency swap agreement, which will allow them to increase trade in domestic currencies and cut the dependence on the US dollar in bilateral payments.
Sixty militants killed in Egypt's Sinai: The Egyptian armed forces announced on Saturday that it has killed 60 militants in Sinai over the past 12 days, and arrested 102 others suspected of involvement in recent attacks, reported Al-Ahram's Arabic website.
Gluttons of Information - The Metadata Confusion in Oz: Privacy rights, and correlative obligations to respect them, tend to be matters of nuisance to spy chiefs and figures behind the intelligence gathering apparatus
A warning on ‘torture report’ release: An internal U.S. intelligence memo warns that the release of a Senate report on CIA interrogation techniques could inflame anti-U.S. passions in the Mideast, resulting in potentially violent street protests and threats to U.S. embassies and personnel.
Juno and the Paycock concerns the Boyle family, who live in the Dublin tenements during the Irish Civil War. The father, "Captain" Jack Boyle (so called because of his status as a retired merchant seaman, his propensity for telling colourful stories of the sea, and his incessant wearing of his nautical-looking hat) claims to be unable to work because of pains in his legs, and spends all his money at the pub with his ne'er-do-well "butty", Joxer Daly. The mother, Juno, is the only member of the family working, as the daughter Mary is onstrike, and the son, Johnny, lost his arm in the War of Independence. Johnny betrayed Tancred, a neighbour and fellow comrade in the IRA, who was subsequently killed by Free State supporters; Johnny is afraid that he will be executed as punishment. A distant relative dies, and a solicitor, Mr Bentham, brings news that the family has come into an inheritance. The family buys goods on credit, and borrows money from neighbours with the intent of paying them back when the fortune arrives. They hold a party during Tancred's funeral procession, halting it only when Tancred's aged mother passes by their door.
In the third act tragedy befalls the Boyle family. Mr Bentham, who had been courting Mary, ceases all contact with the family, and it becomes apparent that no money will be forthcoming because Bentham (who drafted the will) failed to include the beneficiaries' names but referred to them only as "my first cousin" and "my second cousin"; numerous cousins are claiming the inheritance, which is rapidly being eaten up by legal costs. As the goods bought with the borrowed money are being taken back, Mr and Mrs Boyle learn that Mary is pregnant by Mr Bentham. "Captain" Boyle goes with Joxer to a pub to spend the last of his money and take his mind off of the situation. While he is gone, Mrs Boyle learns that her son, Johnny, has been killed by the Republican IRA. Mary and Juno leave to live with Juno's sister. Captain Boyle and Joxer return to the stage drunk, not knowing that Johnny is dead, or that his house will be empty when he gets home.
"I ofen looked up at the sky an' assed meself the question - what is the moon, what is the stars?" - 'Captain Boyle, Act I
"Th' whole worl's in a terrible state o' chassis" - Captain Boyle, Act III . The Final line of the show.
“Never tired o’ lookin’ for a rest" - Juno Boyle, Act I
"it's nearly time we had a little less respect for the dead, an' a little more regard for the living." - Juno Boyle, Act II
"Isn't all religions curious?-if they weren't you wouldn't get anyone to believe in them" -Captain Boyle, Act II
“It’ll have what’s far better- it’ll have two mothers" - Juno Boyle, Act III
"A darlin' (noun), a daarlin' (repeat noun)!" (Joxer's habitual exclamation throughout the play.)
"It doesn't matter what you say, ma - a principle's a principle." - Mary Boyle speaking about the strike
Now that we are starting to attract more attention, I feel it is important for you all to know the tactics of the disinfo agents that support the current paradigm.This is the best list I could find on how to identify and counter these shills of the state. Recognize and learn their play book. Feel free to post the rules when you are confronting disinfo agents. Nothing frustrates them more them than calling them out on their tactics. If you want a mastery lesson on freedom, join the Sons of Liberty Academy.
I also want you to know that this is not meant to stifle debate. I encourage a spirited debate and I hardly ever moderate any of the comments. (I will ban those that attempt to just spam stupidity and add nothing to the debate.) I hope to show these rules so that intelligent debate is possible through respect and genuine curiosity. In my opinion, the one that hits the lowest blows, is the one with the weakest arguments. The benefit of being in the truth or freedom movement, is that we do not need to stoop to these devious tactics to spread our ideas. Truth and freedom are popular and if given the right forum will win the day every time.
Note: The first rule and last five (or six, depending on situation) rules are generally not directly within the ability of the traditional disinfo artist to apply. These rules are generally used more directly by those at the leadership, key players, or planning level of the criminal conspiracy or conspiracy to cover up.
1. Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. Regardless of what you know, don’t discuss it — especially if you are a public figure, news anchor, etc. If it’s not reported, it didn’t happen, and you never have to deal with the issues.
2. Become incredulous and indignant. Avoid discussing key issues and instead focus on side issues which can be used show the topic as being critical of some otherwise sacrosanct group or theme. This is also known as the “How dare you!” gambit.
3. Create rumor mongers. Avoid discussing issues by describing all charges, regardless of venue or evidence, as mere rumors and wild accusations. Other derogatory terms mutually exclusive of truth may work as well. This method works especially well with a silent press, because the only way the public can learn of the facts are through such “arguable rumors”. If you can associate the material with the Internet, use this fact to certify it a “wild rumor” which can have no basis in fact.
4. Use a straw man. Find or create a seeming element of your opponent’s argument which you can easily knock down to make yourself look good and the opponent to look bad. Either make up an issue you may safely imply exists based on your interpretation of the opponent/opponent arguments/situation, or select the weakest aspect of the weakest charges. Amplify their significance and destroy them in a way which appears to debunk all the charges, real and fabricated alike, while actually avoiding discussion of the real issues.
5. Sidetrack opponents with name calling and ridicule. This is also known as the primary attack the messenger ploy, though other methods qualify as variants of that approach. Associate opponents with unpopular titles such as “kooks”, “right-wing”, “liberal”, “left-wing”, “terrorists”, “conspiracy buffs”, “radicals”, “militia”, “racists”, “religious fanatics”, “sexual deviates”, and so forth. This makes others shrink from support out of fear of gaining the same label, and you avoid dealing with issues.
6. Hit and Run. In any public forum, make a brief attack of your opponent or the opponent position and then scamper off before an answer can be fielded, or simply ignore any answer. This works extremely well in Internet and letters-to-the-editor environments where a steady stream of new identities can be called upon without having to explain criticism reasoning — simply make an accusation or other attack, never discussing issues, and never answering any subsequent response, for that would dignify the opponent’s viewpoint.
7. Question motives. Twist or amplify any fact which could so taken to imply that the opponent operates out of a hidden personal agenda or other bias. This avoids discussing issues and forces the accuser on the defensive.
8. Invoke authority. Claim for yourself or associate yourself with authority and present your argument with enough “jargon” and “minutiae” to illustrate you are “one who knows”, and simply say it isn’t so without discussing issues or demonstrating concretely why or citing sources.
9. Play Dumb. No matter what evidence or logical argument is offered, avoid discussing issues with denial they have any credibility, make any sense, provide any proof, contain or make a point, have logic, or support a conclusion. Mix well for maximum effect.
10. Associate opponent charges with old news. A derivative of the straw man usually, in any large-scale matter of high visibility, someone will make charges early on which can be or were already easily dealt with. Where it can be foreseen, have your own side raise a straw man issue and have it dealt with early on as part of the initial contingency plans. Subsequent charges, regardless of validity or new ground uncovered, can usually them be associated with the original charge and dismissed as simply being a rehash without need to address current issues — so much the better where the opponent is or was involved with the original source.
11. Establish and rely upon fall-back positions. Using a minor matter or element of the facts, take the “high road” and “confess” with candor that some innocent mistake, in hindsight, was made — but that opponents have seized on the opportunity to blow it all out of proportion and imply greater criminalities which, “just isn’t so.” Others can reinforce this on your behalf, later. Done properly, this can garner sympathy and respect for “coming clean” and “owning up” to your mistakes without addressing more serious issues.
12. Enigmas have no solution. Drawing upon the overall umbrella of events surrounding the crime and the multitude of players and events, paint the entire affair as too complex to solve. This causes those otherwise following the matter to begin to loose interest more quickly without having to address the actual issues.
13. Alice in Wonderland Logic. Avoid discussion of the issues by reasoning backwards with an apparent deductive logic in a way that forbears any actual material fact.
14. Demand complete solutions. Avoid the issues by requiring opponents to solve the crime at hand completely, a ploy which works best for items qualifying for rule 10.
15. Fit the facts to alternate conclusions. This requires creative thinking unless the crime was planned with contingency conclusions in place.
16. Vanishing evidence and witnesses. If it does not exist, it is not fact, and you won’t have to address the issue.
17. Change the subject. Usually in connection with one of the other ploys listed here, find a way to side-track the discussion with abrasive or controversial comments in hopes of turning attention to a new, more manageable topic. This works especially well with companions who can “argue” with you over the new topic and polarize the discussion arena in order to avoid discussing more key issues.
18. Emotionalize, Antagonize, and Goad Opponents. If you can’t do anything else, chide and taunt your opponents and draw them into emotional responses which will tend to make them look foolish and overly motivated, and generally render their material somewhat less coherent. Not only will you avoid discussing the issues in the first instance, but even if their emotional response addresses the issue, you can further avoid the issues by then focusing on how “sensitive they are to criticism”.
19. Ignore proof presented, demand impossible proofs. This is perhaps a variant of the “play dumb” rule. Regardless of what material may be presented by an opponent in public forums, claim the material irrelevant and demand proof that is impossible for the opponent to come by (it may exist, but not be at his disposal, or it may be something which is known to be safely destroyed or withheld, such as a murder weapon). In order to completely avoid discussing issues may require you to categorically deny and be critical of media or books as valid sources, deny that witnesses are acceptable, or even deny that statements made by government or other authorities have any meaning or relevance.
20. False evidence. Whenever possible, introduce new facts or clues designed and manufactured to conflict with opponent presentations as useful tools to neutralize sensitive issues or impede resolution. This works best when the crime was designed with contingencies for the purpose, and the facts cannot be easily separated from the fabrications.
21. Call a Grand Jury, Special Prosecutor, or other empowered investigative body. Subvert the (process) to your benefit and effectively neutralize all sensitive issues without open discussion. Once convened, the evidence and testimony are required to be secret when properly handled. For instance, if you own the prosecuting attorney, it can insure a Grand Jury hears no useful evidence and that the evidence is sealed an unavailable to subsequent investigators. Once a favorable verdict (usually, this technique is applied to find the guilty innocent, but it can also be used to obtain charges when seeking to frame a victim) is achieved, the matter can be considered officially closed.
22. Manufacture a new truth. Create your own expert(s), group(s), author(s), leader(s) or influence existing ones willing to forge new ground via scientific, investigative, or social research or testimony which concludes favorably. In this way, if you must actually address issues, you can do so authoritatively.
23. Create bigger distractions. If the above does not seem to be working to distract from sensitive issues, or to prevent unwanted media coverage of unstoppable events such as trials, create bigger news stories (or treat them as such) to distract the multitudes.
24. Silence critics. If the above methods do not prevail, consider removing opponents from circulation by some definitive solution so that the need to address issues is removed entirely. This can be by their death, arrest and detention, blackmail or destruction of their character by release of blackmail information, or merely by proper intimidation with blackmail or other threats.
25. Vanish. If you are a key holder of secrets or otherwise overly illuminated and you think the heat is getting too hot, to avoid the issues, vacate the kitchen.
Please, stop the charade. One of the hostages was reported to have called out from where he was being held with a cellphone he hid in his butt. The families know of this and do not believe all of the lies that these puppet governments have been saying, always changing their stories. The Washington Post reported that the Rolls Royce engines called home after their successful landing as they were designed to do. Putin has reported that he had no idea why the US Govt would electronically hijack the plane and take it to their naval base in the Andaman Island chain in the Indian Ocean. He also revealed that all Boeing plans have been equipped with an electronic system that allows any of them to be hijacked and flown remotely, just like a drone. As well, there are hundreds of witnesses from a nation in the Indian Ocean who claim to have seen the plane fly over. And, it was reported in The Malaysian Times about the very strange connections that Jacob Rothschild has to this missing flight. It is well known by people investigating the CIA of JR's strong connections with them and the many front companies they started together. The Malaysian Times did report about how this company, Freescale, had just completed the process of patenting a new kind of microchip that is expected to take over the world's economy, and now that the four other owners of the company are considered lost, Jacob Rothschild is now sole owner of this company and all of its military secrets.
Oh please how long is this farce going to continue? It is inconceivable that 'no-one' knows where this aircraft ended up. Hello! How many billion exactly have the USA and Chna invested in satellite technology? One of them definitely knows all about MH370 and probably so does the other but it's like a game of military poker - you can't show your hand to the other side, you've got to keep them guessing about your spy surveillance technology. As for what happened? Accidentally shot down - we've seen unidentified aircraft shot down before - switching off the transponder sealed its fate. By whom? Either the Chinese -explains why they tried to divert attention to Malaysia and away from themselves, criticising the airline and government at every opportunity - or the Americans- the flight was probably headed to Diego Garcia where they have a semi-secret strategic base. While the Ozzies have been on a wild goose case in the Southern Ocean, the perpetrators have been able to dispose of the incriminating evidence. Unlikely now anything will be found - as they've had time to do a professional clean-up job, so MH370 will become the avionics Marie Celeste of the 21st century.
The claims MH370 flew through the Straits of Malacca make no sense.
1) Not seen on radar flying west from IGARI
2) Claimed Butterworth radar track could not be complied with in time available
3) No other radars which should have seen MH370 saw it
4) Oil Rig worker's sighting ignored
5) Transponder signal three hours after take off ignored by investigators
6) Satellite ping chart after take off can't be reconciled with radar track east
Occam's Razor hacks away all the theories which can't explain behaviour until one is left with the only possible explanation
Pilot's wife breaks silence... says he spoke from cockpit; Hunt shifts south after more than 100 days
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Staff with Agencies
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In this map provided on Thursday by the Joint Agency Coordination Centre, details are presented in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean. (AP)
UPDATE: Australia's Deputy PM says it is 'highly likely' that the missing flight MH370 was flying on autopilot when it flew into the southern Indian Ocean and disappeared more than 100 days ago.
The plane that vanished on March 8 was carrying 239 passengers while travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
New report revives conspiracy theory
In a latest development that contradicts an earlier report, the wife of one of the pilots onboard the missing MH370 flight has reportedly confirmed that her husband spoke to her from the cockpit, according to a report in the independent.
The report quotes two New Zealand journalists who claim to have spoken to the wife of the captain.
It was earlier reported that the co-pilot had said the words “good night Malaysia 370” and weeks later, the airline had revealed that they were unsure as to who uttered those words.
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New report revives conspiracy theory
A new Sunday Times reports states that the official police investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has reportedly identified the plane's captain as the prime suspect.
According to the report Malaysian cops discovered that married dad of three Shah, 53, appeared to have made no social or work commitments for the future, unlike other members of his crew,.
The report also claims that a probe found that he had programmed a flight simulator with drills practising a flight far out into the southern Indian Ocean and landing on an island with a short runway.
This section of the report will revive the conspiracy theorists favourite explanation: Diego Garcia.
The drawn-out search for missing Malaysian Flight MH370 will revert to an area hundreds of kilometres south of the previously suspected crash site following new analysis of the plane's flight path, a report said Friday.
Investigators grappling to solve the mystery of the jet's disappearance are set to scour a zone 1,800 kilometres (1,116 miles) west of Perth - previously subject to an aerial search - when an underwater probe resumes in August, the West Australian said.
Citing unnamed US sources, the newspaper said Australia's Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) would soon announce the hunt will move 800 kilometres southwest from where it was previously focused.
It said these sources had revealed that survey ship Fugro Equator was already operating in this area and would soon be joined by Chinese vessel Zhu Kezhen.
A massive aerial and underwater search for MH370, which had 239 people onboard when it diverted from its Kuala Lumpur to Beijing flight path on March 8, has failed to find any sign of the plane.
Scientists from British company Inmarsat told the BBC earlier this week that the search had yet to target the most likely crash site, or "hotspot", after becoming diverted by pings thought at the time to have originated from the plane's black boxes.
It was not clear from the West Australian report whether the new search area overlaps with the "hotspot".
JACC said Friday that the revised search zone, based on an intensive study of satellite communications from the jet and other data, would be announced by the end of the month.
Australian officials have said repeatedly that the revised search zone will be in the area of the seventh arc, or the final satellite "handshake" from the plane. It is believed to be when the aircraft ran out of fuel and was in descent.
JACC said the Fugro Equator was now working in this zone.
"Located along the seventh arc, that area is consistent with provisional analysis of satellite and other data that is being used to determine the future search area," it said.
Australian officials announced earlier this week that a survey of the sea bed, as yet mostly unmapped and crucial to the success of the underwater search, had resumed.
Two ships - Fugro Equator and Zhu Kezhen - will survey an area up to 6,000 metres deep and covering up to 60,000 square kilometres before an a contractor begins an intensive undersea probe looking for debris.
Previously an intensive undersea search for the plane, in the area in which the acoustic noises were detected, failed to find any sign of the jet.
The source of the noises is unknown.
Revised search zone for Malaysian flight by month's end; Seabed mapping resumes
Australian officials said Wednesday they will announce the new search zone for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 by month's end, as mapping of the Indian Ocean seabed resumed.
The jet went missing on March 8 flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and despite a massive aerial and sea search no sign of the aircraft which was carrying 239 people has been found.
An underwater probe of the Indian Ocean seabed where acoustic signals, thought at the time to have come from the jet's black box recorders, were heard also proved fruitless.
Australia's Joint Agency Coordination Centre said analysis of satellite and other data to determine the search area for the next underwater phase would be concluded soon.
"The search area will be confirmed before the end of June, after completion of extensive collaborative analysis by a range of specialists," it said in a statement.
"It is already clear from the provisional results of that analysis that the search zone will move, but still be on the seventh arc (where the aircraft last communicated with satellite)."
The search has been frustrated by a lack of information, with experts modelling the plane's most likely flight path based on signals between it and an Inmarsat satellite.
The seventh arc, or "handshake", is the final signal from the plane and thought to be when the jet ran out of fuel.
Scientists from the British firm have suggested that searchers are yet to target the most likely Indian Ocean crash site because they became distracted by the acoustic signals detected in April.
"It was by no means an unrealistic location but it was further to the northeast than our area of highest probability," Chris Ashton at Inmarsat told the BBC's Horizon programme on Tuesday.
But JACC said the area in which the Australian vessel Ocean Shield used a mini-sub to scour the ocean floor was "based on the best information and analysis available at that time", including from Inmarsat.
"The location was identified by the satellite communications sub-group, which included accident investigation agencies from the USA and the UK along with their technical advisors, including from the aircraft manufacturer, the satellite manufacturer and Inmarsat as operator of the satellite," JACC said Wednesday.
"Based on analysis at the time, it represented the most likely location of the aircraft."
Australia, which is leading the hunt given the plane is likely to have crashed in its search and rescue zone, said the vessel Fugro Equator, which it contracted, had begun its work in mapping the ocean floor.
It will be joined by Chinese PLA-Navy ship Zhu Kezhen in conducting the bathymetric survey crucial to carrying out the deep water search for the plane which is set to begin in August.
"So far, the Zhu Kezhen has surveyed 4,088 square kilometres of the ocean floor," before it was forced back to port for repairs, JACC said.
The survey of a 60,000 square kilometre search zone was expected to take three months.
Dead, alive or lost? How to live for 100 days... A wife's story
Zhang Qian's world has collapsed in the more than 100 days since her husband disappeared along with Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. She quit her job, sleeps rarely and prefers not to go out, except to Buddhist temples, where she has found some solace.
In the more than 100 days since her husband disappeared along with Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Zhang Qian's world has collapsed. She quit her job, sleeps rarely and prefers not to go out, except to the Buddhist temples where she has found some solace.
"At the temple, I can speak from my heart to my husband," Zhang, 28, said on a recent visit to the Temple of Spiritual Light in the western hills of Beijing. She broke down in sobs before continuing.
"I think he can hear me ... I have so much to tell him, there is so much I have not said. I hope the Buddha will carry those words to him and bring him back."
Much of the world has moved on from the frenzied interest in the mysterious March 8 disappearance of the plane, but relatives of the 239 people missing cannot. Satellite data shows that the plane went down in a remote area of the southern Indian Ocean far from any land, but with no trace of the aircraft recovered, many cling to a flicker of hope — however faint — that their loved ones might still be alive.
"It may be my fantasy, but what if one day he sends some distress signals and he gets saved, and that will be the end of this?" Zhang said.
Her husband was among 153 Chinese on the plane. Chinese culture places an especially heavy emphasis on finding and seeing the remains of people believed dead before true grieving and the process of moving on can begin.
The absence of proof of death has made closure elusive for all relatives, said Lawrence Palinkas, professor of social work at the University of Southern California.
"When there is no physical proof of death, it is easier to remain in (denial) for a much longer period of time," he said. "At this point, those who have not accepted the possibility that the plane crashed and all aboard were lost are relying on extended family and friends to maintain the belief that family members are still alive, or that hope is still viable until the remains are found."
Hotspot hope?
The search for the missing Malaysian Flight MH370 is yet to target the most likely crash site, having been distracted by what is now believed to have been a bogus signal, British company Inmarsat claimed Tuesday.
Inmarsat's scientists told the BBC's Horizon programme that they had calculated the plane's most likely flight path and a "hotspot" in the southern Indian Ocean in which it most likely came down.
The flight lost contact on March 8 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with total of 239 passengers and crew on board.
Hourly pings sent by the plane were received by Inmarsat's spacecraft, leading scientists to calculate its likely path.
Australian naval vessel Ocean Shield was dispatched to investigate, but before reaching the likely site, began to detect a signal that it believed was coming from the plane's black box, Inmarsat told the BBC programme.
Two months were spent searching 850 sq km of sea bed north west of Perth, but the source of the "pings" was not found and a submersible robot found no evidence of the airliner.
"It was by no means an unrealistic location but it was further to the north east than our area of highest probability," Chris Ashton at Inmarsat told Horizon.
Experts from the satellite firm modelled the most likely flight path using the hourly pings and assuming a speed and heading consistent with the plane being flown by autopilot.
"We can identify a path that matches exactly with all those frequency measurements and with the timing measurements and lands on the final arc at a particular location, which then gives us a sort of a hotspot area on the final arc where we believe the most likely area is," explained Ashton.
After coming under criticism from relatives over the futile search, Malaysia's civil aviation authority and Inmarsat last month decided to release the raw data.
However, its complexity has led to few independent conclusions being drawn about the likely crash site.
Malaysian Selamat Umar, whose son Mohamad Khairul Amri was on the ill-fated jetliner, questioned the motives behind the data release.
"I am not convinced at all by the data," he said. Why are they releasing it now? Before when we asked for it, they did not want to release it. What can we do with it now?
"I think they could have made some changes to the data," Selamat, 60, added.
Book claims truth
Just as the mystery that surrounds the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370 was fading into distant memory, a new book is set to enflame passions and arguments that support a conspiracy theory.
The book, authored by a pilot and journalist from New Zealand, claims to show readers that the tragedy was no accident.
According to a report on stuff.co.nz Ewan Wilson, a commercial pilot and journalist Geoff Taylor, said: "For the first time we present a detailed analysis of the flight, the incredible route it took, and who we believe was in charge of the aircraft as it plunged into the Indian Ocean."
The book, called ‘Good Night Malaysian 370: The Truth behind the loss of Flight 370’ will shock readers, the report said.
The authors use a process of investigative elimination that removes all possible scenarios, except one.
'Will not rest'
Malaysia's government pledged on Monday that it "will not rest" until missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is found, as it marked the 100th day since the plane vanished on March 8 with 239 passengers and crew.
"100 days after MH370 went missing, its loss remains a painful void in the hearts of all Malaysians and those around the world. We cannot and will not rest until MH370 is found," Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said.
In a statement, Hishammuddin also promised that Malaysia "cannot and will not abandon" the families of the missing passengers, some of whom have sharply criticised the Malaysian government's handling of the mystery.
The Boeing 777 inexplicably disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. No trace of it has been found despite an extensive Australian-led search effort deep in the Indian Ocean, where it is believed to have gone down.
Hishammuddin also offered Malaysia's thanks to Australia, China, the United States and fellow Southeast Asian countries for their assistance in the search.
Malaysian Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya issued a separate statement pledging similar resolve in finding the plane, calling the period since March 8 "the longest and most painful 100 days in Malaysia Airlines' history."
Anguished relatives of MH370 passengers have accused Malaysia's government of a bumbling and chaotic response to the crisis and covering up what happened to the plane.
Malaysia denies it is withholding information but has remained tight-lipped over investigations that it has launched into the mystery and given no timetable for when the findings of those probes will be released.
Promo of 'missing plane' film at Cannes... Click here
The director of a movie based on the Malaysian Airlines plane disappearance says he rushed the trailer of the project so he could bring it to the Cannes Film Festival.
"I was seeing the festival calendars and I could not miss Cannes. And so I told my team to make a trailer immediately," said Rupesh Paul of his planned film, "The Vanishing Act."
It wasn't until he arrived at the festival that he faced questions over the timing of the film's promotion and whether he was being sensitive to the families of the missing passengers.
"These things came in to my thoughts only after I came here," said Paul, also a producer, in an interview on Saturday. "From the very first interview I was only asked about this fact that we did not even think of much when we were pitching this in India. Nobody asked this question in India actually. When we came to Europe this was the only question I faced."
The 35-year-old director says he never thought his actions might upset anyone but insists "that nobody will be hurt (by) this movie."
"Why should I gain out of somebody's pain?" said Paul.
The trailer for "The Vanishing Act" shows two crew members kissing as a third looks at them angrily. It's something the director says will not be included in the main feature.
"This trailer was not even meant to get released on the Internet online," said Paul. "It was meant to show some investors and producers that the movie will be dramatic and thrilling. Somehow it got released, we had to give it to many people, it got out of my hands. And there is no love triangle in this movie at all and there is no romance in this movie."
A handgun is also featured in the movie, but Paul said it isn't what it seems.
"Everyone that has flown once on even a small flight will definitely understand that it is impossible to carry a gun inside, whatever you do," he said. "So it's impossible, but there is a weapon in the story."
The director is keeping tight-lipped about his theory on how the plane disappeared and what will be shown in the film. He said that although he "cannot reveal the climax, it will not be a tragic climax."
The trailer, which also shows commotion and horror on the plane, has garnered more than 300,000 views on YouTube.
Flight 370 was remotely hijacked. The co-pilot attempted to make a call which briefly connected then cut off (confirmed). Plane was spotted over the madives. Diego Garcia reported that Flight 370 was on it's radar on March 9, reported subsequently pulled a day later. March 10, 2 people came out from Diego Garcia and said the plane had landed there, within hours, that article was quashed. There are people who've taken screen shots of that article. The plane never crashed in the Ocean or else it would have disconnected people's phone's from their social networks they were on. If they are submerged, they disconnect from these sites. Anyone whose ever dropped their phone and submerged it in water will tell you that.
The plane is either at Diego Garcia or it was there (might not be anymore).
There was never a "mass search" going on in the Indian Ocean as the plane was never there. They knew it, and it's too costly to fake something like that. Most of the families you see in the media are mostly paid actors (also confirmed).
The ocean is still a very big place for a plane even if it's a commercial one. The worst fear of course is disintegration in mid air at a high altitude. It's like sprinkling a bit of saw dust into a swimming pool. Yes, things do float but they would drift apart even if they were placed side by side in the water. Imagine someone threw my suitcase into a 'whatever' ocean, it could take 100 years to find it.
Soft landing "ditch" just like the landing on the Hudson. The Indian ocean can be a smooth as glass at times. That's why no debris. A possibility perhaps
Looking for it on land? That's a novel idea. It's just what everyone except the experts have been suggesting ever since MH370 disappeared. I wonder if they've even looked to see if it's sitting exactly where the Russian Secret Service say it is? Wherever they look next, hopefully it will be without the 'uncontroverted' assistance of Inmarsat!
Well, if it crashed on the vicinity of the Southern Ganges, we can most certainly be seeing debris in the area where GeoResonance is now claiming they found debris. If you are going to put theories out there; the most-plausible would then be that the plane got shot down by one of the Southeast Asian countries and everyone is engaging in a cover up.
The plane is not in the ocean, there is no search there for it currently. Everything you see on Tv and in the media is nothing more than smoke and mirrors. They aren't going to waste valuable resources and manpower looking for a plane in an area they know isn't there.
Do you really think the authorities are looking for a crashed plane in the ocean they know never crashed?
Nothing but a media circus. The plane is sitting at Diego Garcia, this was confirmed back on March 10th by 2 people from that based and the articles were posted online. Taken down in a few hours but screen shots were taken and can be found.
It wasn't aliens or a freaken time travler. It's Lord Rothschild taking the Semi Conductor patent from the FREESCALE company who lost 24 top executives on the flight. The patent was owned by some of the executives who went missing, so the owner becomes Freescale Company (no people own it the company owns it). Freescale is owned by a company called Blackstone, which is in fact, a Rothchild's owned company..... Not that complicated people just follow the money as usual. Oh did I mention the patent is essentially priceless, because it is a tiny stand alone computer, worth billions if not trillions. You can use it for human bionics, war fare applications such as Friend or Foe targeting systems or communication devices, ect ect.
Who are these "australian authorities" and why are they dismissing the bay of bengal ? What do they know that we don't. Since the governments who cannot be trusted to be transparent and truthful, then we have reason to believe that in the MH370 there is something fishy going on. If we alleged diego garcia, did any government or "authoriity" send any request to the US navy to allow a visit to dismiss the island ? If not then why are any claims being dismissed without any investigation especially if the "authorities" in charge have not been able to find the plane ?
All along, I've speculated that the plane landed in Malaysia, maybe at Langkawi, and was involved in some political malfeasance involving the Malaysian government that led them to put out constantly misleading and erroneous information. Probably, they removed the black boxes and had them dumped in the Indian Ocean to distract the international search teams and media.
LOL! So, if it is not in the official search zone, we are not going to look at the evidence... Instead of looking for scientific facts, we are going to stick to the evidence that supports our preferred technology until... Well; until people get tired of speculation and go along with the official version of things. Why not? People are still flying in spite all possible uncertainty; mourners will eventually "get over it;" and we can still pretend that our technology is infallible and (for many) that the Earth is the center of the universe. Just send ONE search vehicle to the new region, you idiots! Then you can REALLY talk about discounting that evidence so we can concentrate on your best speculation.
I support your comment! The most irritating part of this whole MH370 coverage is - when any new lead comes up, it is just dismissed as 'false leads' because the experts are going by the calculations of their so called 'INMAR Satellite Data'. Why can't they just go and check out the leads? At least for the sake of the victims' relatives, and the rest of the world, who are patiently waiting to hear the long awaited news on this tragedy.... the mystery that has baffled everybody including experts and scientists. Sometimes, technology can fail us, it is not 100% accurate! In reality, we need to try and work out on all possibilities. Hope this mystery comes to an end, soon.
It is not in Australia's capacity to search in another country territorial waters. A search outside of Australian territorial becomes another's responsibility.
"The 'debris' is not in the search area so it cannot be the debris" - what a load of codswallop. No-one knows where the plane went down (if it did go down) so why not investigate credible leads instead of searching in an area that has to date produced no leads at all?
Was wondering. In the search of the pilot's computer, did any evidence even hint at "ground effects flight"? A very low level flight by a large aircraft greatly increases its range and a pilot trained in that technique can offer new options for destinations and or purposes. It also renders a large plane/jet virtually invisible, except for noise and at sea this is not a concern; although a slight seismic signature may be evident.
Did the pilot THIS and did the pilot THAT...just stop fooling the people and the whole world! This is a clear case of a major blunder that the government wants to hide! Unless aliens really exist and they took away the plane into space, there is absolutely NO WAY that the plane CANNOT be found on the face of earth.
It is hard to understand why the Malaysian and Australian governments are convinced that the plane is in the South Indian Ocean . Inmarsat is not sure whether it is North or South Arcs The pings are not from MH370 . SO, what else do they know, to convince them that they are right to keep searching in the South Indian Ocean. Did they see or know who put it there? All other leads by human witnesses ,not machines so many of them, are being totally ignored Why were cargo not fully disclosed, why pilots audio edited? Why were so much evasion of the facts and changing statements?WHY??? Someone knows all the answers but they are not talking . So easy to blame on people who are not there to defend themselves and keep fooling us by searching in the wrong area.
Another option...the pilot was going to kamikaze the plane into the US base on Diego Garcia, and it got zapped on the way in. Doesn't the US claim a rather large buffer security zone around Diego?
Why can't the Malaysian Government re-route their searches through Diego Garcia and Maldive to clear the world on unavailability of the fouled plane? The world is purely in utter suspense with regards to this flight's disappearance. Hook off the pilots as suspects and deal with the issue on the ground. We are sick and tired of being told lies and misleads. Stop touring the Indian Ocean and get seriously busy to relieve pressure on relatives, etc, of the missing people aboard the MH370 flight.
Japan is saying Israel and George Soros were behind it and Israel planned to steal a kinetic microchip that was just patented for defense contractor Freehold Conductors. Scientist from this company were on board flight MH370. Come to think of it a plane identical to this flight was found in a hanger in Tel Aviv.
World scientists should immediately stop exploring the universe other than earth.. & all the funds should be enrouted to find MH 370 & the possible cause. A science which is not useful for mankind is a kind of terrorism.
Absolutely right! What is the use of science explorations going beyond our planet, when scientists cannot find what is lost on our planet? ....It is just waste of time, money and energy on something where humans may not even survive naturally elsewhere. The earth needs more exploration... here itself!
