Friday 18
July 2014
In remembrance of the passengers and crew of the Boeing 777 Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 and their family members, friends and loved ones.
I wanted to post my following comments about this awful crime and tragedy, particularly considering that, to date, we currently have more than 2,000 people world-wide regularly following our Blog, including 42 viewers from Russia and 6 viewers from Ukraine.
Australians
awoke from our sleep this morning in shock to learn about the tragic news of
flight MH17 and 28 deceased Australians.
Flight
MH17 was travelling enroute from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot
down by a surface-to-air missile, without warning, over rebel-held territory
near Ukraine's border with Russia on Thursday 17 July 2014. All 298 people onboard were killed when the modern
jet airliner was barbarically shot down. Sister Philomena Tiernan, a Roman Catholic Nun from Sydney’s prestigious Kincoppal School at Rose Bay on Sydney Harbour was one of those 28 Australians
onboard. A national day of mourning will
be declared in Australia.
Travelling onboard MH17 were:
·
283
passengers;
·
15
crew members;
·
80
children;
·
3
infants;
·
192
Dutch passengers;
·
44
Malaysians;
·
28
Australian citizens and residents;
·
10
from Victoria, Australia;
·
7
from Queensland, Australia;
·
7
from Western Australia, Australia;
·
4
from New South Wales, Australia; and
·
1
from the Australian Capital Territory (ACT);
·
12
Indonesians;
·
9
passengers from the United Kingdom;
·
4
Germans;
·
4
Belgians;
·
3
Filipinos;
·
1
Canadian; and
·
1
New Zealander.
Up to 100
international delegates and renowned HIV/AIDS researchers are believed to have
been onboard MH17. They were travelling
enroute to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to participate in the 20th
International AIDS Conference which is due to commence on Sunday 20 July 2014. For all we know, the intellectual potential and
cure for HIV/AIDS could well have been travelling onboard MH17 when it was shot
down over eastern Ukraine.
The early
evidence appears to demonstrate that pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine
shot down the aircraft using a Russian-made missile supplied by Russia. Vladimir Putin and Russia’s military have
been meddling in Ukraine’s sovereign affairs for months now. They therefore appear to be vicariously liable
for, and involved in, this criminal act of the mass murder of 298 innocent
civilians. But for their meddling in Ukraine’s sovereign territory, the
pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine would not have had the military
hardware to commit this appalling crime.
In
Australia’s national Capital, Canberra, today, the Russian ambassador failed to
provide a credible and satisfactory response to the Australian Government about
this tragedy.
The
perpetrators’ failure to correctly identify a civilian aircraft before shooting it out of the sky
constitutes “Crimes Against Humanity”
as defined by International Law. The
perpetrators of this horrendous crime must be brought to justice and stand
trial for their barbaric crimes against humanity.
Australia
and all humanity world-wide demand an open and transparent international investigation
into this tragedy with the full co-operation of the Russian State and sovereign
Ukraine.
Australia
and all humanity world-wide demand justice for this awful crime and the loss of
so many innocent lives.
This year
marks the Centenary (100th year) anniversary of the outbreak of
World War I in 1914. It’s sad that 100
years on, conflicts and wars are still raging everywhere. It’s such a pity that humans can’t learn from
history. Why can’t humanity learn to
live in peace and harmony respecting our fellow humans without resorting to
such Neanderthal warfare? Enough is
enough!
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