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    Motherfucker this is literally The Sims

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  2. 6 hours ago

    Universe exploding while on DMT brain:

    Replying to @bellingcat
    Perhaps the CIA activated an MEK terrorist sleeper cell armed with a Russian manpad to sow confusion and elicit a less measured response by Iran to benefit their MIC/bankster bosses?
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  3. 6 hours ago

    Normal brain: Iran accidentally shot down PS752 Enlightened brain: Israel hacked Iranian anti-air equipment to shoot down the plane to frame Iran Galaxy brain:

    Replying to @Avery1776 @RevisitedRick and 3 others
    So eventually they will surmise from their geolocating that it wasn’t act shot down and our eyes aren’t really seeing what they’re seeing. So the next Q is what is Bellingcat/AC trying to hide? We know the plane was ownd by Ihor Kolomoyskyi. Too many coincidences
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    19 hours ago

    Three unknown people attacked the editor who, in collaboration with , revealed a huge in customs Bolot Temirov who sustained light injuries. He believes he was targeted as the attackers looked particularly for his editorial office.

    Вы уже знаете, что на Болота Темирова, нашего редактора и главного фактчекера, совершено нападение. Уверены, что целью было не ограбление. Полагаем, что преступление совершено с целью…
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    8 hours ago

    We've updated our story with the new info, mapped by @singhvianja using satellite imagery captured by today.

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  6. 8 hours ago

    Seems like Iran accidentally shot down this plane. Hopefully their response will be closer to that of Ukraine in 2001 for the downing of Siberia 1812 when they eventually took responsibility, and not like that of the U.S. (Iran 655) or Russia (MH17).

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  7. 9 hours ago

    Видео предполагаемого попадания ракеты в украинский «Боинг» геолоцировано в пригороде Тегерана

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  8. 11 hours ago

    Video Shows Ukrainian Airliner Being Hit Over Iran

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  9. 11 hours ago

    Mystery solved -- see our thread here:

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    We are analyzing this new video supposedly showing a mid-air explosion. By our initial estimation, the video shows an apartment block in western Parand (35.489414, 50.906917), facing northeast. This perspective is…
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    12 hours ago

    The visual investigations team has obtained a high resolution version of the video purportedly showing a missile being fired at . We've verified the video's location and have more information from the person that filmed it. Stay tuned.

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  11. 12 hours ago

    One of our researchers has a couple of ideas... thoughts? 35.489414 50.906917 facing northeast Maybe this is the cement mixer/water tank?

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  12. 12 hours ago

    Looking at these endless, identical, copy-pasted apartments is like a bad imitation of Irony of Fate

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  13. 12 hours ago

    This whole city is under construction, so it won't be a very unique thing. However, the line of apartment buildings is the best clue to start with.

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  14. 13 hours ago

    There's also this white object at the end of the video. Cement mixer? Water tank? A big meat smoker?!

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  15. 13 hours ago

    Here are the main elements visible: a 5-6+ level building (residential/apartment), some light fixture, small building behind a fence. Multi-lane road in between.

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  16. 13 hours ago

    Needless to say, if this was geolocated and turns out to be to a place where the camera had a vantage on the flight path, it's a huge huge huge deal

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  17. 13 hours ago

    Here's a direct link to the video I threw onto my Google Drive, pulled from the Telegram channel sharing it:

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  18. 13 hours ago

    Newest geolocation scramble: this video

    0:19
    Replying to @EliotHiggins
    New video from Telegram
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  19. 14 hours ago

    Priest Holmes was so much better than LJ

    Satanism/pedophilia in all aspects of the entertainment industry, never mentioning any names while children are drugged, raped and killed.…
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    19 hours ago

    Apparently in this photo trainees(?) in the 205th Tactical Medical Training Centre in Desna, Ukraine pose with a banner of the neo-Nazi Misanthropic Division group. This photo was posted to social media last year by the individual whose face is clearly visible in the image.

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  21. 14 hours ago

    well then

    .: US officials are confident Ukrainian Flt 752 was shot down by Iran. US intelligence picked up signals of the radar being turned on & satellite detected infrared blips of 2 missile launches, probably SA-15s, followed shortly by another infrared blip of an explosion.
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  22. 15 hours ago

    -A lot of outlets (I'm looking at you, Ukrainian news outlets) are reporting this photo as definitely real. Nope! -Original source of first photo suspended on Twitter; he said he got it from a local on WhatsApp -Would be massive development if verified, but so far, nothing solid

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  23. 16 hours ago

    Summary / tl;dr: -We have two photos of the Tor missile fragment, both showing the same object/place -Photos are allegedly in Parand, likely in a residential area & not necessarily near the crash site -Photos were allegedly sent by locals on WhatsApp -Not yet geolocated/verified

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  24. 16 hours ago

    The third picture is just the first one, but rotated, put through a color filter, and cropped.

    This is now very suspicious. There are now 3 different images not previously found online before and allegedly from Parand - where lost contact - of a 9M330 missile's seeker part from a Tor SAM system like Iran…
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  25. 16 hours ago

    Dozens are people are pointing this out, but these irrigation canal/barrier things are *everywhere* around this area. That's like pointing out that there's a paved road or rock near the crash site, just like in the pic with the rocket part.

    Replying to @bellingcat @Liberalist_30
    The picture is related to where the plane fell. See this photo and the first seconds of this video.
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  26. 17 hours ago

    Well, this is getting a bit more interesting! Definitely seems like the same part and location, with the plastic/matte food tray (?) moved a bit. Some very minute details match up, as seen here. I thought this photo was old/recycled, but now I'm unsure.

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    Jan 8

    One underrated internet story is the election causing hordes of maga people who know fuck all about the internet to struggle their way on to social media en masse

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  28. Jan 8

    Ashkan DMed me and said that it was taken in Parand, in front of an apartment.

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  29. Jan 8

    This is probably just him falling for a really bad ransomware attempt, but I'd rather think that Shaq hates the NYT op-ed section

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  30. Jan 8

    The Epstein suicide / "suicide" of airline disasters

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  31. Jan 8

    Relevant:

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    An initial assessment by Western intelligence has said that the Ukrainian airliner in Iran was not brought down by a missile, but actually suffered a technical malfunctio…
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  32. Jan 8

    Supposedly in Shahriar (north of the crash site/airport), so start digging around there.

    Image is taken by a citizen journalist in & is sent for who uploaded for first time on here 👇
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  33. Jan 8

    (Personally: I am leaning towards this being a recycled photo, taken from Telegram or Whatsapp and previous taken in a different incident/country. The source is not at all trustworthy)

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  34. Jan 8

    Until we hear more from on where he got the photo from, best chance to verify the photo is through the concrete irrigation barriers, and (outside chance) this piece of trash. I guess a plastic food container? Can probably figure out the brand from the design.

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  35. Jan 8

    In particular, gathered a ton of photos/videos back in 2015 of used Tor-M missiles in eastern Ukraine, without any matches to this one (though they obviously look very similar)

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  36. Jan 8

    For what it's worth, I've tried a ton of ways to reverse search images to find this same photo but no luck so far. It could be geolocated (theoretically) from the details in the photo, or seen in other imagery / videos (e.g. drone footage of the crash site?)

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  37. Jan 8

    Not sure where Ashkan got the photo from, but this is the patient zero for the Twitter shares. An old tweet from (found by ) shows a similar fragment from a missile used in 2015 in Donetsk. Again, no clue where orig pic came from.

    Такой подарочек прилетел на ДМЗ от рашистов вечером 05/10/15
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  38. Jan 8

    This is the original source of the photo being passed around, it was allegedly found near the PS752 flight. Speculation that it's a Tor-M (Russian air defense system used by Iran )

    This Tweet is unavailable.
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  39. Jan 7

    (This photo has been confirmed as real, you can ignore all of the boring verification/geolocation talk below unless you want to dig around some yourself)

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  40. Jan 7

    Gut-wrenching to see the anticipated arrival on Flightaware, with an imaginary trajectory about to 'arrive' in Boryspil.

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