Geopolitical Chess Games about Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 and MH370, Families Demand Answers and Justice

By nsnbc international

Global Research, March 03, 2016

nsnbc international 3 March 2016

Region: Asia

Theme: Law and Justice, Media Disinformation

Two years after the “disappearance” of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 the families and loved ones of the passengers and crew on board the disappeared Flight MH370 and the downed Flight MH17 demand decisive actions to answer their questions and for justice. On Sunday March 6, the bereft families and loved ones of those who disappeared or perished on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and Flight MH17, respectively, will hold a public event the Square in Publica, in the Malaysian capital Kuala. The event is scheduled for Sunday from 3pm to 5pm and has been organized by Voice370, the advocacy group for the families.

In late February Voice370 cried foul over the Malaysian government’s and parliament’s adoption of legislation that practically exempts a re-organized Malaysian Airlines from liabilities with regard to compensation for the bereft families and loved ones. In what is described as a corporate “shell game”, the so-called Malaysian flag carrier was re-structured from MAS to MAB, rendering MAS as an empty shell company without any assets that could be used to compensate the bereft.

Geopolitical Chess Games About MH17 Continue.

The geopolitical chess games about Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 continue, with both Russia and the USA claiming to possess “evidence” that allegedly proves that their respective perceived opponent was responsible for having shot down the Boeing 777-200 over Ukraine. nsnbc international contacted Malaysia Airlines, all of the governments involved in the investigation that was led by the Dutch Safety Board as well as the Dutch Safety Board. Non of the above mentioned governments and their respective ministries and authorities would provide any independently verifiable evidence to nsnbc international or other media. nsnbc international requested a certified copy of the Comma Separated Variable (CSV) file from MH17s flight data recorder, a copy of the recording on the cockpit voice recorder, certified copies of audio recording from the cockpit voice recorder and from communications between the flight crew and air traffic controller, as well as certified copies of the radar data.

Ultimately, it was Sara Vernooij, Spokeswoman for the Dutch Safety Board who went as far as she could go after months of communication between her and nsnbc international.  In early July 2015 Sara Vernooij implicitly provided the key to the puzzling question why non of the involved parties is forthcoming with regards to independently testable and verifiable data and evidence by stating to the author:

“The Dutch Safety Board is financed from the national budget via the Department of Security and Justice, but national legislation guarantees the Dutch safety Boards independence. The department has no access to the investigations conducted by the Board and the department cannot influence the investigations….”

“The investigation information is protected by Dutch law (Dutch Kingdom Act) . This act determines that only the information issued in the Final Reports is public, sources and files containing investigation information are not publicly accessible. In case of the investigation into the cause of the MH17 crash, the Dutch Safety Board works by the international ICAO agreement, annex 13”. (emphasis added)

“In the Netherlands it is possible to register a WOB (Open Government Act) with the body involved. But I point out the fact that the Kingdom Act concerning the Dutch Safety Board excludes investigation information from the WOB. There is no possibility to get any access to investigation information by the Dutch Safety Board if you are not a member of the investigation team”. (emphasis added)

By implication, and due to the fact that the governments of Australia, Ukraine, USA, the UK, Malaysia and Russia have delegated investigators and become party to the DSB-led investigation, they have thus agreed to work within the framework of the Kingdom Act. That is – no independently testable and verifiable information will be made available to the public. All that investigative journalists can do is to encourage whistle-blowers from within the relevant ministries and other authorities in Australia, Malaysia, Russia, Ukraine, UK, USA and The Netherlands to show the integrity that the worldwide flying public should be entitled to expect from all of the involved parties.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MAS370 and Painful Questions

On Sunday, March 6, 2016, 2 years after the disappearance of Flight MH370, Voice370, the bereft, and those sympathetic with their demands for answers and for justice, gather in Kuala Lumpur to stress that they demand answers to painful questions. In a press release issued by Voice370, the organizers of the event stress that:

“The families and friends of passengers on board MH370 have endured a long wait of two years for reliable news on the whereabouts of MH370 and the fate of our loved ones on board. Every step to envisage life without a loved one who was on board the flight has been agonising and the festering wounds of loss and ‘not knowing’ have made the task of initiating even the first steps towards ‘moving on’ practically impossible for family members.”

The families also stress that the lack of a more intense search for MH370 and the lack of transparency and answers has led to numerous theories and speculations about the whereabouts and the fate of those on board MH370. They stress the need for answers to find closure, stressing that:

“With no word from anyone about the investigations over the last year, we wonder if the authorities hope that if they stop updating us we will eventually stop asking and this will lead to an uneventful end to any serious ongoing inquiry. Public memory they say is short. It’s been two years but to the press and to the general public the counting of the years is not a noteworthy milestone. But for the MH370 families this 2nd year is just as painful, if not more painful than the first year and this absence of our loved ones is a daily reminder that we still do not have a clue of the fate of our loved ones.

It is hoped that the report rumored to be due for release by Malaysia this week is a sincere step in the right direction, and begins to provide a fuller and up-to-date narrative on MH370’s disappearance that addresses key questions such as what really happened, why it happened and where and when we should expect to find the plane. It appears that the concerned parties – Malaysia, Australia and China – are preparing to bring the curtains down on the search for MH370. We believe that this would be truly unfortunate. Voice 370 urges authorities to press on and search on in the current search area, we believe that they should not throw in the towel, close this case and simply chalk it up as an unsolvable mystery. At the very least the relevant authorities should seriously consider going back to the drawing board and re-investigating, reevaluating and re-starting.”

The families stress that the drying up of funds to wind down the investigation and the the search is unacceptable to them and that the search should, if necessary, be continued beyond 2016.  The families also stress that:

“The best outcome can only be achieved if there is credible and comprehensive disclosure of information by the relevant authorities. It stands to reason that the search effort be more broadly funded and financial commitments of more countries be solicited. Voice 370 urges large entities like Boeing to come forward and contribute to the search efforts given they are directly impacted by this incident. At the very least, the 14 countries whose nationals were on board MH370 owe a contribution. Voice 370 is aware that this is not the norm. But for an incident that has been repeatedly labeled as unprecedented, we believe it would not out of place to seek non-standard initiatives and contributions from Malaysia and the international community. Countries would ultimately help themselves by contributing to the search. The latest news reports indicate that another possible MH370 part has been found off the coast of Mozambique. This requires that the coastlines of Mozambique, Madagascar and substantial distances to the North and South be scoured thoroughly to ensure all the debris are collected and analysed. As we all know, debris fields, though subject to some degree of dispersal by the elements, generally tend to make landfall in close proximity. We urge states with assets in the East Coast of Africa to support such an effort. We also seek support from naval powers to supply search assets that allow searches closer to uninhabited/swampy portions of the coast be searched effectively. Every time someone we know boards a flight, we pray that they are spared the fate of our loved ones. It is worth remembering that we do not have any assurance from aviation authorities, manufacturers, ICAO, and the like, that there will not be another MH370 scenario in future. We must find out what needs to be fixed in order to fix it, and we are nowhere near a solution. Recently, ICAO passed a new rule banning Lithium batteries as cargo on passenger planes and most airports have banned the carriage of Lithium Batteries in checked in baggage. Whilst it has not been mentioned anywhere, we are left wondering if MH370 prompted this quick decision.”

Nsnbc international, meanwhile, reiterates that there is a need for full disclosure in all air tragedies. The cases of MH370 and MH17 underpin that there is an urgent need to give independent media full and unimpeded access to certified copies radar data, black box data, Air Traffic Control communications, passenger and cargo manifests, technical data, and any other evidence that could help disclose the facts behind air disasters. Underhanded non-disclosure agreements as the one pertaining the Dutch Safety Board and all of the parties who delegated investigators are not only unacceptable, but fuel unnecessary speculations and painful questions – questions that are especially painful for those who are left behind and left in the dark.

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The Strangest Intruders Of All

• http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/08/the-strangest-intruders-of-all/
•  August 27, 2013
•  Nick Redfern

Back in May 2012, I reviewed David Weatherly’s excellent book, Black Eyed Children, which is a great study of the entire, perpelexing BEK phenomenon. Well, on the heels of that book is yet another release from David. His new one is Strange Intruders, which includes a foreword from Mysterious Universe regular, Micah Hanks. And the good news is that, just as with his first book, David’s latest title is a fine read. It’s also one guaranteed to provoke the proverbial chills and thrills.
After Micah sets the scene with an atmospheric opening for what is soon to follow, David gets right into the heart of the action. And, in this case, the action is David’s personal studies of a wide body of anomalous entities that, to varying degrees, manipulate, torment, terrorize and even feed upon the unlucky souls who happen to cross their paths. If you think that our otherworld visitors are all about “love and light,”  forget it. They’re not.
We’re talking about a cast of creeps including the Slenderman, the Djinn, Pukwudgies, the downright ominous Grinning Man, and much more. When you’re covering such sinister “things” as these and much more too, writing style is as important as content.  Indeed, there’s not much worse than finding the author’s style is as boring as watching paint dry.

Fortunately, David recognizes this and, as a result, he presents the facts, the data, and the theories in a writing style that both John Keel and H.P. Lovecraft would have been proud of. It’s fair to say that the entire book, in terms of data and style, is menacing to read – and, yes, I do mean that as a complement! So, with that said, onto the content.
David begins with one of the most dangerous and deadly of all supernatural beings – the aforementioned Djinn. He shares with us a great deal of lore and legend about these Middle Eastern nightmares, including their twisted love of screwing with us, the Human Race. We also get the lowdown on some truly disturbing encounters with Djinn that result in disaster, ill health (both mental and physical), overwhelming negativity and much more.

Original Artwork found here.

These things will take advantage of you, trick you, use you, beat you down, and when they’re done with destroying your life, they will spit you out and move onto the next person unfortunate enough to cross their paths. As for their motives: a downright hatred of us. It’s as simple and stark as that.
The Shadow People are the subject of a full chapter in Strange Intruders which, like the Djinn, manifest as ethereal, rather than fully formed, creatures. Also like the Djinns, the Shadow People appear to enjoy making our lives a misery – and all just because they can.
Moving on to the Pukwudgies, in this chapter David demonstrates that, as is the case all around the world, the people of Massachusetts have their legends and beliefs of the “little people” kind. And, like the “wee folk” just about here, there and everywhere, their interactions with the Human Race can be trickster-like, friendly, foreboding, and overwhelmingly unsettling.
The very strange May 2001 saga of the Monkey Man of New Delhi, India gets good coverage, too. While we can never say for sure that hysteria- and nothing else – was behind the Monkey Man mania, it certainly helped elevate the controversy to stratospheric levels. Another case that authorities were keen on dismissing as having been caused by imaginations run wild was that of the Mad Gasser of Mattoon. He – or it – terrified the good folk of Mattoon, Illinois in 1944 by bizarrely unleashing noxious gasses on the unsuspecting victims.

Imagine you’re taking a pleasant drive down a rural road. It’s a nice day, the weather is good, and the countryside is inviting. That all changes, however, when, at the side of the road, you see a strange man staring at you. But he’s not just some hitchhiker. Nope. This is the Grinning Man. This is no normal grin, however. It’s a grin of chilling and diabolical proportions. It’s a near-impossibly wide grin, too. If you see him, keep driving. This chapter is particularly eye-opening, as it deals with David’s very own encounters with the grinning ghoul.
I have to say that my favorite chapter in David’s book is the one titled Hiding in Human Form. As you might guess , it is focused on a wide and varied body of entities that can reportedly shape-shift into human form. Just occasionally, however, we see them as they really are: hideous creatures of a monstrous kind. They are here, they are there, and they are everywhere. Controversial? Of course! But, David presents his case in fine fashion, and particularly so when he delves into the really unsettling stories of the Snakeheads and their motley crew.
Then there is the Slenderman. Although it’s an entity born and bred on the Internet, the fascination for, and the belief in, this mysterious figure seems to have given birth to a real-life version of its fictional self. Here we see David digging into a world filled with things that I am fascinated by: Tulpas. Is it possible that as Net-based tales of the Slenderman spread, and as more and more people became acquainted with the imagery, the monster left behind its shackles of the imagination and strode out into the real world? Creating and unleashing a mind-monster is not as far-out as many might think.

And it wouldn’t be a David Weatherly book without something on the Black Eyed Children. In Strange Intruders, it’s a chapter that updates us on the latest data that has surfaced since David’s previous book was published. As he shows, the mystery is very much ongoing. Notably, we also get to read about black-eyed adults, too.
With excellent cover-artwork from Sam Shearon, Strange Intruders is packed with case upon case of mysterious beings that appear to co-exist with us, that have the ability to jump from our reality to whatever dark domain they call home, and which have no love for us at all. Although there are (at first glance, at least) worlds of difference between the Djinn, the Grinning Man, the Mad Gasser, and the Shadow People, they – and all the rest – have one thing in common: a seemingly obsessive need to get their claws into us, to torment us, to deceive us, and to use us.
Is it really possible that we are indeed considered the “property” of something else, as Charles Fort famously worded it? After reading Strange Intruders, you might well think that’s exactly what we are.