Claims by Islamic State and refutation
Shortly after the crash, Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the incident, which occurred around an area of fighting between government forces and an IS affiliate, Sinai Province.[43] Islamic State claimed this was in revenge for Russian air strikes against militants in Syria, where IS controls territories, along with contiguous Iraqi territories. It is very unlikely that this militant group had access to surface-to-air missiles capable of hitting an aircraft at high altitude since MANPADS systems can rarely reach even half the cruising altitude of an airliner, even though they could not exclude the possibility of a bomb on board the flight.[44]Mohamed Samir, a spokesman for the Egyptian Army, rebutted the claims, stating, "The Army sees no authenticity ... They can put out whatever statements they want but there is no proof at this point that terrorists were responsible for this plane crash. We will know the true reasons when the Civil Aviation Authority, in coordination with Russian authorities, completes its investigation."[45] Similarly, Russian Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov summarily dismissed the claims as "fabrications" due to a lack of evidence from Egyptian civil aviation and security officials and Air Traffic data.[46]
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My thought is that ISIS may have brought down this plane either by a missile, anti-aircraft fire or by a bomb placed on the plane by a suicide bomber or in the luggage on the plane.
However, it is in the interests of Russia, Iran, NATO and the U.S. not to release this information if it is true because the Russian people might force Putin to leave Syria if it came to be known publicly. And the world wants ISIS gone now by any means necessary.
So, what I'm saying here is we are in wartime rules now regarding stuff like this worldwide.
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