Pentagon Says Russian Plane Shot Down By Syrian Defense Responding To Israeli Attack. Did Israel Just Shoot Down a Russian Plane Over Syria?

• In war, truth is the first casualty. The west is definitely attempting to ignite WW3 over Syria.
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• Pentagon Says Russian Plane Shot Down By Syrian Defense Responding To Israeli Attack
  by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
  update 3: In a breaking report CNN has cited Pentagon officials who say the missing Russian aircraft with 14 service members on board, now subject of a Russian search-and-rescue operation, was accidentally shot down by Syrian missile defense.
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  Pentagon sources say further that Israel was responsible for the nighttime attack, which reportedly involved strikes by air and possibly by sea from the Mediterranean. Israel has yet to issue comment. But Russia says its radar picked up a French warship firing in the area just before the Russian patrol aircraft went down. According to CNN:
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  A Russian maritime patrol aircraft with multiple personnel on board was inadvertently shot down by Syrian regime anti-aircraft artillery on Monday after the Syrians came under attack by Israeli missiles, according to a US official with knowledge of the incident.
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  The US official said the regime was actually trying to stop a barrage of Israeli missiles. A second official confirmed that Israel was responsible for the missile strikes on the Syrian regime.
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  The Pentagon sources cite a radio broadcast in making the claim of an accidental shootdown, however it’s not clear if their assessment is based on intelligence. The CNN report continues:
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  The US found out about the incident because Syrian forces broadcast an emergency search and rescue radio call on an international frequency. The US then got a direct message from another country about the type of aircraft and circumstances of the incident. The official would not identify that country, but it is likely that Russia is the only nation that would know exactly what type of aircraft was shot down.
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  The Pentagon formally denied any US role in the attack soon after it was first reported. This is sure to evoke a new round of dangerous and fierce US-Russia controversy over Syria as already there are accusations and counter-accusations amidst the breaking reports. 
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