Russia plane crash: '11,000 tourists back' from Egypt

Found on BBC News on Sunday, 08 November 2015
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Moscow announced on Friday that it was suspending all flights to Egypt after a Russian plane crashed in Sinai - having initially dismissed suspicions that a bomb brought down the jet.

An Egyptian member of the international team investigating the crash has told Reuters that they are "90% sure" that a sound heard in the last moments of the recording of the plane's cockpit voice recorder was an explosion caused by a bomb.

Militants in the Sinai Peninsula affiliated to Islamic State have claimed that they brought down the airliner, but they have not said how.

Messing with Russia is amongst the worst ideas one can have. Unlike most other leaders, Putin won't hold back if threatened. Maybe after all those years of civil and religious war, it will be Russia who takes down IS because the Kreml won't resort to diplomacy.