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Old 9th Jan 2020, 20:22
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RCyyz
 
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Originally Posted by Pilot DAR
The link to the Canadian Prime Minister's news conference ... is live at 15:00 eastern time now. Prime Minister Trudeau is being pretty definite about it, though repeats the need for a full and credible investigation. The reporters are asking good questions...
Here's quote from Prime Minister Trudeau as reported by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:

Originally Posted by CBC
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says intelligence now indicates the Ukrainian passenger aircraft that crashed outside of Tehran on Wednesday, killing everyone on board — including 138 people destined for Canada — was shot down by an Iranian missile.

"We have intelligence from multiple sources, including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile," he said during a news conference in Ottawa, adding that it might have been an unintentional act.

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