Originally Posted by
golder
I read an article that reported 6 bodies at the scene. RIP
The Taliban spokesman/journalist posted images of the deceased. These were widely shared on social media.There were only two bodies. If there were more bodies then they would have been reported and especially when the Iranians spun the CIA story so quickly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariq_Ghazniwal
A journalist in the area, Tariq Ghazniwal, said Monday that he saw the burning aircraft. He told The Associated Press that he saw two bodies and that the front of the aircraft was badly burned but its body and tail were hardly damaged.
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/122033...as-us-aircraft
Tariq Ghazniwal is a Taliban spokesman. It makes no sense that the Taliban wouldn't report the number of bodies.
You can see why the die-hard conspiracy types are off down the claims that others were on board. The Iranians were quick to go down the propaganda path and spin on the death of Soleimani.
A top CIA chief who orchestrated the assassination of an Iranian general was killed when a US military plane crashed in Taliban territory in Afghanistan, Tehran has claimed.The crashed plane in the east of Afghanistan was a Bombardier E-11A from the US Air Force.
De Andrea, who was responsible for the assassination of Iran’s top commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, was apparently among the officers on board the plane, the Veterans Today website reports, quoting Russian intelligence sources.
https://www.airlive.net/breaking-rus...sterday-crash/
The Iranians were quick to spin a story that a CIA boss was on board the aircraft.
Iranian TV used ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ screenshot to claim CIA boss was killed in Afghanistan plane crash. Michael D'Andrea
State TV in Iran has broadcast a screenshot from the movie Zero Dark Thirty to illustrate a report that a senior CIA officer had been killed in a plane crash.
The photo shows the actor that portrayed a character in the movie based on real life CIA operative Michael D'Andrea.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/iran-tv-us...182524165.html