Posted by Olga Luzanova
Preamble: Since I started with critical publications about MH17, I have been in
contact with some relatives of the victims. It has become clear to me that,
contrary to what the media show us, they criticize the way the authorities deal
with them. Especially the inadequate information providing by the authorities
raises many questions. Some of them get the feeling that there might be other
causes of the attack than Main Stream Media reports: supposedly a separatist
shot a missile by accident.
It goes without
saying that most relatives of the victims prefer to remain anonymous. I
have personally checked them out and I am convinced of their authenticity.
Moreover, I do not want to encourage them to go public because the attack
itself has already caused enormous personal impact, and publicity would
possibly increase it. In two cases, I published the stories of the victims’
relatives about their first meeting with Malaysia Airlines. That was also after
I was convinced of their authenticity, and it was anonymous too.
One of them has
decided to share an open letter, which is set out below. She writes under the
name Hana333
Joost
Niemoller, January 6, 2015.
Original letter on De Nieuwe
Realist
Translated from Dutch by @abuVeliki / Edited by Olga Luzanova & @GBabeuf
Translated from Dutch by @abuVeliki / Edited by Olga Luzanova & @GBabeuf
By Hana333
“Every day
I am glued to my PC to read as much as possible about the MH17 crash. Part
of this is also following the articles of Joost. What gives me comfort as to
the relative of killed passengers is that there are still people who care about
the real events behind the crash. It is not relevant for me which position one
takes. With all the non-investigation by who knows whom it is really logic that
opinions are and will always be different. Although I read a lot of external
information and opinions, my personal cognisance and experience in this matter
are very important for me, and nobody can contest or take them away from me.
Simply because nobody else has this information, but my family and, personally,
me.
From my
perspective as a victim’s relative, I want to share my story with you as
with mainly smart and intelligent people. I have waited long enough until I am
concerned. I do not want to get involved in a political yes-or-no game, simply
because I was not personally involved in the investigation in Ukraine, and
because I am an apolitical person. Politics is something I simply do not
understand, and I consider it to my benefit that there is simply no place for
politics in my ideal world.
As you
might be able to imagine, as a victim’s relative, I got into a wave of
dismay, disbelief, chaos, sadness, denial, anger, and everything else that
comes along. You can call it a state of shock. This kind of makes you
handicapped and you are no longer able to react adequately. In such a
situation, there is no alternative but to expect the government to support and
take care of you as a child of the nation, and protect your interests as though
you were its own child. None of this appears to be true to me!
When I was
finally able to free myself of such emotional fog, which the government
exaggerated (deliberately) during the “Nationale Verdenking” [literally
“National Accusation”, used here as a name for “National Rememberence” day,
representing a pun in Dutch, where “Herdenking” means “Rememberence”, but
“Verdenking” stands for Accusation—ed.], it was November 11! I realized for
the second time during this year that I had been trapped in a Kafkaesque
situation in which the victim was actually responsible for an adequate
investigation, because those who were formally responsible and were paid for that,
were not doing it for whatever reasons. It happened for the first time after my
daughter had undergone almost lethal attack by a pack of 11 dogs of one
breeder, and for the second time after the crash of MH17 in which my relatives
had been lost. The similarity of both cases is striking.
One is
clear beyond any doubt: both cases are horrible, but what happened afterwards
was even worse. That one, even as a relative of victims, is being misled by the
government, and being lied to without receiving proper information about the
real causes and events, results in immense psychological damage, for which
there is no compensation. You get this without even asking for it—free of
charge! That it is impossible to process the horrible events under these
circumstances does not seem to matter to the government. That the government
also has an obligation to provide care to its citizens does not seem to have
been registered. Actually, the government is abusing the emotional state in
which the relatives find themselves. In addition, the government purposefully
leaves room for all kinds of speculations by which the discontent and
disagreement between the people only increases. And last but not least, when
you finally, even as a relative of the victims, start to ask critical questions
about the investigation, the same government keeps you at arm’s length and
treats you as a conspiracy theorists or even as a perpetrator.
The year 2015 appears to be a good one to finally expunge the word “secret” from our vocabulary. Only complete openness and transparency can lift us, as humanity, on to a higher plane. This has been my conviction for a long time and the fact that, thus far, I did not go public about MH17 has nothing to do with secrecy but solely with my inability, so far, to collect the energy to make things clear. The emotional fog has disappeared by now but my emotions continue messing me up every day.
These are
my personal experiences and questions after the MH17 crash. I am convinced that
there is much more to it than what we know for now, and this has made me very
sceptical about both the investigation itself and those who are supposed to be
conducting it, even more so towards the supposed future outcome of this all.
The day
before the cremation of our relative, we received the belongings which were
found alongside their body. It was a wallet with cards and money, soaked in a
strange smelling chemical, a somewhat greasy substance. In addition there was a
metal object which, at the time, back in September 2014, we were not able to
identify. None of us had ever seen anything like it before and we were not able
to relate it in any way to our family member. Only during the journey back from
the National Memorial did I take a closer look at this object again. At the
bottom was engraved: VARCO 2630. When I researched this it turned out to be
part used in the oil industry. An employee of the manufacturer told me that
these objects were also used during the 1980s as business gifts (as paper-weights)
by people in the oil industry. In any case it was not something which belonged
to our family member prior to the flight. The object weighs about eighty-five
grams and is certainly an odd object to be carrying with you in your trousers
on your way to a sunny vacation; particularly if you want to avoid unnecessary
issues with the metal detectors at the airport.
When I
searched the internet with the keywords “MH17” and “oil”, I received another
shock because this was the moment when I realized what the outside world has
been doing so far. Until now, I continued reading and informing my family. I
also discovered that many people, including friends, see this as “not my cup of
tea.” That there is much more behind the crash than just a conflict between two
parties appears to escape the attention of the masses. And people just do not
want to know. It is more than most people can endure.
What also
shocked me was a film clip from an interview about pictures taken by a witness
who was at the crash site twenty minutes after the crash. It was not the
pictures themselves that shocked me, but the statement by the witness about the
typical smell which, at a particular part of the wreckage, was unbearable, sent
a shiver down my spine. When she described the smell my mind flashed back to
the crematorium. According to the undertaker and the detectives the smell was
so strong despite the specially sealed coffins and anti-odour candles because
there had been too much “material” to avoid decomposition used in Ukraine
during the recovery of the bodies. It was also mentioned that this was caused
by specially prepared body bags. My immediate question was: how is this
possible? The penetrating smell was already noted twenty minutes after the
crash. Were there spray trucks already available at that moment?
From this I
came to my next question: what cargo was the plane carrying? I have not found
any information regarding this. Until now we have also not received any other
belongings. “No, these will be cleaned first.” Nobody bothered to ask us if we
wanted the belongings to be cleaned. Presented as “caring for the relatives,”
this could be used to remove all kinds of evidence! Or am I being too
suspicious?
After the
cremation more remains have been found which, of course, also must be cremated.
We received papers on which the remains were registered. By signing these
papers we would part from the remains of our relative and would authorize that
they be cremated along with the remains of other victims. There would also be a
commemorative monument connected with this. We decided to postpone signing. A
few days later I realized that we had not received any copies of these
documents so I enquired if we could be sent them. From the ongoing case about
my daughter I have learned that a good filing system and administration are the
foundations of obtaining justice. This made me think about what a good friend
always tells me: “Do you know how the Germans almost won the war? By having a
good administration!” Anyway, there was no positive response to my “odd
question” of obtaining copies of the documents and even now we have not
received any answer. I do not think I have to explain in detail to you smart
and intelligent people how this approach has caused additional agitation and
suspicion, and increased the emotional burden even further.
A few weeks
ago, the money that we received in the wallet and which we then sent by special
service of the Dutch Postal Service to the Dutch Bank has simply disappeared?!?!
There are
additional questions which keep going through my mind:
Why was
there no immediate response with a large rescue team as there was in the case
of the QZ8501 crash? “Safety issues” in the area of the crash site is the
cheapest excuse I have ever heard. Had they really wanted, they would have
found a way. If they would have used all the money and all the security that
was used for the “National Accusation”, beginning with the very ostentatious
invitation cards, for an immediate investigation on-site, there would have been
no shooting and shelling of the crash site. Anyone who might have tried that
would have been caught red handed…
Or is it
the case that the cargo of MH17 was not ‘kosher’ and therefore the
investigation had to be kept at a distance from the very beginning?
The
enormous delays in starting the investigation are completely out of proportion
to the swift response of the government to a letter sent in December 2014 by a
lawyer who, on behalf of some relatives of the victims, has challenged the
competency of the Dutch government.
The fact
that the government never apologized for their accusations against Russia, made
without any kind of evidence in the immediate aftermath of the crash, disgusts
me. We are all human beings and human beings make mistakes from which we can
learn something. Owning up to having made a mistake and apologizing for it
would have been a correct and humane gesture. However, after intense
indoctrination (the first two reports about a topic make a lasting impression
unless we consciously inform ourselves further—this is basic psychology), there
was a sudden veil of secrecy and an attitude of ‘let the world be damned’ [orig.
“und liess die Welt in Trümmern liegen”—ed.]. Any protests by citizens
about censorship and secrecy by the government are rejected out of hand,
supposedly out of consideration for the families of the victims. Does the
government not realize that their extreme vagueness about the investigation and
the resulting unrest and speculations are causing much more harm?
A
few more questions which keep bothering me: Maybe I have missed something but is it not the case that MH17 had
already changed its scheduled course over Poland? What was the reason behind
this? And what was the real and important reason that Malaysia was not involved
in the investigation from the beginning? One could not have harmed this country
more under the circumstances. What about those NATO fighter planes in Poland?
Why is everyone so sure that there was not a bomb on board? There are so many
considerations and questions about the crash, maybe even more, since I have not
been able to read everything.
I have been
looking for answers but will honest answers ever be given? Joost may know, as
far as I am concerned—by which I am not saying that I always agree with his
view. But his views show depth, they invite you to contemplate the information
he provides and they allow you to form your own opinion, something which is our
common birthright.
I wish you
all a year full of truth, honest cooperation, healthy tolerance and immense
happiness.”
Hana333.
Source: Slavyangrad 15-10-2015
