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13. HIV/Aids Experts Killed In MH17 Attack

Sun Jul 20, 2014, 10:11 AM

Jul 2014

The shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was a blow to the global fight against Aids. Among its 298 innocent crew and passengers were at least six prominent experts on the disease.

Joep Lange, a former president of the International Aids Society, and at least five others headed for a biannual conference in Melbourne, were among those killed.

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Earlier reports put the toll among researchers and activists at 100, but Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, the current president of the society, dismissed that count. “It might be a little higher (than six) but not the numbers” in some reports, she said, adding: “The extent of our loss is hard to comprehend or express.”

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“Not since the loss of Jonathan Mann and his wife on the sabotaged Swiss Air flight to Geneva 17 years ago has the HIV/Aids research community suffered such a great loss,” said Professor Robin Weiss, emeritus professor of viral oncology at University College London.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulrodgers/2014/07/19/hivaids-experts-killed-in-mh17-attack/

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Malaysia Air 17 [View all] delphi72 Jul 2014 OP

No conspiracy here BobbyBoring Jul 2014 #1

I hope this is a "safe" place to ask this.... femmocrat Jul 2014 #2

Flight 93 was not shot down, IronGate Jul 2014 #3

Thank you for your explanation. nt femmocrat Jul 2014 #6

What debris? BobbyBoring Jul 2014 #14

What? IronGate Jul 2014 #15

I've always wanted X-ray vision William Seger Jul 2014 #16

it was a reclaimed strip mine jberryhill Jul 2014 #17

That being the case BobbyBoring Jul 2014 #18

Can you please share your calculations of that complicated event? greyl Jul 2014 #19

that's absurd jberryhill Jul 2014 #20

No similarity at all, nor should any be expected William Seger Jul 2014 #4

OK, thanks. femmocrat Jul 2014 #5

I'll start Reter Jul 2014 #7

Important? delphi72 Jul 2014 #8

You know what I meant Reter Jul 2014 #12

Two Malaysian planes in four months seems rather bizarre cpwm17 Jul 2014 #9

HIV/Aids Experts Killed In MH17 Attack jakeXT Jul 2014 #13

There is a book out on MH370 jakeXT Jul 2014 #10

Here's one WovenGems Jul 2014 #11

Oliver Stone Questions Theories on MH17 Crash Circulating in US Media jakeXT Jul 2014 #21