Human remains of Flight 804 may tell us what brought it down

EgyptAir Flight 804 was likely brought down by an act of Islamic jihad. I could have used the term "Islamic terrorism" but jihad describes the terrorism as a religious act.

Human remains were found to have "very tiny" burn marks, suggesting an explosion occurred rather than a slow burn of the jets' interior. In fact, a U.S. official briefed on current intelligence told Fox News that "All signs continue to point to terrorism."

The official told the AP that he examined the human remains of some of the 66 passengers and crew--there were 80 pieces in all--and these body pieces are small and that "there isn't even a whole body part, like an arm or a head."

But one part of an arm had burns that may indicate it belonged to a person who was close to the explosion when it went off. The same official said the satellite may have missed the explosion when it occurred. "Contrary to popular belief, we cannot see every part of the earth all the time," he said.

So far, no terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the EgyptAir downing.

A Cairo newspaper al-Watan, quoted an anonymous forensics expert saying the jet blew up in midair, but it is not known whether the blast was caused by an explosive device or something else. The official also grimly added that the remains so far retrieved are "no larger than the size of a hand."

Egypt's forensic head denied the statements.

"Everything published about this matter is completely false, and mere assumptions that did not come from the Forensics Authority, Hesham Abdelhamid said, as quoted by MENA. They added that the body parts could have been broken up upon impact into the sea.

Family members of the victims arrived at Cairo's morgue's forensics department to provide DNA samples in order to identify the remains of their kin.

There remains an international effort to retrieve the jet's cockpit voice and data recorder possibly located at depths as much as 10,000 feet.

For many in Egypt, it's all Israel's fault, even if ISIS claims responsibility. That's the nonsense some anti-Zionists are currently spouting in the land where Pharaoh took Jewish slaves.




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