US: Don’t remove plane crash evidence

The White House warned that evidence from the Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine must not be moved from the country until a “thorough and transparent” investigation has taken place. This raised the possibility that US officials are concerned pro-Russian forces could try to tamper with the evidence of the wrecked aircraft to cover up who is to blame. The United Nations also called for a full-blown probe into the incident. US officials say they are convinced that the jet, traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was hit by a surface-to-air missile. Confirmation of separatist fighters killing the 298 passengers and crew would further complicate Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to paint their uprising as a fight for self-determination.

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