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April 10th, 2010, 12:23 PM
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RIP Lech Kaczynski & Polish Inteligensia
Polish president dies in plane crash
By The Associated Press April 10, 2010, 11:06AM "SMOLENSK, Russia (AP) -- Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 97, officials said. Russian and Polish officials said there were no survivors on the 26-year-old Tupolev, which was taking the president, his wife and staff to events marking the 70th anniversary of the massacre in Katyn forest of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet secret police. The crash devastated the upper echelons of Poland's political and military establishments. On board were the army chief of staff, the navy chief commander, and heads of the air and land forces. Also killed were the national bank president, deputy foreign minister, army chaplain, head of the National Security Office, deputy parliament speaker, Olympic Committee head, civil rights commissioner and at least two presidential aides and three lawmakers, the Polish foreign ministry said. Although initial signs pointed to an accident with no indication of foul play, the death of a Polish president and much of the Polish state and defense establishment in Russia en route to commemorating one of the saddest events in Poland's long, complicated history with Russia, was laden with tragic irony."
Such a tragedy for one our Allied Nation my prayers are with them. "The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous."- Niccolo Machiavelli 
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April 10th, 2010, 12:39 PM
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Re: RIP Lech Kaczynski & Polish Intelligentsia
I find it very ironic. The whole situation is incredibly tragic, and I hope the Polish people can overcome this loss, but the irony is thick.
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April 10th, 2010, 01:05 PM
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Re: RIP Lech Kaczynski & Polish Inteligensia
Wow, that is just...mind-boggling, that many highly positioned people going all at once. Very tragic, very sad.
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#4
April 10th, 2010, 01:04 PM
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Re: RIP Lech Kaczynski & Polish Inteligensia
RIP
It's really so sad to lose so many officials and others in one plane crash. Although I agree with EP about the irony.
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April 10th, 2010, 06:54 PM
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Re: RIP Lech Kaczynski & Polish Inteligensia
What a horrible event. I'm betting this tragedy will change the way officials travel.
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