Obama, IMF chief to Illuminati: Conspiracy theories on MH17 crash

A Malaysian passenger airliner MH17 with 295 people on board was shot down by a missile in Ukraine near the Russian border last Thursday and since then the political blame game has been escalating, with Ukraine and the West blaming Russia for the crash and Russia and its supporters alleging that it was Ukraine who brought the flight down. While discussions continue and countries demand independent probe of the crash, internet has been busy offering conspiracy theories about the tragic incident in which 295 people lost their lives . Here are some interesting conspiracy theories offered online: [caption id=“attachment_1631127” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Reuters[/caption] 1. The Number 7 and Illuminati theory: Every incident that has a whiff of mystery and seems to be unsolvable obviously attract the Illuminati theory. So, it isn’t a surprise we see the cult being blamed in the recent conspiracy theory behind the shoot down of MH17. A tweet from CJ Chivers, a senior writer at The New York Times triggers this theory. The journalist recently tweeted , " Haunting: Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, Reg 9M-MRD, made 1st flight on 7-17-97. It met its end 17 years later, to the day -aviation official " The reoccurring presence of the number 7 got the attention of all Illiminati theorists to believe that the secret society that dreams of world domination is behind the crash. Read more about it here. 2.  The Obama conspiracy: A radio show host, Rush Limbaugh said that the timing of the crash is ’eery’ and called the tragedy an “opportunity” for media outlets like CNN to distract their viewers from the controversy surrounding Obama and US border security and go into a full-fledged coverage of the crash. (Huffington Post has more on it. Read here) 3.  MH17 is actually MH370: While this theory doesn’t hold much ground, but due to the lack of evidence in both the tragedies, many on Twitter are of the opinion that MH17 that was shot down in Ukraine is actually MH370 that went missing last March. 4. International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is behind the crash: The basis of this theory is the fact that Lagarde during an address at Washington DC used numerology and especially the magic number 7 to forecast about the market. Many see this ‘occult speech’ as a cryptic message about MH17. ( Listen to her speech here) Several tweets have been doing rounds about Lagarde and her erry speech’s connection with MH17. “Mh17 service first flew 17 years ago July 17 1997. Plane was a Boeing 777. Now tell me this wasn’t planned. Christine lagarde magic 7 speech” said one tweet. There are also blog posts explaining the theory. Read here 5. The missile that hit MH17 was suppose to shoot down Putin’s plane: According to Russia Today, the flight that was shot down was taking the same path as the plane that was carrying Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to reports, Interfax News Agency quoted anonymous sources who alleges that the fallen plane was intended for Putin. “I can say that Putin’s plane and the Malaysian Boeing intersected at the same point and the same echelon,” the anonymous source reportedly said. 5. Ukraine framed Russia:  Titled BUSTED! Ukraine Caught Trying to ‘Frame Russia’ for Shooting Down Malaysia Flight MH17! this youtube video has been posted by DAHBOO77. In the video we hear a voice over saying that Ukraine is trying to frame Russia and the conversation that we hear in a Youtube in which a Russian military leader is talking about the plane was something that has been recorded before the crash and therefore they knew that the plane was going to be attacked. Stating that this isn’t the first time that Ukraine has tried to frame Russia, the voice over explains what’s the problem with Keiv’s claims. To begin with, “Ukraine has adamantly stated that it is Russia. And how did they get the information intercepted so quickly and it got cleared to be put on Youtube?” the person who made the video asks. Watch the video here: