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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Against the US or US interests. Yes, these are usually based in jihadic movements based on some aspect of Islamic thought.

Other parts of the world have all kinds of different terrorists. List of terrorist incidents, 2010 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of terrorist incidents, 2014 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As a target, the Sochi Olympics would probably bring in mainly terrorists involved with Russian interests and Russia. This downed plane, if it was the victim of some terrorist plot, probably involves some separatists angry with Malaysia or China.

That's a reasonable reply. I would also note that, in the examples you cite (Chechen, Malaysian, Chinese) the common thread to these groups is the Muslim religion. It's more complicated than that with various other drivers (nationalism, Russian oppression etc). But, my point is simply that modern day terrorism will usually have a Muslim or Islamic factor involved.

This is another way of saying that the contemporary Muslim religion, compared to others, tends to be more violent, and often finds expression in acts of terrorism. (It would be interesting to discuss what these reasons might be but that's a topic for a separate thread.)

I also think that others' comments about dead cell zones, and the mystery as to why the plane just disappeared are helpful. We don't know all the particulars at this juncture.