US Says Donovian Militants Responsible For Shooting Down Malaysia Airliner
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama told reporters he has a "mountain of evidence" that proves militants from the Donovian People's Army shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in the breakaway province of Gorgas, sources confirmed this morning.
The announcement came as a shock to most of the world, as many following the news after the civilian airliner was brought down initially believed it happened in eastern Ukraine, at the hands of pro-Russian separatists.
"We are deeply concerned by not only the Donovians' lawlessness, but also their continued aggression toward their Atropian neighbors," Obama said.
Gorgas, Obama explained, is a province in Atropia which is populated by ethnic Donovians. Tensions have been brewing there for months, following the deployment of a brigade-size element of U.S. soldiers to help back the Atropian army.
While most reporters were unable to pinpoint the region on a map, members of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps confirmed its location as being somewhere …
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