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, British Prime Minister David Cameron said a Russian airliner was "more likely than not" downed by a bomb.


Cameron also told the network that there was a "significant possibility" that the Islamic State was responsible.

, Cameron said: "We cannot be certain that the Russian airliner was brought down by a terrorist bomb, but it looks increasingly likely that that was case."
Of course, this comes just after British authorities 

suspended flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh

, Metrojet Flight 9268 broke up midair over the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people aboard.


that Egypt and Russia called the British suggestion mere "speculation." The 


On the record, the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said 

the U.S. can't rule out the possibility that the crash was brought down by terrorists

CNN spoke to several unnamed U.S. officials

 who said they believe the plane was likely downed by a bomb planted by the Islamic State or associates. The network reports:


Citing a Pentagon source, NPR's Tom Bowman reports the source says British authorities "may have gone out on a limb" by saying the airliner was more than likely brought down by a bomb.

According to Tom's source, in the end this should be very easy to figure out.


"The official says the key is getting someone on the ground to swipe the wreckage for any residue of explosives," Tom tells us. "It's not brain surgery and they should have that by now."  Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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Prime Minister David Cameron also said the Islamic State may have been responsible. Russian and Egyptian authorities cast doubt on the claim saying the bomb theory was mere "speculation."

British PM: Russian plane 'more likely than not' downed by bomb

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