ISIS in many ways today is a controlled client of Western intelligence establishments

Following the March 22, 2024 Crocus City Hall massacre in Russia, there is serious debate centering claims of the arrested terrorists who said, they were hired to murder people at the Crocus City Hall. Meanwhile, Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) simultaneously issued two statement claiming responsibility, although counterterrorism experts saw suspicion behind such hurried statements as well as statement of the Biden administration. Experts say, even if the March 22 massacre was implemented by ISIS or ISKP, it does not relieve Ukraine as well as the United States and Washington’s European allies from being held responsible, as it is well-perceived – ISIS in many ways today is a controlled client of Western intelligence establishments.

Commenting on March 22 massacre, former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter said, “This was a political act linked to an American policy objective being implemented by Ukrainian intelligence services”.

He said, “These aren’t hardcore ISIS followers. These are people who self-identified as ISIS by posting an image that was picked up by the ISIS media arm and then published and ISIS looked at it and said, ‘okay, they’re doing all the right things. They published a photo, they made Shahada – announced the creed of Islam. So, we’re going to say yes, this is ISIS, this is ours’”.

Ritter added that the attackers attempted to return to their “true north” of Ukraine after the attack rather than going out as professed “martyrs”. “These aren’t jihadists, these are mercenaries”, Ritter concluded. “These are people who took money to commit an act of irregular warfare”.

Scott Ritter explained various aspects of the attackers’ alleged profession of faith seem amiss.

“Shahada is the Islamic creed that is extraordinarily important because that’s how one says ‘I am Muslim’”. It’s a very pious act. It only counts if it’s meant seriously. And there’s nothing in the Islamic religion that says that you have to raise a finger. That is something that has come into trend with jihadists because Osama bin Laden did that”.

“So, you’ll see a lot of al-Qaeda Islamists do Shahada raising their right hand”, he continued. “Right hand, by the way, is very important – it’s the hand of righteousness, it’s the clean hand, it’s the hand that does good. The left hand is the hand of Satan, the hand of evil, the hand that does bad”.

“These four perpetrators of this action in Moscow posted a photograph of them giving Shahada with their left hand, which tells you they have no clue what they’re doing”, said Ritter. “These aren’t Muslims. These aren’t real Muslims. These are people who are pretending to be Muslims”.

Ritter also pointed to the fact that the perpetrators fled the scene of the terrorist attack afterwards, rather than fighting to the death. Islamic terrorists typically go out as “martyrs”, he noted, following their “true north” to eternal reward in Heaven. Friday’s attackers instead attempted to flee to Ukraine, suggesting their “true north” is Kiev.

“The biggest takeaway, though, is that they blurred their faces,” he claimed. “If you’re getting ready to announce your creed to Islam and you’re going to be a martyr, navigating true north to heaven and the 72 virgins that await you, you want your faces seen. You’re announcing this piously, publicly. They blurred their faces. Why?”

“It’s a political act, it had nothing to do with Islam or nothing to do with a conflict between Russia and Islamic forces in Afghanistan or Syria. This was a political act linked to an American policy objective being implemented by Ukrainian intelligence services”, Ritter added.

It may be mentioned here that, recently released video from the scene of the attack appeared to show one of the terrorists named Shamsutdin Fariddun (born on September 17, 1998) scoping out the Crocus City Hall venue on March 7, 2024. The evidence has led to speculation the attack was originally intended to be carried out before Russia’s presidential contest in order to disrupt the election and undermine trust in President Vladimir Putin.

https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/03/isis-in-many-ways-today-is-a-controlled-client-of-western-intelligence-establishments/

"Queer Princeton Alumni" President Arrested On Child Porn Charges

The President of the "Queer Princeton Alumni" and the Princeton and Harvard Glee Clubs, who also sits on the board of the New York Philharmonic, was charged and arrested over possession of child pornography, according to the Mercer County, NJ Prosecutor's Office.

Roy "Trey" Farmer, 53, a 1993 Princeton grad, was arrested on Friday at a condo he owns in Princeton, across from the university's main entrance. He faces one count of possession of child sexual abuse material, a third-degree felony.

In January, 2024 detectives with the prosecutor's Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit received information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that an individual in Mercer County had uploaded an item that portrayed child sexual abuse material, the Daily Voice reports. Following an investigation, Roy D. Farmer was identified as a subject.

On Friday, March 22, members of the Mercer County Tactical Response Team, with assistance from the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations Trenton, executed a search warrant at an apartment in Princeton owned by Farmer, where detectives seized multiple items of evidentiary value, the prosecutor's office said. -Daily Voice

Farmer has remained in the Mercer County jail since his arrest, and will face a detention hearing on Wednesday in Superior Court of Mercer County in Trenton. The prosecutor's office will argue he be detained pending trial, according to NJ.com.

Farmer has previously served on the boards of the Classic Chamber Concerts, Istanbul State Opera and Ballet, London Symphony Orchestra, Naples Music Club, Opera Naples, the and the StayInMay Festival, according to his bio on the Queer Princeton Alumni website.

According to his bio for the Harvard Glee Club cited by the Daily Voice, he's an 'entrepreneur' who operates companies in the US, Europe and the Middle East.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/queer-princeton-alumni-president-arrested-child-porn-charges

Fiji PM orders Chinese police out of country, saying no need for them in Pacific police force

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says his government has removed Chinese officers who were embedded in the Pacific nation's police force, even though it has decided not to tear up a contentious policing agreement with Beijing.

He also declared that while Fiji has improved ties with China after an "uncomfortable" period, he remains worried that Beijing's growing presence in the region could undermine democratic systems in the Pacific.

Mr Rabuka sat down with the ABC to discuss the relationship between China and Fiji and a host of political issues at a time when the emerging great power's role in the country has come under intense scrutiny.

Last week, Home Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua revealed that Fiji had decided to maintain a police cooperation pact with China, despite Mr Rabuka's declaration last year that he planned to scrap it.

'We have let sleeping dogs lie'

Also this week, there has been controversy in Suva about prominent Fiji-based businessman Zhao Fugang, after Australian program 60 Minutes alleged he was both a senior member of a transnational crime syndicate and a prominent member of the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department, which pushes Beijing's interests abroad.

Mr Zhao's lawyers say he vehemently denies any allegations of criminality.

The prime minister told the ABC during a sit-down interview that while the government had decided to keep the policing MoU with China, he had ordered Chinese officers who had been based with Fiji's police force to leave the country.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-28/fiji-orders-chinese-police-to-leave-the-country/103640992

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