WorldNetDaily’s fealty to Russia popped up again regarding the terrorist attack on a music hall in Russia. A March 23 article featuring a death toll update was taken from RT, the Russia-owned propaganda operation whose TV operations in the U.S. was shut down after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused virtually every video distributor to drop it.
WND’s longtime animosity toward Muslims surfaced in a March 29 article taken from the website of right-wing radio host Wayne Dupree citing an “unnamed person who said they had inside information” claiming that blood samples from the attackers showed evidence of an “unknown drug” that “makes people less afraid.” Dupree’s website is described as “questionable” due to “extreme right-wing bias, use of poor sources, propaganda promotion, conspiracy theories, and numerous failed fact checks.”
This was joined by a March 28 column by Muslim–hating Raymond Ibrahim, who weirdly tried to obfuscate about those behind the attack by insisting that nobody could be trusted:
Was the Islamic State (ISIS) behind the Crocus City Hall terror attack in Moscow that killed 139 and wounded 182 on March 22, 2024, or not?
The Islamic State did claim the attack, and the Western mainstream is agreed that the terror group was, indeed, behind it. On March 25, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “ISIS bears the sole responsibility here – the sole responsibility. And Mr. Putin understands that… [T]here is no evidence – absolutely no evidence that Ukraine was involved here.”
Jean-Pierre specifically referred to a March 7 U.S. public advisory that warned Americans in Russia to avoid concert venues due to a threat of attacks by “extremists.”
Russia, on the other hand, while agreeing that the perpetrators were, in Putin’s words, “radical Islamists,” believes that they were ultimately working for – hence captured fleeing to – Ukraine.
Where’s the truth?
Unfortunately, it’s hard to take the “word” of the Biden administration on anything. Moreover, it is only to be expected that the White House would shield Ukraine – its close ally and recipient of $75 billion-plus in U.S. tax dollars – from any suspicion. As for warning against – meaning foreknowing about – Islamic terror attacks targeting Russian concert halls, this fact can be understood, and is being understood in Russian circles, in a completely different way.
Finally, that Muslim terrorists would randomly pick Russia, of all nations, to attack now – when it is at war with another Western nation – does seem to be more than a “coincidence.”
Despite maliciously suggesting that the U.S. is less trustworthy than Putin, Ibrahim does eventually agree that ISIS was responsible for the attack, though he failed to distinguish between that and ISIS-K, the affiliate that was actually responsible.