Larry Johnson – SONAR21 March 23, 2024
Lots to cover with respect to Friday’s mercenary terrorist attack in Moscow. Why do I call it “mercenary”? Because it appears that the perps had no ideological axe to grind and were hired for a relatively paltry sum and carried out indiscriminate killing at a public gathering of civilians. Based on the video evidence released so far in the public domain the planning for this op was not the work of skilled professionals — e.g., they used the same vehicle to travel to and from the attack site, their movements inside the building demonstrated unsophisticated Close Quarter Battle skills and they had poor muzzle discipline, which means they had minimal rifle training.
The Russians got a jump on the investigation because one of the concert goers coldcocked one of the shooters, and the shooter was captured alive. The Russians also followed the escape vehicle and nabbed four of the suspects as they skedaddled for Ukraine. The western media is doing its damnedest to push the storyline that this was an ISIS attack and dismiss the possibility that it could have been Ukraine. But the initial questioning of the suspects revealed men of limited intelligence — i.e., guys who are not too smart — who told a cock and bull story that they were recruited via a telegram channel by an anonymous source who offered to pay them the princely sum of $5000. There also is no good explanation why a band of Tajiks were hightailing it for the Ukrainian border. At a minimum that shows a belief that they would find safehaven if they could get across the border. They certainly did not behave like diehard jihadist warriors eager to sacrifice themselves and go to Paradise and cash in the reward of 72 virgins.
I think the Islamic terrorism claim is a red herring and designed to shift attention away from the other indicators that some in the West, at a minimum, had foreknowledge of this attack. How else to explain the March 7 warning by US Embassy Moscow for American citizens to steer clear of event, such as concerts? And then, as I wrote yesterday, the US State Department was quick to issue a claim exonerating Ukraine for any role in the attack. The fires were still raging at the Crocus facility. That means only one thing — the State Department had intelligence indicating who carried out the attack. But the U.S. apparently did not share that with its Russian counterparts. That lapse alone is simply going to stoke more suspicion in Moscow about Western involvement.
But we already know one thing for sure — that the West has been involved with facilitating a series of terrorist attacks against Russians since the start of the special military operation. What else do you call the artillery and missile strikes on Russian civilians in the Donbass,] and in Belgorod, with munitions that were supplied by the United States and other major NATO countries? At a minimum, that makes western powers an accessory to an act of terror.
Friday’s senseless slaughter of civilians in Moscow serves no broad, political purpose, nor does it advance Ukraine’s military prospects in anyway. It is important to note that the attack has rallied world sympathy for Russia, including some conciliatory comments out of Washington by National Security spokesman John Kirby. However, it is also important to note the President Joe Biden has said nothing, and has made no contact with Vladimir Putin to express sorrow or empathy. Quite a contrast with Biden’s actions in the wake of the news that Alexey Navalny, a political opponent of Vladimir Putin, had died. Biden was quick to express his fake grief for the death of Navalny.
It appears that the growing death toll from the attack was not caused by bullets, but by smoke inhalation. I still have seen no report explaining how the fire got started. Some speculate that it was caused by a Molotov cocktail. I’m sure those details will be coming out in the next few days. It is also clear from President Putin’s demeanor during his speech today that Russia will retaliate against those responsible for this attack.
I do not think that this act of terrorism is going to change Russia’s military strategy and plans for Ukraine. News from the front shows that Russian forces are continuing to advance all along the front in the Donbass, and are pushing the Ukrainians back towards the Dnieper River. The position of the Ukrainian military is becoming more precarious with each passing day.
As far identifying those responsible for organizing and funding this attack, I have no special insight. I am confident that Russian investigators will be able to trace the origin of the firearms, assuming the serial numbers have not been erased. At this juncture, I am inclined to believe that the West knew something was going to happen based on intelligence out of Ukraine, but did not have specifics other than this was an operation approved by Ukraine’s intelligence service. Is it possible that some British and/or American intelligence officers had an inkling of what was going to happen? Yes, I think that is highly likely. The one thing I know for certain is that this attack is going to strengthen the will of President Putin, the Russian general staff, and Russia’s intelligence service to put an end to NATO meddling in Ukraine, and the ability of NATO proxies to attack the Russian people. Whoever approved this badly miscalculated and will pay a terrible, but well deserved, price.
So what do you think? Western directed or rogue operation?
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there is a saying in intelligence circles that when a plan works well there is temptation to use it over again
and it is this patern that gives away who did it
history tells us back to the bombing of the King David Hotel and the USS liberty
this is israel
no doubt about it
Nutenyahu said when Russia protected Syria, they would be punished
last night the USA not israel bombed tower blocks in syria
they are trying to provoke iran
israel is the centre of world terrorism
If you carefully compare the 4 pictures, you will notice that it is a picture of only one man.
Within an hour of the attack US spokesman John Kirby said ISIS did this, and though I thought this was a cynical deflection the whole of the western MSM and a lot of the more prominent alternative media ran with it. Now they all keep saying it’s an ISIS attack. So it seems the ISIS claim wasn’t just a deflection or an early denial of western involvement, it was the instruction as to the story headline and to stick with it.
“Is it possible that some British and/or American intelligence officers had an inkling of what was going to happen? Yes, I think that is highly likely”
You’d damn well better believe it Larry!!!!!!!!!
Another false claim from the media is that ISIS claimed the attack when it did no such thing. America said ISIS claimed they did the attack but Russia has never said ISIS claimed to them they did it. Since when did a terrorist group attack one country then claim the attack to a third country? I suspect Putin said ISIS did it to send a false sense of security to the perps they got away with it, all while Russia can monitor them at a distance so they might get careless covering their tracks while exposing more links.
It all indicates American involvement. Maybe a Team Nuland parting gift, and the US realises this terror attack was a serious error from which they must disentangle themselves because denials are not enough. If Russia can present evidence of US agency involvement all its minions are by default linked to it.
Bridge down in Baltimore, accident or deliberate?
Russia is blaming it on ISIS.
Just joking.
The US is blaming it on Hamas, maybe Yemen.
I shouldn’t mock, pretty serious really, how could it happen.
Reported 11 million vehicles cross it every day.
Perhaps it was Israel.
What the heck could have happened.
Is it a crime, a crime like that committed against Russia. Hope both nations are able to get to the bottom of them.
A fake. The “western” intelligence knew about because they are part of the theatrics, the whole thing stinks of a fake event, complete with ready bad guys. And now, I can see that Russia /Putin are all in on it, providing us fake events as the USA likes to do. And anyone promoting this event as real is either an actor, a spook, an agent. In fact there is complete censorship , nothing on youtube or anywhere else that offers an independent investigation.
Well..
Larry the deep state CiA (you never leave the Agency) stooge is spinning yarn from nothing..once again..Let me explain why this is nonsense…
ISIS= CiA
UKRAINE= CiA
But he wont tell you that..because Larry’s a spook..he would rather send you off with the fairies, splitting the fork so to speak, with mad confabulations about how Islamic terror which is a CiA creation (have I noted that?) may not be the culprit in this latest operation..but that it is probably Noodelman’s CiA Ukrainians instead…
when in fact it’s all the same thing..it’s only ‘narrative’..the ones they define that matter…
You see this is what spooks do..in a way they are just like actors and usually share all the same sort of pathologies…Scrote Critters rather unhealthy love of young girls for example…which is how they keep them in line…
Of course the real point of interest is how these characters interface with the Russkie regime..
isn’t it?…..
Sounds like another botched CIA op hoping Russia would blame Middle East ISIS to increase the ZOG heat and provocations going in Syria over the past few months.
ISIS = Israeli secret intelligence service
These men knew if they were caught alive, they would likely be tortured to death by Russian intel.
My thinking is that to get someone to commit an act like this, and go into it knowing that it means
at best certain death, and at worst being tortured to death-THE INCENTIVE WOULD HAVE TO BE ENORMOUS.
Which is why i am wondering if these men have families which are being held hostage by western or israeli powers to preform this act.
Uh, Larry as a lifetime spookshow has as much chance of finding the truth as Victoria Nuland did of winning Trump’s Miss Universe pageant at the Crocus. He misdirects everyone from the most likely explanation of 3/22=66 with Haman’s ears: it was another Russian state falseflag based on Western and Israeli developed models. They are all in the same ZOG club stoking Behemoth versus Leviathan.
https://swprs.org/the-moscow-concert-hall-attack-may-have-been-a-staged-event/
ISIS ..
Israeli Secret Intelligence Service.
How many times can this be said?
The newer flavor of ISIS/Daesh is ISIS-K (K stands for Khorasan version).
ISIS has never thrown even a single stone at Zion, the only time they did they was in 2017 and they claimed it was by mistake and apologized to Zion and Zion generously accepted their apologies too!
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-defense-minister-says-is-apologized-to-israel-for-november-clash/
ISIS wounded have been treated in Zionist hospitals and Netanyahu even visited them
Here is a number of latest ISIS achievements:
1- Attack in Moscow-Russia that killed well over ~100 people and many wounded.
2- Attack in Kerman-Iran exploding bombs at a gathering for anniversary of Qassem Suleimani which resulted in about ~100 killed and more wounded.
3- Recent attack in Yemen on AnsarAllah (Hooties) forces killing two of their members! This is the coolest part ISIS even attacks “Houties”, how strange!?
4- Attack on Syrian forces during an event with presence of families of the newly graduated military personnel killing nearly 100 people.
They are always active at the right time to benefit US/NATO/Zion, after all these have been their zombie “proxies” and they are moved around as needed!
With the help of Turkey, “Azerbaijan” and supervision of Zion, ISIS members have been moved to Karabakh region in the artificial state of Baku incorrectly named Azerbaijan.
It is clear what ISIS is.
So why “ISIS-K”? What is the significance of “Khorasan”? As always Zionists know all the Islamic prophecies, Sunni and Shia ones better than Muslims themselves! They study them and know the ones they planted themselves in Sunni books since the beginning; for this reason some of the Shia hadith are put there as a distraction! Jews don’t know which ones they are of course so they are guessing. The important truth is that they take eschatology and end-times prophecies VERY SERIOUSLY! The idea that some snipers are waiting around Ka’ba for an individual to finally announce he is the promised Mahdi so they can kill him is not far from truth! Even US forces had interrogated some people asking them about Mahdi and discussed historical and hadith books with them for months! Crypto Jews are also active to spread rumors and set the stage within Islamic countries for their own number of fake Mahdi(s) and Jesus(s) when the time comes!
Khorasan is a province of Iran but also a larger area covering parts of Afghanistan reaching Tajikstan as well. Some end-times Hadith is about forces that move towards Palestine and nothing can stop them, they will carry black flags. You can imagine this creates potential for fake movements! The hadith is not fake though! : )
At higher levels some select ISIS leaders work only for money and are agents, but there are many useful idiots among them too! It is all about dumb people, be them religious or liberal, as long as they are dumb they are used by Zionists!
my two tomans
Correction
It was 12 million vehicle crossings a year across that bridge.
I heard it the first time on a mainstream state television YT account and then I went back to hear it a second time to confirm what I first heard, which was 12 million a day. Thinking only later that number can not be.
It’s 12 million a year. That’s what it was for 2023.
Apart from telling us the vessel lost power; therefore control, there has been no other explanation.
They are not going to say it was hacked by something are they?
And now the waterway is blocked and six people are dead.
Oh boy.
@Whiteknight
True! And his name is BAZA !!
If the boat lost power and steering, why did it veer into the support column as if being aimed? It also seemed to speed up