War Magazine Telegraphed Terror Attacks in Russia Back in June 2023
FPRI Eurasia Fellow predicted jihadis would infiltrate Russia in Central Asia, with digital payments sent to Tajik IS and ISIS-K militants
“Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.”
—Isaiah 49:16
The only thing more important than who committed an act of terror is who you believe committed the act of terror.
Let’s see what X/Twitter thinks:
130+ people were killed in Moscow over the weekend. ISIS seems to have taken responsibility, though even that is in dispute. The terrorists we know of were from Tajikistan. They were headed to Ukraine when fleeing the scene.
As I reported here last summer, a Eurasia Program Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute shared a prophetic view on what might happen in retaliation for Wagner’s moves into Africa. From my article:
“This particular article from a Fellow of the Deep State’s Foreign Policy Research Institute lays everything out, including where Russia’s borders are most permeable for theoretical jihadi armies to invade should the mood strike them.”
The author, Raphael Parens, who spent half of 2022 with the World Health Organization in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, where he “countered misinformation” about COVID-19 vaccines, had this to say in his article in War on the Rocks:
“Islamic State Khorasan Province and Tajik Islamic State have also seen an increase in Russian-linked financial support recently, including digital donations of rubles.”
Catch that? FSB interrogation of one of the killers revealed this…
Parens suggests these donations come from Russian nationals recruited by ISIS.
The detainee said someone called “The Preacher” contacted him on Telegram and sent him the money to commit the deed.
We’ve already seen attacks on the Crimean bridge and attacks within Russia perpetrated by Ukrainians, including the killing of Darya Dugina. These particular terrorists were headed directly to Ukraine after the attack. You decide what is going on here. The Russians sure have…
And another Russian speculation that the terrorists were recruited through the Ukrainian embassy in Tajikistan:
But here’s more from Parens’ June 2023 article:
“If Wagner continues its security assistance campaign on the continent [Africa], the group could be unwittingly building the conditions for a jihadist outbreak along Russia’s southern borders and terror attacks within Russia itself.”
ISIS-K is said to have been behind the latest terrorist attack in Russia. Parens had something to say about them, too; namely that they’re perfectly comfortable praising the West for supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia:
“The Islamic State, as a result, sees Russia as the “leader of the ‘crusader East’” — similar to its views of the ‘crusader’ West. Islamic State Khorasan Province [ISIS-K] has even praised support by “crusader governments” — Western states — for Ukraine against Russia as a sign of divine justice for campaigns by the latter against the Islamic State.”
Regarding “porous” borders that could facilitate jihadi movement in Russia, Parens says this:
“Should Sunni jihadist organizations choose to strike into Russia, Russian-born or foreign fighters will likely enter from the Caucasus or Central Asia.”
What could all of this lead to? Parens says it could set the stage for a Jihadist uprising within Russia:
“Though Wagner Group operations in the Sahel and North Africa have provided the basis for renewed grievances against the Russian state, an internal event could actually provide the spark for a jihadist uprising within Russia’s borders.”
That’s right, Parens says all you need is the “proper spark”:
“Should the proper spark set the tinder aflame, Russia could face its own wave of militant jihadism sweeping across its borders.”
Victoria Nuland, architect of the Maidan Coup of 2014 that kicked off the Ukraine civil war and subsequent invasion by Russia, announced her retirement a few weeks ago, but not before informing us that Ukraine will be engaging in asymmetric warfare from here on out to make sure they have a better negotiating position in 2024 with Russia.
If Russia escalates after this terror attack and withdraws any willingness to negotiate, our Deep State gains long-term narrative leverage against Russia, and worse, Ukraine will get absolutely hammered from the East to the West. Here may be the ultimate goal, if you take Parens’ word as more of an announcement than a lucky prediction:
“These [terror] attacks could provoke a heavily militarized Russian response, as occurred in Chechnya in the early 2000s. Such responses could themselves accelerate the now-familiar cycle of jihadist violence, state-sponsored counter-terror violence, refugee crises, and political crisis.”
That is to say—domestic turmoil and political upheaval in Russia. AKA: regime change.
Alright. I’ll end it there. And as always, you be the judge. But to jog your memory and better acclimate yourself to what’s really going with ISIS-related organizations and individuals, here’s another piece I put together early last year that might help you put the pieces together.