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Mike Hampton's avatar

Does anyone have links to the music of the band Picnic. I want to add them to the Eagles of Death Metal I'm listening to right now. Rock 'n roll is forever! [update - I found and added a music vid to the post]

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Roslyn Ross's avatar

Given Israel's involvement in ISIS it is suspicious. More likely to be Ukrainians or some rabid group the CIA has coughed up.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

All things possible in our spiderweb world but until there's proof, I prefer K.I.S.S.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

FSB claims attackers were escaping towards Ukraine.

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Roslyn Ross's avatar

That would be the most likely. Occam's Razor approach.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Yes, that's the sophisticated way of saying it. That's just the starting point. Then we evolve as facts arrive.

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Roslyn Ross's avatar

Of course. Follow the facts always.

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Jacqueline Conway's avatar

This is just tragic: it’s beyond me wha the purpose of such an attack is, apart from simply the spread of fear. The world is going mad and it’s very scary.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

There are religious and racist conflicts, but, here, the main fact is that Russia single-handedly prevented ISIS from conquering Syria. ISIS only operates in a small part of Syria now, as well as in Iraq (both areas where the Americans are). ISIS did a suicide attack on Russia's embassy in Kabul in 2022. Then there's an association with extremist Islamic groups in Chechnya etc.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

I've inserted a bigger explanation into the post, also explaining the offshoot responsible for the attack. Hope it helps.

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Jacqueline Conway's avatar

Oh, thanks. I’ll have another read.

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Jacqueline Conway's avatar

Yes, that is clearer now. The worst thing about ISIS / ISIL / Daesh is that the ‘I’ in their title is a complete misnomer. I’m not Muslim, but it’s clear that there is nothing Islamic about these murderers. My Arabic isn’t good enough to be able to give a proper explanation, but Arabs call them ‘Daesh’ because it’s derogatory. It’s still scary how fanaticism and bastardised religious thought is responsible for so much death and destruction.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

It's beyond my little brain how people believe they own something after thousands of years of conflict.

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Roslyn Ross's avatar

There has been a Zionist campaign for decades to create fear and hatred of Muslims. If anyone decried all Jews for the excesses of their fanatics there would be outrage. The double standards applied to Muslims are a disgrace and dangerous.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

I stand on the side of Palestinians because its a human rights issue, I love Jews for peace 'cause they understand that and don't want to be labelled with the nuts, but when I look at extremists - https://www.mikehampton.co.uk/p/red-cow-god-war-middle-east-al-aqsa

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Roslyn Ross's avatar

I support the Palestinians for the same reasons. I admire those Jews and the few Israelis who speak out for the Palestinians in the name of justice and human rights. I have however been shocked at the number of educated and generally intelligent people I know who support Israel's genocide because they hate and fear Muslims. Many of them are Christians. There are various forms of extremism from what I can see.

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Jacqueline Conway's avatar

The saddest thing is that the zionist campaign stimulating Islamophobia has, largely, been successful. It is completely beyond me how people can see a genocide being very clearly orchestrated on their TV screens every night and still not condemn the occupiers of Palestine. The occupiers are evil and illegitimate, but they have all the Western leaders supporting them - even when the people very clearly do not. I’ve sad a couple of people here - who must be American, I think, who say that I’m wrong for calling what is happening in occupied Palestine genocide.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Take comfort in more people changing their views.

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Roslyn Ross's avatar

You make a good point. I long ago realised many very decent, intelligent and educated people support Israel's and its murderous occupation because they hate and fear Muslims. Their bigotry is quite irrational and beyond reason as is their support for genocide in its name.

No-one with a modicum of reason who knows the definition of genocide can fail to understand that what is happening in Occupied Palestine is genocide.

I think they do know but say it is not because they just want Muslims killed. They deny the reality that many Palestinians are Christians as inconvenient collateral damage.

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Daniel Helkenn's avatar

This is very much like what happened during the Chechnya situation. I had anticipated, and now I see your confirmation, that at least some of the persons involved would soon be in custody. They’re usually pretty efficient on catching terrorists. I will also expect they’ll be efficient on extracting information from them.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Beyond the horror, I'm fascinated where this leads.

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Darkstar's avatar

As a human and music lover,I feel sad for those fans that died. 😢 Usaly when ISIS comes up the CIAand Massod is behind it..

Or it could be that there was one person that needed to be hit,and the hit needed to be covered up.

That's not likely the answer. No matter.

Fools keep trying to chop down the tree of peace. When it falls,there will be Hell to pay.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Just another reminder of dangerous times. I expect the attack will backfire, and Russians will become more together and determined..

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Indie's avatar

Great work, Mike. Thank you.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Ta.

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Myriad Mike's avatar

Here is what I've been able to gather so far:

https://myriadmike.substack.com/p/terrorist-attack-in-moscow-what-we

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Mike Hampton's avatar

I find it interesting but, as said on my other post, I cannot accept a video alone, unless I know the source, and it can be verified.

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Pete Russell's avatar

When the United States says it was ISIS, it certainly was NOT ISIS. Mouthpiece John Kirby said that it was not Ukraine WITHOUT even Russia knowing who did this terrorist attack. It was Ukraine GUR under orders of MI6 & the CIA who orchestrated this terrible act. Regime change Karen Victoria Nuland said that Russia would get “surprises.” She needs to eat her own cookies, with an additional ingredient to make her disappear.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

For me, the USA saying it was ISIS is like the USA saying it was them. Yes, you can label me cynical.

There were more definitive things from Nuland at that CSIS meeting - https://www.mikehampton.co.uk/p/devil-visited-earth-victoria-nuland-csis-lies

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Pete Russell's avatar

The USA created ISIS & the current Nazi Kiev regime. In reality the US is responsible for this terrorist act as well as terrorism throughout the world.

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