WaPo baits nationalists with headline insinuating only 'far-right' is upset about Sri Lanka terrorist

RT
Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:49 UTC

Comment: This is an instructive faux-pas by the CIA's newspaper of record, the WaPo...

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The Washington Post is under fire for printing a story with a contentious headline, implying that anger over the recent spate of bombings in Sri Lanka is unique to the "far right."

Titled "Christianity under attack? Sri Lanka church bombings stoke far-right anger in the West," the piece drew outrage online far and wide for its recklessly phrased headline.

In its story, the Post cites right-wing leaders and activists across the US and Europe - such as Marine Le Pen, leader of France's National Rally party - who view the bombings in Sri Lanka as part of a greater attack on Christianity.

While the Post does acknowledge that "Christian minorities are targeted around the world," some took the piece itself to be a religious slight.

"If you [need] any further proof that the Washington Post is anti-Christian, check out this asinine headline," one user said on Twitter.

A wave of terrorist bombings in Sri Lanka killed over 300 people on Easter Sunday. Forty suspects have been taken into custody so far, and Sri Lankan authorities believe a religious extremist group known as National Thowfeek Jamaath coordinated the attacks. The Islamic State group took credit for the bombings, but provided no evidence to support its involvement.

Comment: First off, it wasn't 'ISIS'. Russia wiped that organization out in Syria. There are still plenty of 'jihadist' cells being run by Western intelligence from Muslim countries, but ISIS is history.

Secondly, there's their tacit admission that they are content to see Christians massacred.

Finally, as narrative-writers, they're giving away the game: that Christchurch was carried out to 'anger' Muslims, and thus that Sri Lanka has been carried out by the same people to 'anger' Christians.

The pathological 'logic' of it is so obvious that it can only all be part of the Manufactured Clash of Civilizations...

See also:

• Going by recent events, shadowy forces want to spark a 'clash of civilizations'
• Sri Lankan authorities might have fallen into a trap set by a foreign power
• Clinton and Obama slammed for referring to Sri Lankan victims as "Easter worshipers"
• Sri Lanka Terror: Multiple explosions target Catholic churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday - Death toll hits 290 - UPDATES