While the entire world is condemning March 22 gruesome terrorist massacre in Russia where at least five gunmen in combat gear opened fire and detonated explosives at Crocus City Hall in Moscow city’s western suburbs killing at least 133 people and injuring 187 as audience was gathering to watch the veteran rock band Picnic, stunningly Nobel laureates including Mohammad Yunus and Malala Yousafzai are maintaining stone-cold silence on this matter and refraining from either condemning such cowardice act or expressing message to the family members of the victims.
Following the terrorist massacre in Russia, Washington began frantic bids in diverting responsibility on Islamic State. Within hours of the Crocus City Hall massacre, Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said that Kyiv is not involved in the attack while almost simultaneously US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters, US sees no evidence of Ukrainian involvement in the terror attack. John Kirby said, “At this time there are no indications that Ukraine or Ukrainians were involved in Friday’s attack on Crocus City Hall”.
Meanwhile, a claim surfaced that the attack was carried out by Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) a regional affiliate of the ISIS terrorist organization. US intelligence told American news agencies that there’s “no reason to doubt” the ISIK claims of responsibility.
Days before the terrorist attack, the US Embassy & Consulate in Russia in a Security Alert said: “The Embassy is monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, to include concerts, and US citizens should be advised to avoid large gatherings over the next 48 hours”. They said, “extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow to include concerts”.
And a terrorist attack took place on March 22 at Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow. Any guesses? This is neither a conspiracy theory nor disinformation. My observation is based on fact and evidence. Moreover, it is also essential to take one important point into consideration. A large number of people who were killed during the terrorist attack fell victims of gas released from explosives.
While America’s dubious behavior following the Crocus City Hall massacre may generate doubts and questions in the minds of people, equally similar fingers can be raised at Nobel laureates such as Muhammad Yunus and Malala Yousafzai as both enjoy patronization of the West, particularly the United States, while Yunus is known as a committed supporter of the Democratic Party.
It may be mentioned here that, Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani who was given the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the age of 17, whereas immediately after making the announcement, Nobel Prize Committee’s chairman told media he did not know reasons or any contributions of Malala which had made her eligible for the prize. Similarly, Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi, who was given the Nobel Peace Prize for “fighting poverty” has been in the news headline several times for a series of controversies.
While jointly receiving the Nobel Peace Prize along with Grameen Bank from Professor Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee on December 10, 2006 for “their efforts to create economic and social development from below”, in presence of global dignitaries, Muhammad Yunus declared – “We can put poverty in the museum”. Commenting on Yunus, UK daily The Guardian in an article said: For Nelson Mandela it was apartheid, for Mahatma Gandhi it was self-rule, for Prof Yunus it is poverty”.
At that time a sizable number of people – including journalists were feeling encouraged knowing Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus would put poverty in the museum. After 17 years of receiving the prestigious prize – Muhammad Yunus has not succeeded in sending poverty to museums. Instead, millions of borrowers of loan from him in Bangladesh now are facing cruel sufferings due to poverty while most possibly, Yunus has engaged ‘reputation management’ firms to remove everything on the web about his pronouncement of sending poverty to museums.
Following Yunus’ getting the Nobel Peace Prize, it was reported in the media that President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton had played an important role behind this. Muhammad Yunus has cordial relations with important figures in the Democratic Party. America’s dubious behaviors following the Crocus City Hall massacre and silence of Yunus and Malala deserves scrutiny.
