Attacks in Paris and California

Samira Butt

Rabi' al-Awwal 20, 1437 2016-01-01

Letters To The Editor

by Samira Butt (Letters To The Editor, Crescent International Vol. 44, No. 11, Rabi' al-Awwal, 1437)

Why is there always a military drill when ‘terrorist’ attacks occur? Letter writer Samira Butt also questions the official narrative of the San Bernardina attacks.

Who really perpetrated the Paris and San Bernardino attacks? If we are to believe the mainstream Western media, it was all the fault of Muslims. But some really bizarre things happened in Paris as your story pointed out (Crescent, December 2015). There was some kind of security drill in the morning; the actual attack in the evening followed the same pattern. This should arouse suspicion since these kinds of drills have occurred prior to or during every major terrorist attack, whether 9/11 in New York or 7/7 in London.

Further, why is it that no alleged terrorist is captured alive? Would it not make more sense to capture them alive, charge them with the crime and have the matter brought out in court? In the San Bernardino case, the alleged perpetrators were both shot and killed but their hands were handcuffed behind their backs. Eyewitness accounts of three, white, well-built males were completely ignored. These things do not add up. People should be wary of the manner in which the media portrays Muslims as the enemy.

Samira Butt
San Jose, CA, US