Turkish Newspapers Blame CIA, “Western Alliance” for Russian Ambassador Shooting

Here’s the kind of Tweet you won’t see reported on with funny little anecdotes at sites like Twitchy…

So the Turkish government’s in-house papers all pretty certain this is the work of the west (“CIA” left, “western alliance,” right) pic.twitter.com/UHHgn4BfGx

— Isobel Finkel (@is_fink) December 20, 2016

Turkish newspapers are openly blaming the CIA and the “Western Alliance” on the front pages of their newspapers for the highly publicized assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov on Sunday.

This comes as Turkish President Erdogan said, “I believe this is an attack on Turkey, the Turkish state and the Turkish people, and also a clear provocation … [in terms of] Turkish-Russian relations. I am sure our Russian friends also see this fact. Both Turkey and Russia have the will not to be deceived by this provocation.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin responded similarly, saying, “This murder is clearly a provocation aimed at undermining the improvement and normalization of Russian-Turkish relations…”

Putin has also given a chilling warning that the killers will “feel it”.

Frantz Klintsevich, the deputy chairman of the upper chamber of the Russian Parliament’s defence and security committee, told reporters, “It is highly likely – that representatives of foreign Nato secrets services are behind it.”

The shooting comes just days after it was reported that Russia and Turkey were planning to meet over a complete ceasefire in Syria outside of the purview of the UN and without US involvement.

Gee, now who could be a little miffed about meetings like that?

Meanwhile, State Department Propaganda Peddler Spokesman John Kirby has come out in response to say that any assertion the US was involved is ludicrous and a false claim that has no basis in truth whatsoever.

Right… if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, is wearing a T-shirt that says, “I’m a duck,” it may sound glue-sniffing insane but chances are… it just might be a duck.