Big news on the front page of the Mirror today as the paper goes heavy on the report from the Regnum news agency that Samantha Lewthwaite, the British female terror suspect dubbed the White Widow, was shot dead by a Russian sniper while fighting for the Ukrainians two weeks ago. A very big claim given that Lewthwaite was reportedly fighting in Syria just last month.
It is in Russian president Vladimir Putin’s interest to paint the Ukrainians as terrorists, so this would be a dream come true for his Kremlin spin operation – even if Lewthwaite isn’t as monstrous, or important, as the papers are telling us. Let’s hope that an august British periodical has not been sold a pup…
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