• lennybird@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on affiliated channels on social media. A U.S. intelligence official told The Associated Press that U.S. intelligence agencies had learned the group’s branch in Afghanistan was planning an attack in Moscow and shared the information with Russian officials.

    Respect to USA for trying.

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      8 months ago

      The problem is that, this helps Putin. If we assume he has no regard for human life, then this is a massive opportunity for him. He’s made the most out of opportunities like this one in the past.

      This attack on innocent lives is a profound tragedy as it is. I wish I could spend more time dwelling on the plight of the victims but my brain won’t stop panicking about all the ways Putin can exploit this situation to ruin even more lives.

      It’s why I couldn’t shake the idea that this might be a false flag operation. It’s why I can’t deny the prospect that perhaps Russian security services didn’t do all they could to stop this before it occurred.

      My thoughts to the victims and those close to them.

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        8 months ago

        Putin is already blaming Ukraine.

        US security services have notified Russia of an impending attack, they notified US citizens there to about large gatherings

        Gunmen went in calmly, shot at people for 1.5 hours without being stopped, then calmly walked back into a car and drove off.

        IS claimed responsibility immediately

        Russia claims it arrested the same gunmen in the car that was already identified and look at that, they went straight for the Ukraine border, an impossible to pass war zone. Uh huh…

        All of this clearly shows it was the Ukraine!

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        It’s why I couldn’t shake the idea that this might be a false flag operation. It’s why I can’t deny the prospect that perhaps Russian security services didn’t do all they could to stop this before it occurred.

        It makes him look weak, distracted, and unprepared. People might think his attention and army is spread too thin with the war in Ukraine.

        Seems like a really shitty false flag operation to me.

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        8 months ago

        It wouldn’t exactly be the first time he’d do something like this, although if this is the case it’d be quite extreme even for him.

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      8 months ago

      Okay, but there’s no way to know whether that “intelligence official” is telling the truth.

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      8 months ago

      Maybe the US should have avoided creating Islamic fundamentalists to begin with. This all started because of the US funding mujahideen to fight Russia