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Gunmen in combat fatigues fire at crowds at Moscow concert hall, a big blaze follows (apnews.com)

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[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 62 points 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.

[-] WatTyler@lemmy.zip 26 points 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.

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

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.

[-] andxz@lemmy.world 1 points 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.

[-] Samueru@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

They also warned Iran before ISIS-K did their other attack.

[-] ricdeh@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Okay, but there's no way to know whether that "intelligence official" is telling the truth.

[-] moitoi@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago

Liberation means liberating the oppresses and the oppressors.

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