Posted on 03/23/2024 10:24:36 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
There are always questions after any attack as to why it was not stopped or detected. But the Moscow attack raises particularly difficult issues for Vladimir Putin at a time of international tension and mistrust. And much of that comes because of a warning from Washington.
The 7 March warning from the US to its own citizens was unusually specific. It talked of reports that "extremists" had "imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow" and specifically mentioned concerts. It advised Americans in the city to avoid large gatherings over the coming 48 hours.
The timing may not quite match, but other details do tally closely with events on 22 March. It seems clear Washington had some kind of intelligence and that it related to Islamic State (IS) - the group that has issued a statement saying it was behind the Moscow attack.
As well as the public warning to its own citizens, the US also said it had communicated with the Russian government directly.
"The US government also shared this information with Russian authorities in accordance with its long-standing 'duty to warn' policy," a US official said in a statement after the attack.
There are channels through which intelligence is shared between countries - even those that are not allies - especially when it relates to possible attacks on civilians.
But the problem is that Moscow dismissed the warnings.
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Gosh, the DC neocons and US Govt is so good to Russia. When will they ever recognize and appreciate it?
Uh, would you buy stuff from this (b)administration?
Hey Russia, Karma is a Bitch!
Not adressed to marcmax
But, Given the source of this report …..which is being spread today across all mass media almost word-for-word?
US officials?
When was the last time we saw an honest media blast quoting “ US officials”?
This is CYA in overdrive.
How is this karma?
Funny how the US supposed warned Russia, they had intelligence showing an attack was near, but they had ZERO knowledge that Hamas was going to slaughter 1400 people on Oct 7th..funny how that just slipped through the radar
The chickens have come to Rus.
18 more days of celebration to go.
Well done. 👍
same crowd pulling that nonsense on Americans appears to have graduated to pulling it on Russians...
Was there a warning in October last year? 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War. Something was brewing. Intelligence agencies had the warnings, but didn’t trust them?
:rolleyes:
If this attack was from Ukraine then the attack warning story is a complete lie....or the warning could have been for another location as a distraction. T don’t trust our own government anymore. They are led by lying communist scum.
Be mad at Putin for ignoring the U.S. warnings.
It’s really easy to predict something that you are helping to plan and execute.
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