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The attack on a concert hall in Moscow raises difficult questions for Putin at a time of global mistrust.
Russian authorities arrested the four men suspected of carrying out the attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133 people, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday during an address to the nation. He claimed they were captured while fleeing to Ukraine. Kyiv strongly denied any involvement in Friday’s attack on the Crocus […]
‘Duty to warn’ guided US advance warning of the Moscow attack. Adversaries don’t always listen
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. warning to Russia couldn’t have been plainer: Two weeks before the deadliest attack in Russia in years, Americans had publicly and privately advised President Vladimir Putin’s government that “extremists” had “imminent plans” for just such slaughter. The United States shared those advance intelligence indications under
A little-known U.S. intelligence principle called the “duty to warn” came into play ahead of the deadly attack on Moscow’s outskirts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. warning to Russia couldn't have been plainer: Two weeks before the deadliest attack in Russia in years, Americans had publicly and privately advised President Vladimir Putin's government that “extremists” had “imminent plans” for just such slaughter. The United States shared those advance intelligence indications under a tenet of the U.S. []
U.S. intelligence agencies shared information indicating that ISIS was plotting an attack in Moscow but Russia's President Putin disregarded the warnings. Putin labeled the warnings as 'provocative' - the attack resulted in more than 60 fatalities and over 100 injured at a concert hall. Earlier in March, the U.S. embassy in Moscow issued a security alert warning of potential terrorist activity in the city, particularly targeting large gatherings
U.S. officials say American intelligence agencies have been gathering information in recent weeks that ISIS was planning an attack in Moscow - but the warnings were dismissed by Russian President Putin, who called them "provocative."A U.S. intelligence official described how American authorities learned that an ISIS group based in Afghanistan was planning an attack in Moscow and passed the information on to Russian officials. Putin dismissed the warnings as an attempt to intimidate Russians.U.S....
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Tom Cotton and Marco Rubio, two Republican senators, said on Sunday that following the attack on a concert hall in Moscow, they are concerned about ISIS’s ability to carry out terrorist attacks in the United States against its citizens. Cotton said this situation “reflects the failure of the Afghan exit policy.” ISIS’s Khorasan branch carried […]