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Moscow 48 Hours On
First, let me share this from Gulagu.net; it will clarify that what happened in Moscow has layers of evidence and intent. It also has vast levels of incompetence:
Russian intelligence services knew about the threat of terrorist attacks from ISIS
Russian intelligence services closely monitored the activities of the Afghan terrorist group Vilayat Khorasan. A few days before the terrorist attack , members of the Security Council received a warning that Tajik citizens could be used in terrorist attacks on Russian territory. Even before the attack on Crocus City Hall, a source close to the intelligence services told the Dossier Center about this.
Over the past few months , Wilayat Khorasan has tried to organize terrorist attacks in Austria, Germany and Kyrgyzstan. All of them were prevented by local intelligence services. Russian law enforcement authorities monitored these reports and considered the risk of terrorist attacks in Russia high . However, it was not possible to prevent the attack on Crocus City Hall, even despite US warnings about the threat. On March 19, speaking before the FSB board, Vladimir Putin called the US messages “provocative.” “All this resembles outright blackmail and an intention to intimidate and destabilize our society,” Putin said.
OMON and SOBR arrived at the scene of the terrorist attack only an hour later…