@randahl The situation in #Gaza is tragic, but after #Hamas (who was elected to power) attacked #Israel 🇮🇱 on October 7th, 2023, they committed the whole area to the blowback of war.
Hamas is (to put it bluntly) a genocidal organization that needs to be removed from power.
>2 wks before terrorist attack #UnitedStates told #Russia that #CrocusCityHall was possible target of attack
The high degree of specificity conveyed in the warning underscores Washington’s confidence that the #IslamicState was preparing an attack that threatened large numbers of civilians, & it directly contradicts Moscow’s claims that the #US warnings were too general to help preempt the assault.
The #US identification of #CrocusCityHall as a potential target — a fact that has not been previously reported — raises new questions about why Russian authorities failed to take stronger measures to protect the venue, where gunmen killed >140 people & set fire to the bldg. A branch of the #IslamicState took credit for the attack, the deadliest in #Russia in 20 yrs. #UnitedStates ofcls publicly said the group #ISISK, “bears sole responsibility,” but #Putin has tried to pin the blame on #Ukraine.
Good morning from the boss lady, #CatsOfMastodon - it is still very chilly in London!
This #Caturday she brings you our latest #TheGlobalJigsaw on the disinfo wars in the wake of the horrific #CrocusCityHall attack - the narratives from #Moscow#Kyiv#Tajikistan and from the #IslamicState group.
She worked extra hard this week to turn it around fast, so pls let her know your thoughts once you've heard it:
Inside his twisted and cruel mind, Putin is actually happy this happened. Don't need a PHD to figure that out.
He can use it to brainwash more of his people.
TV editor Simonyan published a video showing a suspect, a young bearded man, being interrogated aggressively by a roadside, replying in heavily accented Russian to a series of barked questions. He said he’d flown from Turkey Mar4 & received instructions from unknown people via Telegram to carry out the attack in exchange for money.
At the peak of its #power, the group controlled an area the size of Britain, & systematically killed or enslaved members of the Yazidi religious minority, carried out torture & mass killings, & filmed gruesome videos of the executions of its captives, including Westerners. Militants in other regions also pledged allegiance to the group & formed local offshoots.
Today, we had a largish raid group of 11+ to take on an #OriginFormePalkia in - it turned out to be a good raid.
Just for fun, my strongest ditto was backing up my mega salamence who was in #1 position. Turns out that the ditto's shapeshift did not cancel out my salamance's mega form which was a happy surprise 😁