>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.
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.
Since the beginning of 2024, Mozambique's northernmost province of Cabo Delgado has been engulfed in a new wave of violence. Repeated clashes between armed insurgents and security forces have been rife in several coastal towns. As a result, around 100,000 people, including over 61,000 children, were displaced between early...
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 😁
With Russia's internal security apparatus concentrating on suppressing dissent, this was bound to happen. They took their eye off other internal and much deadlier threats - this won't be the last one.
#MOSCOW, #Russia – At least 40 people were killed and 145 wounded on Friday, March 22, when camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire on concertgoers near Moscow, with #IslamicState claiming responsibility for what was one of the deadliest attacks on Russia in decades. #Ukraine
"Wednesday’s deadly bombing in southern #Iran of a memorial service for a senior #Iranian general was actually carried out under the orders of #Israel, despite claims by the #IslamicState terrorist group that it carried out the attack, a website affiliated with Iran’s #Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Friday.
According to an unsourced account on the #IRGC’s Tasnim news site, “the #Zionist regime ordered the #ISIS caliphate to accept the responsibility for this action,” using a reference to Israel."
🥳 Today is the anniversary of the liberation of #Minbij!
➡️ On 15.8.2016, our #YPJ/#YPG/#SDF forces liberated Minbij from #ISIS
➡️This marked the end of more than 2 and a half years of rule of the #IslamicState
➡️ Women who were liberated by YPJ fighters hugged them and burnt the black veils that ISIS forced them to wear
Mozambique: Jihadists from abroad pour into Cabo Delgado (www.dw.com)
Since the beginning of 2024, Mozambique's northernmost province of Cabo Delgado has been engulfed in a new wave of violence. Repeated clashes between armed insurgents and security forces have been rife in several coastal towns. As a result, around 100,000 people, including over 61,000 children, were displaced between early...
Kyrgyzstan brings back 95 ISIL wives, children from Syrian internment camps (www.aljazeera.com)
The government of Kyrgyzstan has said 95 wives and children of ISIL (ISIS) fighters have been repatriated from internment camps in Syria....