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Ukrainian president nailed it. When he said that “Those hundreds of thousands of Russians who are now killing on Ukrainian land would surely be enough to stop any terrorists,”

A spokeswoman for the US National Security Council said ISIS bore “sole responsibility for this attack”. “There was no Ukrainian involvement whatsoever,”

By linking Ukraine to the attack, Russia can stoke domestic anger against its neighbour and deflect attention from the gaps in its security system that have widened since the war in Ukraine.

Yes, and even when they have indoor plumbing in Russian buildings. It still leaves a lot to be desired, ( like a lot of things in Putins Russia) even in relatively new construction, as Russians found out during the winter. Mobilising all your tradesmen and maintenance technicians has a price, as they are now finding out.. and this is on top of "normal" Russian standards.

Its all too pat...It was all preplanned, from the videos, they acted very professionally, calm and collected, no hasty movements. They shot people and then double checked, and if in doubt, shot them again. They set explosives and had fire accelerants which they doused the building with before setting it on fire. They locked escape exits, hoping to kill many more people locked inside. Then they made their escape, and to my mind, all according to plan, and for what its worth, they hid out in Moscow. For sure they didn't make a bee line for Ukraine,,,thats beyond belief!!! The burning question though is who actually did it? and perhaps more important what is Putin going to do about it?

Putin couldn't care less about the lives lost, but for sure, its a big thorn in his side if indeed ISIS carried it out. Thats something else entirely.

Did ISIS not release a video showing the terrorists using bodycams while performing the attack ?

yup, if you see sudden influx of ruSSian trolls and propoganda scutters around media, it means whatever just happened hurt them badly. It means collectively we are doing great job!

If it wasn't those 4 men and Russia doesn't have 4 others who are actually guilty then they can't keep on looking and that would be untenable.

They must have the men ,but where are they?

If it is those 4 men they have they been given a script to learn before being "interrogated" in public?

So from what appears to be an Xer on team putin / russia. Note just tweeting the following "info" but no source what so ever. Anyway here ye go, try this on:

In case you're wondering why "it took so long" to apprehend terrorists. This is important to understand:

The secret services found the terrorists either while they were still in Moscow or in the Moscow region, and tracked the car to figure out where they were going and whether they would meet with anyone.

At the same time, their phones were being listened to, which led to seven more detainees in this case.

Then, in the wee hours of morning, when the terrorists were already tired and the information had largely been gathered, the arrest took place so as not to "spoil their skin and take them alive for interrogation."

Yes @pixelburp Over the years I carefully curated a list of people to follow, mainly known journo's, papers, experts in areas and all that .. alot of work in that :D .. I can get away from most of the rubbish by sticking to the FOLLOWING tab rather than the FOR YOU tab. But even the FOLLOWING TAB is now getting infiltrated some what. If that gets too much yes I will abandon. Its a shame, because the concept if run right and moderated right is good.

I think the whole Social Media aspect of the Internet is a busted flush at this stage.

I can see why your man lost his job.

Yes, I've just seen it, with the faces blurred out. And even by their build, they don't look like the ones caught by Putin's FSB even allowing for them having their uniforms removed. So did they do it? I dont know, even if the US says they did, which is admittedly very compelling evidence. We will see how it pans out.