• skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.deM
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      9 months ago

      nah, i don’t think so

      russians were warned about possible terrorist incidents some two weeks ago, but dismissed it entirely. on public side you could see us embassy warning saying to avoid concerts and other crowded places. on tuesday putin straight up said that these warning are western lies and attempt at intimidation. it would make every bit of sense if this isis cell also heard of this warning and just waited for another concert

      if it was a false flag, they’ll have more coherent pre-cooked narrative ready

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        9 months ago

        if it was a false flag, they’ll have more coherent pre-cooked narrative ready

        Bingo. Putin is great at playing these games. If he had it planned it would be more graceful.

        This time it was just out of left field. Sometimes weird shit happens.

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        9 months ago

        Russia would. They’re claiming it’s Ukrainian driven, giving them an excuse to intensify their attack.

        25 years ago Putin bombed apartment buildings in Chechnya to give cover for the following actions.

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          9 months ago

          right, but back then appearing stronk and going to war were popular moves, not how it would work now. also elections already happened

          unless you mean this false flag as a pretext for withdrawing from ukraine and going all in in afghanistan (again)

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            9 months ago

            They’re using it as an excuse to amp up action in Ukraine, it’s going to be retaliation for the attacks on the gas infrastructure.

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          9 months ago

          . They’re claiming it’s Ukrainian driven, giving them an excuse to intensify their attack

          They’re already going all out with missile strikes and throwing battalions of armored assets at the line regularly.

          This is to allow them to declare martial law and/or draft more bodies. Assuming it was a false flag, which I doubt.

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          9 months ago

          Wasn’t in Chechnya but Buynaksk (in Dagestan), Moscow, and Volgodonsk (in Rostov oblast)