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U.S. told Russia Crocus City Hall was possible target of attack
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/02/us-warning-russia-isis-crocus/
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The U.S. identification of the Crocus concert hall 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 more than 140 people and set fire to the building.
Previously, the NSC has acknowledged that the United States conveyed information “about a planned terrorist attack in Moscow” but did not say that Crocus City Hall was named as a possible target.
But on Tuesday, Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, told reporters in Moscow that the information the United States shared was “too general and did not allow us to fully identify those who committed this terrible crime,” according to the state-run Interfax news agency.
The Islamic State, which views Iran’s majority Shiite Muslim population as apostates, attacked a gathering of thousands of mourners as they commemorated the fourth anniversary of the death of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Iraq in 2020.
Despite the lack of effective security at Crocus City Hall, there are indications that the Russian government, at least initially, took seriously Washington’s warning — which included information about Islamic State plans to attack a synagogue, according to one U.S. official.
After Russian authorities apprehended suspects in the Crocus City Hall attack, Putin and other senior leaders claimed that Kyiv had hired the operatives and made plans for them to escape to Ukraine, allegations that U.S. and Ukrainian officials have rejected.
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