It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
originally posted by: stu119
a reply to: Annee
Definitely, but I think they are the ones who committed the act, but who funded it? I'm thinking CIA but all open to speculation
originally posted by: annonentity
a reply to: andy06shake
The Russian people are quite happy with Putin, or they wouldn't have turned up to vote, I would be more worried about your country matey.
Belarus dictator Lukashenko destroys Putin's evidence that Zelensky was behind ISIS attack by revealing the terrorists first tried to flee to HIS country, not Ukraine
However, a more practical answer exists as to why Russian police were not at the theater or why it took an hour to respond to a terrorist attack that left one of the largest venues in Moscow on fire and how they captured the terror so quickly and without bloodshed. This is known as a “pass-through” operation. The concept is quite simple, really. The Russians were notified of the attack and even took measures to arrest people they suspected of planning future attacks. However, if ordered, Russian intelligence could allow the attack to occur for domestic political purposes. In this case, letting Russian people die in a terrorist attack to gain patriotic fervor for the 100,000 men they were about to draft into the army to die in Ukraine. This makes much more sense and fits quite nicely with the Russian way of doing business.
originally posted by: stu119
Blaming Russia as a conspirator in this is the weakest # I've seen. They need no reason to continue what they are doing.
Forget Russia, ask why this isn't a standard Isis attack.