Russian Invasion of Ukraine

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 Het-field wrote:

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 Het-field wrote:

We learnt with the Skripal affair in Salisbury that Russia are prone to long range nobblings. Ditto the poisoning of Yushchenko in 2004.

I thought having " Form" for behaviour doesnt mean its relevent in this situation

I also note the " story" of the assassination attempt has slowly dropping out from the news reel.

With these stories its important to see who reports and when and the timeline. The US were very quick to point at Al Queada being behind the Moscow Terrorist attack. The Russians didnt even know who was behind it.

That’s not entirely the case. ISIS claimed responsibility. Usually that sort of admission is taken at face value, unless it’s a denial. That sort of act tends not to be something a group readily admits to unless it’s responsible and wants to take responsibility.

Correct but the US were quick to back their claim.

To me it begged more questions than answered them.

If it was a denial, I think you’d have a point. But it’s an admission. Why else would they do it? And they have a history of that sort of crude and indiscriminate attack in major cities, with a view to maximum casualties. Even Putin referred to “Radical Islamists”, with a vague swipe at blaming Ukraine. But the generally narrative is aligned.

I agree. So as I said looking at who reported and when, the US knew before the Russians. 
So how did they know?

I won’t think that’s relevant. Not least as Moscow would have been scrabbling after a very serious terrorist attack. The narrative is very consistent here.