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The US said it warned Russia of a potential attack like the one that took place in Moscow on March 22. When it comes to fighting terrorism, intelligence agencies are surprisingly generous about sharing information.
The National Security Agency in the United States, for example, spied on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone for several years — a fact the US would have preferred had never come to light.
The assessment of the threat from Islamist terrorism to Germany remains high but is unchanged since the attack on a concert venue near Moscow, dpa learned from state security authorities on Monday. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung that the authorities were working on the assumption that Islamic State – Khorosan Province, an Islamic State offshoot, was behind the attack. German security forces see the group, which is active mainly in Afghanistan, as a major
A claim of responsibility by Islamic State for a massacre of Russian concertgoers near Moscow appears to be plausible and fits with a pattern of previous marauding attacks by Islamist militants, security analysts said on Saturday. One leading expert said, however, it was unusual and striking that the assailants had formed and executed an escape plan instead of pursuing their rampage to the point of being gunned down. Islamic State, also known as IS or ISIS, issued statements claiming responsibility for Friday evening's attack in which Russian investigators said 133 people were killed, a...
Rest of World News: LONDON: A claim of responsibility by Islamic State for a massacre of Russian concertgoers near Moscow appears to be plausible and fits with a pattern .