Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, said the attack in Moscow, which killed more than 130 people and injured dozens, was a very dangerous reflection of President Biden’s failed withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Ta.
Cotton told Fox News’ Shannon Bream: “I’m very concerned, Shannon, and you saw what ISIS in Afghanistan was able to do in Moscow a few days ago. “This is an unfortunate echo of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.” On “Fox News Sunday.” “This is the same group that killed 13 Americans.”
“Just a few days ago, at the military committee, I asked our commander in the Middle East about ISIS’s ability to plan an attack from Afghanistan. He said within six months at the earliest, and actually six months. ISIS in Afghanistan could attack Western interests across Asia and Europe without any warning, he continued.
Islamic State Khorasan, known as ISIS-K, was responsible for Friday’s attack on Moscow, which left at least 133 people dead and more than 100 injured in a shooting rampage at the Crocus City Hall concert venue. The Kremlin announced this weekend that 11 suspects were arrested, including four suspected of being directly involved in the incident.
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Senator Tom Cotton speaks with FOX News’ Shannon Bream. (Fox News)
“And that’s exactly what we’ve seen. It’s very unfortunate that innocent civilians, women and children were killed in Moscow, but the next attack will be on American embassies in Asia or Europe, or “It could be against students traveling to Europe or something like that,” Cotton said. “This is on a spring break field trip. Again, this is a very dangerous echo of President Biden’s failure to withdraw from Afghanistan.” continued.
Russian National Guard soldiers step off a bus near the burning Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Friday, March 22, 2024. (Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency, via AP)
The 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was seen as a failure not only by the president’s critics and critics, but also by many Republicans on Capitol Hill.
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The withdrawal from Afghanistan killed 13 U.S. service members guarding Kabul airport during the operation, while leaving hundreds of Americans and tens of thousands of Afghan allies stranded in the Taliban-controlled country. ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing at the airport. Critics such as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said the withdrawal paved the way for adversaries like Russia to invade Ukraine in a war that has lasted more than two years.
U.S. soldiers board a U.S. Air Force plane at the airport in Kabul, August 30, 2021. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images)
Cotton continued: “You don’t even have to be on the Intelligence Committee” to be “very concerned” about ISIS terrorists attacking Americans, whether domestically or while traveling abroad.
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The Taliban celebrates the first anniversary of retaking Afghanistan after US forces withdrew. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
“Listen to what our military commanders in the Middle East have said: An attack like this could happen in just six months. And again, it turns out it’s six days. He said it might take a little more time to plan that kind of attack on the American mainland or the Western Hemisphere, but then again, it would take Europe and Asia, embassies and businesses. There are millions of Americans who live and travel abroad. “Criminals from Afghanistan are going to target Americans sooner or later,” he said.
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On Friday, March 22, 2024, a large fire can be seen above Crocus City Hall in the western edge of Moscow. (Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency, via AP)
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Following the tragic attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed that those responsible would be “justly and inevitably punished.”
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“All perpetrators, organizers and those who ordered this crime will be justly and inevitably punished, no matter who they are or who is directing them,” Putin said. said. “We will identify and punish everyone who stood behind the terrorists and prepared this atrocity, this attack on Russia, this attack on our people.”
