FBI Director Christopher Wray acknowledged that officials are concerned about the possibility of “some type of coordinated” terrorist attack in the United States. This is perhaps reminiscent of the terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall by ISIS-K in March, which killed well over 100 people. It is alive.
In an interview with NBC News, Ray said warned The newspaper said the threat of terrorism following the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre in Israel “is at an all-time high, particularly from lone actors and small groups radicalized domestically by the war.” That’s what it means. But now, concerns are growing, especially after the March 22 attack by ISIS-K on Crocus City Hall.
“But he also said there is growing concern about a coordinated terrorist attack in a public place, something intelligence officials have seen as highly unlikely for the past decade,” NBC News reported.
“We are increasingly concerned [about] It is possible that there will be some kind of coordinated attack here in our homeland, but it may not be all that different from what we saw from ISIS-K against a concert hall in Russia a few weeks ago,” Ray told the magazine. Ta.
In March, gunmen opened fire and set fire to a complex in Krasnogorsk, a suburb north of Moscow, killing at least 143 people. Russian authorities said gunshot wounds and smoke inhalation were the main causes of death.
An ambulance is seen outside the burning Crocus City Hall after a shooting in the Moscow suburb of Krasnogorsk on March 22, 2024. (STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)
In a statement from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), It was delivered Chargé d’affaires Catherine Brooker said the attack was “the deadliest terrorist attack in Europe since the Beslan school siege in 2004″. Citing U.S. intelligence, Brooker said, “ISIS-K probably attacked Russia to demonstrate its ability to expand beyond South Asia, and to demonstrate its ability to expand its influence beyond South Asia, as well as the relationship between Russia and the Taliban and its military efforts against ISIS in Syria.” The reason for this is that the intervention continues.”
Some say the ISIS-K attack is particularly embarrassing for the Biden administration. showing Some believe the terrorist group was able to regroup after President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, with some warning that this could lead to an increased likelihood of attacks in the United States.
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CBS News senior national security contributor Michael Morell, who served as acting CIA director and deputy director under President Barack Obama, said the group “is now, I think, the strongest ISIS group in the world.” .
“They are very capable,” Morrell warned. “They conducted an attack in Iran in early January, but this attack was much larger and much more powerful. ISIS-K is much more active today than when we left Afghanistan. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that it has become even more powerful. [2021]”
MSNBC national security analyst Clint Watts said the group is expanding its attacks regionally, saying, “We’ve had two attacks not only in Russia, but also in Iran, resulting in numerous casualties.” said.
“So their capabilities are definitely increasing,” Watts continued, adding, “We should be more concerned regionally, the United States is targeting regionally.”
“So imagine if you could be in South Asia or Central Asia or Eurasia or the Central East Asian region or whatever, you’re probably at risk,” he continued.
“And I think you’ll see that they continue to target regionally. That’s Russia, that’s Iran, that’s the United States and Europe as well,” he added.
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Russia tried to pin Attacks on Ukraine and the United States admitted ignoring warnings from U.S. intelligence about the attacks, claiming they were “too common to fully identify those who took part in these horrific crimes.” did. ISIS has also openly taken responsibility.
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