Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) attributed the terrorist incident in Moscow to the Biden administration’s policies.
Cotton claimed on a Fox News Sunday broadcast that the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan made the ISIS-K terrorist attack on Moscow on Friday possible.
He stated, “This is the sad echo of President Biden’s chaotic and disastrous exit from Afghanistan—the same group who killed 13 Americans—as you witnessed what ISIS from Afghanistan was able to do in Moscow a couple of days ago.”
“I asked our commanding general in the Middle East only a few days ago at the Armed Services Committee about ISIS’s ability to project assaults from Afghanistan,” he said. He predicted that ISIS from Afghanistan might strike Western interests throughout Asia and Europe in as little as six months, but it turned out to be closer to six days. This is precisely what we have witnessed occur.
The ISIS branch in Afghanistan, which has been at odds with the Taliban administration since the latter’s takeover of the country in August 2021, took credit for Friday’s attack. The Taliban pledged assistance in combating the organization and denounced the attack on Friday.
“While the deaths of women, children, and innocent citizens in Moscow are extremely tragic, the next wave of strikes may target an American embassy in Asia or Europe, or even American students on a spring break field trip,” Cotton stated. “Once more, this is a very risky echo of President Biden’s botched pullout from Afghanistan.”
Four shooters broke inside the well-known venue, Crocus City Hall, and started shooting at random. Media with ties to ISIS-K released footage of the assailants yelling hardline Islamic phrases. Almost 140 people have died thus far, and that number is certain to climb. On their route to Ukraine, security agents apprehended four individuals, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Russian dissident source Meduza geolocated the militants’ apparent attempt to enter Ukraine, which appears to be the only evidence the Kremlin has provided to support assigning ISIS-K full responsibility for the attack.
Ukraine has strongly denied any participation, and the US supports those assertions.
Due to the first Chechen War in 1994 and Russia’s ongoing fight against ISIS in Syria, Islamic terrorism has long targeted Russia. The terrorist assault on Friday was the bloodiest to strike Russia since the Beslan School Siege in 2004, which claimed the lives of over 300 people, the majority of whom were students.
Author: Scott Dowdy
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