White House Says Early Warning on Moscow Attack Validates US Strategy on ISIS-K
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- US embassy earlier this month warned of imminent plot
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The White House said intelligence offering an early warning of the deadly Moscow attack vindicated its handling of the Islamic State and affiliated terror groups, saying the US was able to “keep tabs” on emerging threats even after troops withdrew from the Middle East.
“It was because of the aggressive way which we have been monitoring that system we were able to give the Russians a warning that, in fact, they were heading for a potential terrorist attack,” White House spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Monday.