Don't forget "Russia's 9/11" was engineered by Vladimir Putin

[dalton99a]

In September 1999, terrorists struck four times in three Russian cities, blowing up almost 300 people as they slept in their beds. The tragedies sowed panic across urban Russia, galvanized the nation, consolidated political forces behind a tough-talking new leader named Vladimir Putin, and were the primary reason given for a fresh Russian military invasion of the rebellious southern republic of Chechnya.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-the-1999-russian-apartment-bombings-led-to-putins-rise-to-power/vi-BB1fpf6w
How the 1999 Russian apartment bombings led to Putin's rise to power

(FSB is the current name for the KGB)

https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-putins-way/
FRONTLINE
Putin's Way

[lagomorph777]

1. Similar to the way that Junior Bush engineered 9/11 and the permanent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Coincidence?

[Mme. Defarge]

2. MIHOP

or LIHOP?

[lagomorph777]

3. LIHOP

[Mme. Defarge]

6. Either way, I will always believe that

IHOP

[lagomorph777]

7. Now I'm hungry for pancakes.

Thanks a lot.

[uponit7771]

5. Damn near step by step except maybe Bush admin didn't direct any actions but ADMITS to ...

... not acting on explicit warnings about 911 coming.

[uponit7771]

4. Whoa !!! 3 FSB agents arrested for planting bombs in Ryasan Russia (link)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_apartment_bombings

Three FSB agents who had planted the devices at Ryazan were arrested by the local police.[8] On 24 September 1999, head of FSB Nikolay Patrushev announced that the incident in Ryazan had been an anti-terror drill and the device found there contained only sugar.[9]

Yeah bullshit ...

[maxsolomon]

8. It immediately stunk to high heaven.

It made zero strategic sense for the Chechnyan rebels to attack random apartment buildings.

It made perfect sense for an authoritarian looking to consolidate power.