Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "'Over-the-horizon counterterrorism doesn’t work,' Nathan Sales, who served as ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism, told the Washington Examiner in an interview. 'We simply don't have sufficient intelligence information to be able to order drone strikes from a thousand miles away with no intelligence assets in the country.'"
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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