Terror 'Surprise' for Sochi Olympics? Purported Suicide Bombers' New Threat

[Purveyor]

Jan. 19, 2014
By BRIAN ROSS and JAMES GORDON MEEK

Citing a new "surprise package" for Russia and Olympic spectators, Islamist militants in the North Caucasus =Sunday launched a new threat to the Sochi Olympics with a purported "martyrdom" video by two suicide bombers who attacked a transit hub 400 miles away.

The video posted on a Chechen extremist site considered a credible platform for militant statements featured two unidentified men before the black flag of jihad and cradling AKMS rifles.

The duo -- dressed in street clothes and without the usual trappings of jihadis -- casually explained that Russians and those attending the Winter Games next month will not be safe as long as forces sent by President Vladimir Putin occupy the North Caucasus region near Sochi, Russia.

"We'll have a surprise package for you," one of the men said in the militants' video. "And those tourists that will come to you, for them, too, we have a surprise. If it happens [the Olympics], we'll have a surprise for you. This is for all the Muslim blood that is shed every day around the world, be it in Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria, all around the world. This will be our revenge."

The new video posted online overnight showed news and security camera footage of two suicide bomb blasts late last month at a busy train station and a commuter trolley in the city of Volgograd, which is a major transit hub in Russia.

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[KaryninMiami]

1. I cannot shake the feeling of dread I have

Perhaps I'm worrying needlessly but it just feels like something terrible is brewing there. I pray that I'm wrong...

[elfin]

2. May not be at Sochi itself

Sounds like that is pretty locked down and covered. But more likely somewhere else and truly awful.

Wish the US could charter and secure all travel and living spaces for our athletes. Bet NBC is doing that for their folks. Wouldn't go there or anywhere in Russia for any reason for a long time.

[KaryninMiami]

3. You are correct- it could happen anywhere over there.

Just seems like an endless supply of opportunities for someone to do an enormous amount of damage if they want to and I just don't trust that Putin has it locked down completely- even in the Sochi area. Really do hope I'm wrong.