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http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/10/a_suspected_black_wi.php
“Suspected ‘Black Widow’ suicide bomber kills 6 in southern Russia”
By LISA LUNDQUIST
October 21, 2013
SNIPPET: “No group has claimed the attack, but it is likely the work of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate and its Riyad-us-Saliheen Martyr Brigade, which have been responsible for a series of bombings and suicide attacks in the Caucasus region and beyond over the past decade.
The Brigade was revived in 2009 under Caucasus Emirate leader Doku Umarov, a terrorist blacklisted by the US in 2010 who has vowed further suicide attacks.”
SNIPPET: “In July this year, Caucasus Emirate leader Doku Umarov issued a statement calling for further attacks aimed at disrupting Russia’s plans for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, according to the Kavkaz Center. He stated: “We know that on the bones of our ancestors, on the bones of many, many Muslims who died and are buried on our territory along the Black Sea, today they plan to stage the Olympic Games. We, as the Mujahedeen, must not allow this to happen by any means possible.”
Shortly after the Boston Marathon bombings this spring, Russian authorities announced that they would be bolstering security in Sochi starting on June 1, the Moscow Times reported. More recently, The Guardian disclosed that Russia’s intelligence service is planning to monitor “all communications” by athletes and visitors at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.”
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http://www.rferl.org/content/why-volgograd-bombing/25216682.html
“In Wake Of Repeated Bombings, A Question: Why Volgograd?”
By Daisy Sindelar
December 30, 2013
SNIPPET: “Now, two back-to-back suspected suicide attacks just ahead of New Year celebrations — a December 29 bombing at the city’s main train station followed by a December 30 trolleybus blast — have claimed 30 additional lives and left many to wonder why Volgograd has become an unlikely insurgent target.”
SNIPPET: “But Andrei Soldatov, the editor of Agentura.ru, a Russian site dedicated to terrorism and intelligence, says the Volgograd attacks — which took place 650 kilometers northeast of Sochi — throw such planning into disarray.
Bomb Kills At Least 17 At Russian Train Station
“I think the goal was to distract security forces. Because now, with the Olympics coming up, they’ll be forced to think not only about ensuring the safety of the major Russian cities as well as Sochi and the infrastructure around the Olympic facilities,” Soldatov says.”
SNIPPET: “Doku Umarov, the leader of a self-proclaimed independent Islamic state, the Caucasus Emirate, this summer called on all “mujahedin fighters” to stage attacks against targets including the Sochi Olympics.
Volgograd, an industrial city of 1 million, has no evident strategic value as a terrorist target, although its train station — the site of the December 29 blast — is a major transportation hub on the country’s north-south rail links.”
SNIPPET: “Second Volgograd Blast Kills 14
Other possibilities include the fact that the city is set to serve as a host during the 2018 soccer World Cup, or the fact that Volgograd, formerly known as Stalingrad, is the site of one of the bloodiest World War II battles and a critical turning point in the war.”
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/today-in/2013/12/a_suicide_bomber_detonated_on.php
A suicide bomber detonated on a crowded trolley in Volgograd, killing at least 14 people, the second such attack in two days in the city. Yesterday a Caucasus Emirate-linked “Black Widow” suicide bomber from Dagestan detonated inside the Volgograd central train station, killing at least 17 people. Islam Atiev, a Caucasus Emirate member, was killed in a clash with security forces in Dagestan on Dec. 28. Since then, security forces killed two suspected militants in Dagestan, two more in Stavropol Krai, and three more in Kabardino-Balkaria. Security is being heightened across the country in advance of the Olympics in Sochi.
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Posted by Lisa Lundquist on December 30, 2013 7:39 PM
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/12/suicide_bomber_strik_8.php
“Suicide bomber strikes again in southern Russia”
By BILL ROGGIO
December 30, 2013
SNIPPET: “The southern Russian city of Volgograd has suffered its second suicide attack targeting public transportation in two days. Yesterday’s blast took place at the city’s train station, and today, a suicide bomber destroyed a trolley in the city. Both attacks are likely to have been carried out by the Islamic Caucasus Emirate, an al Qaeda-allied group whose leader has ordered his fighters to attack the 2014 Winter Olympics in nearby Sochi.”
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/12/black_widow_suicide.php
“’Black Widow’ suicide bomber strikes at Russian train station”
By BILL ROGGIO
December 29, 2013