Posted on 05/11/2012 4:14:25 PM PDT by Milagros
Posted May 11, 2012 06:41:23
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MapMapSatelliteTerrain45°LabelsMap: Georgia Russian security agencies say they have foiled a plot by Islamic militants to attack the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
The National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) said the special services had confiscated arms, ammunition and explosives - including surface-to-air missiles and a flamethrower - in the breakaway Abkhazia region of Georgia.
"Russia's FSB (security service) was able to establish that the fighters planned to move the weapons to Sochi from 2012 to 2014 and use them to carry out terrorist acts before and during the Olympic Games," the NAC said in a statement.
Any security breach around the games could be embarrassing for president Vladimir Putin, who has taken a personal interest in the event and hopes it can be used to boost Russia's image.
The International Olympic Committee has said it is confident Russia will provide a safe event.
Abkhazia, which Russia recognised as an independent nation after a five-day 2008 war with its South Caucasus neighbour, is adjacent to Sochi on the Black Sea coast.
NAC said the seized cache included Igla and Strela portable surface-to-air missiles, two anti-tank guided missiles and 36 mortar bombs as well as a flame thrower, grenade launchers, explosive devices, and anti-tank and anti-personnel mines.
The NAC blamed the plot on the Caucasus Emirate, a leading group in an insurgency against Russian rule in the volatile North Caucasus, where Russian troops have fought two wars in Chechnya since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
It suggested the group's leader, Doku Umarov, had been cooperating with Georgian special services but did not give any details to support this allegation.
Insurgents want to create an Islamic state and claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport in January last year which killed 37 people and twin bombings that killed 40 people on Moscow's metro in 2010.
One group, the Muslim Circassians, driven from their homes by Russian soldiers in the mid-19th century, say the Winter Olympics are being held on a "mass grave". http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-11/russia-foils-alleged-winter-olympics-plot/4004672
“the group’s leader, Doku Umarov, had been cooperating with Georgian special services”
Well, that is always helpful in investigating these things.
“...It suggested the group’s leader, Doku Umarov, had been cooperating with Georgian special services but did not give any details to support this allegation...”
I smell a rat! I think it’s a setup to frame Georgia and give Russia another excuse to invade them.
“I smell a rat!”
I think you are right. Putin needs a distraction and a chance to flex. Beating up on Georgia again is just the ticket. The story is nonsensical. The Olympics are TWO YEARS away.
The Muslims are focused on London right now.
The Religion of Peace is gearing up for another jihad against international athletes....
I have real problems believing any group in Georgia wants to help empower an Islamic state next door.
How about an Islamic group in Georgia?
Nothing to see here. Putin just got his ‘Rules for Radicals’ by Saul Alinsky book translated into Russian is all. What chapter are false flag operations in?
I have friends in Georgia, not close friends but friends. The Georgian Government thinks much less of MUZZES than they do of Moscow and Putin.
That too.
“I have friends in Georgia, not close friends but friends. The Georgian Government thinks much less of MUZZES than they do of Moscow and Putin.”
I don’t think so. Every so-called “protest leader” in Moscow is connected directly to the neo-Nazi Soros. And the mob protesting in Moscow is equivalent to our Occupy Wall Street commies, anarchists and criminals.
Your sign-up date meshes neatly with Soros unleashing his various PR company buys and the establishment of trolls to infiltrate the Internet.
Good luck.
We are armed to the teeth.
I have real problems believing any group in Georgia wants to help empower an Islamic state next door.
“How about an Islamic group in Georgia ?”
Would you believe two Oglethorpes from Georgia with a group of Islamic tourists?
Sergeantdave, you suck at slander and the BS you just wrote angers me greatly!
I hope so. From I've read and seen you may need to be.
Sue me.
Yeah, kind of like the members of the Borscht Brigade here on FR tried to label Georgians as Muslims when Russia invaded them in the first place.
Thanks for that info.
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