“RUSSIAN OFFICIALS URGENTLY SEARCHING FOR ‘BLACK WIDOW’ SUICIDE BOMBER NEAR SOCHI”
20 Jan 2014
SNIPPET: “ABC News: Police in Sochi have launched an urgent search for a possible female suicide bomber who may have already made it past the ring of security set up for the Olympic Games. Hotel employees in Sochi told ABC News that posters with pictures and descriptions of a 22-year-old woman from nearby Dagestan were distributed over the weekend by authorities and a similar flyer was also seen posted at Sochi’s airport. A spokesperson for the U.S. Olympic Committee reacted to the revelation by saying that the safety of Team USA is their “top priority.””
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“A police leaflet seen in a Sochi hotel on Tuesday shows Ruzanna Ibragimova and states that she is at large in the city of Sochi. (Natalya Vasilyeva/The Associated Press)”
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-security-forces-look-for-suicide-bombers-before-games-1.2504643
“Russia security forces look for suicide bombers before Games
Ruzanna Ibragimova, a 22-year-old widow of a slain Islamic militant, believed to be in Sochi”
The Associated Press Posted: Jan 21, 2014 4:54 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 21, 2014 5:58 AM ET
SNIPPET: “Police material distributed to the hotel staff also included pictures of two other women in veils: 26-year-old Zaira Aliyeva and 34-year-old Dzhannet Tsakhayeva. It said they had been trained “to perpetrate acts of terrorism.”
It warned that the two women “are probably among us,” but, unlike Ibragimova’s case, did not say if they are in Sochi.”
NOTE The following text is a quote:
www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=16496
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release No: NR-040-14
January 20, 2014
Pentagon Press Secretary Statement on Olympic Winter Games Security
The following press release is attributed to Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby:
The United States has offered its full support to the Russian government as it conducts security preparations for the Winter Olympics.
To that end, U.S. commanders in the region are conducting prudent planning and preparations should that support be required.
Air and naval assets, to include two Navy ships in the Black Sea, will be available if requested for all manner of contingencies in support of — and in consultation with — the Russian government.
There is no such requirement at this time.
