“British terror chiefs warn an attack on Sochi Games is ‘very likely’ as Russian authorities continue to hunt ‘black widow’ bombers”
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 09:19 EST, 27 January 2014, UPDATED: 10:37 EST, 27 January 2014
SNIPPET: “British anti-terror chiefs have warned that a large-scale terror attack on the Winter Games in Sochi is ‘very likely to occur’.
A threat assessment by Whitehall officials names a Caucasus group, Imarat Kavkaz (IK), as top of the watch-list since it has repeatedly made threats against the Games in recent months.
The assessment points out that in July 2013 the IK’s fugitive leader, Emir Doku Umarov, called on his followers to do what they can to disrupt the Games.”
http://freebeacon.com/u-s-identifies-terror-group-threatening-attacks-on-the-olympics/
“U.S. Identifies Terror Group Threatening Attacks on the Olympics
Caucasus Emirate says Sochi strikes will include chemical weapons attacks”
BY: Bill Gertz
January 27, 2014 5:00 am
SNIPPET: “The Russian terror group Caucasus Emirate, also known as Imarat Kavkaz, is believed to have jihadists in place within Sochi who are ready to strike during the games, set to begin Feb. 7, said U.S. officials with access to intelligence.
New threats of terror attacks on the games were made in a video released last week revealing two terrorists and a bomb-maker behind the recent suicide bombings in Volgograd, some 600 miles northwest of Sochi. The blasts killed 34 people and injured scores more.”
SNIPPET: “In the Jan. 18 statement, Umar also threatened to conduct chemical weapons terrorist attacks in Sochi.”
SNIPPET: “Officials said the group Ansar al-Sunna that claimed the Volgograd attacks are not linked to an Iraqi terror group with a similar name. However, a flag shown in the Jan. 19 video by the Volgograd bomber included a flag of the al Qaeda rebel group in Syria, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, whose coalition include North Caucasus jihadists.”