Wednesday, February 5, 2014

On Wednesday Feb 5, 2014, CNN published an article title " Will 'black widows,' other terrorist stalk the Sochi Games." This article explain the threat of terrorist attack by the Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus and how real of an issue this can become.

This article goes into brief detail of Russian and Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus past encounters that is not know by many and why they are upset that the Winter Games are being held in Sochi. In the 1990s the Chechens people wanted separation after the Soviet union collapsed. nearly 80,000 Chechen were killed in the struggle. Sochi is located in the territory were many of these civilains were killed. Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Caucasus, Doku Umarov said the Olympics were to be held "over the bones of thousands of Muslims who were killed and buried on the territory along the Black Sea," and fighters must not allow that "by any means." And this terriost ogranzition has the perfect soldiers to carry out thier plans, "black widows" wifes whos hubands were killed by Russian forces.

US and Russian government are working together to prevent any terrorist attacks against the Winter Olympics, utilizing top equipment and technology, but are still concerned about the surrounding areas of Sochi.

 This article is worth reading because it gives a good background history of the terrorist group and how the government plans on counteracting against a highly motivated organization.




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