Isabelle
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Looks like she has had a rough life. Probably feels like she has nothing to live for.
Urgent Search for 'Black Widow' Suicide Bomber, May Be Already in Sochi
http://news.yahoo.com/urgent-search-39-black-widow-171341177.html
I am so concerned for the athletes and attendees. Sorry. I don't trust Russia has all the necessary precautionary measures in place. Only 2 weeks to go. lease:
I would be more concerned with hotels and restaurants and public transportation than the actual competitions.
The choices seem limited.
If the Olympics were cancelled or the US withdrew due to terrorism threats, Putin would be irate, damaging US-Russia relations. (As an aside, Putin is now considered by Forbes Mag to be the most powerful man in the world.) Then, too, consider the athletes and the time they have spent training. They would totally be angry. It's a Catch 22, caught between a rock and a hard place. We (and other countries) seem to be left with "just trust us."
The latest threat seems to be against the Olympic torch as it passes through certain anti-Russian government areas. (No idea why it's going there anyway.) Guess we could "take" damage to a torch rather than to athletes and tourists.
The US State Dept has just issued a travel warning for the Olympics. (Never in my lifetime would I have anticipated this.) What would you do if you already had event tickets, plane tickets, and a hotel, as many families of athletes do? I think athletes will be protected, but will tourists?
I agree. There will be lots of security at the competitions.
Places in danger are likely to be "soft targets"-places such as public transportation, etc.
Let Putin be irate! Let him throw every kind on temper tantrum he can throw. I say the US Olympic team must pull out. Could some of the terror threats be coming because of the Boston Bombing, one dead and one in jail, both from that area of the world or near there (Dagestan). When has the US ever had to have contingency plans to remove citizens to safety during Olympic events in another country. Just sickening!
US isn't the safest country in the world by any means. All the mass shootings, and terrorists attack that went on here.
One can never be a 100 % safe.
Olympics themselves probably will be safe, but the perimiters around them - questionable.
From Sen Michael McCaul, Tex R,
"I think the greatest vulnerability is a soft target that could be hit that would take place outside of this perimeter," McCaul said. "When I talked to security officials, they see that as the greatest risk and the greatest vulnerability. Because as long as [terrorists] can hit somewhere close, it's still a victory in their mind."
"But in terms of actual physical security, I think they've (Russians) done a good job."
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/house...r-fears-black-widow-bombers/story?id=21611173