Sochi Terror Threat

[peacetraveler22]

I don't know how Russians feel about the Olympics, but American television is already showing a lot of ads and promos for the event. In general, the Olympics are a big deal here. Most people enjoy them and are glued to their televisions watching the events and coverage for almost three weeks. However, this past week U.S. media has been on a mission to instill fear about possible terror threats in and around Sochi. It started at the end of December with the Volgograd bombings, but this week panic reached epic proportions with the release of a new video from Islamic terrorists and the identification of potential "black widow" bombers. Of course, it's normal to discuss terror threats before any Olympic Games but Sochi and Russia are receiving a lot more attention than other Olympic hosts, at least in the American press.

What do you think? Can Russian security forces handle the threats posed by these extremists at the Olympics? If possible, would you attend the Sochi Games?

Comments

[pasha1980.livejournal.com]

In Russia, such big events are so rigorously controlled by the FSB that there is not much room for terror attacks. So I wouldn't worry about that risk. I would not attend the Olympics in Russia because I wouldn't want to participate in Putin's attempts to popularize Russia among the international community at the expense of disenfranchized taxpayers who are having to foot the bill for this grandiose project while Russian patients are dying in rundown hospitals due to the absence of adequate funding, but this is a different story.

By the way, have you read this article by Scott Andersen about the bombings that may have propelled Putin to presidency? It's quite interesting in my opinion. http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-333298

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