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Putin was the possible target of a terrorist attack
According to Khan and Ghailani, the next al-Qaeda offensive was supposed to kick off after the assassination of a prominent world leader. We give Don Vlad a great deal of flak here on Rantburg (a lot of it justified), but from al-Qaeda's perspective he's likely a major enemy because of the situation in Chechnya. Just my $0.02.Ninety-eight crew and passengers were killed in last night's terror-hijacking attack on two civilian aircraft. Russian authorities are accusing Chechnyan terrorists of perpetrating the attack. As many as 98 people are feared killed. According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, there were no Israelis on board. Russian authorities are investigating the possibility that the hijackers may have intended targeting President Putin, who is currently vacationing near Sutchi, one of the destinations of the two hijacked planes. In addition, it was reported that Russian rescue teams have managed to recover one of the black boxes. Both planes took off from the same Moscow airport within minutes of each other late Tuesday and were bound for southwestern Russian cities. All passengers and crew, more than 40 people, on the first plane died, after it went down south of the capital. Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-08-25 |
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