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2004-08-31 Russia
Major car boom in Moscow - 10 feared dead
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Posted by True German Ally 2004-08-31 1:20:54 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Russian news say that probably two cars exploded near the metro station Riga in late Rush Hour, close to the department store "Krestovski".
Posted by True German Ally 2004-08-31 1:26:43 PM||   2004-08-31 1:26:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 See what these extremists do?
Posted by TheDoctor 2004-08-31 1:31:45 PM||   2004-08-31 1:31:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes.
Posted by TheDoctor 2004-08-31 1:32:17 PM||   2004-08-31 1:32:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Oops. My computer froze up. Sorry guys!
Posted by TheDoctor 2004-08-31 1:35:05 PM||   2004-08-31 1:35:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Guess this means the "Olympic Truce" is well and truly over.
Posted by Seafarious  2004-08-31 1:46:35 PM||   2004-08-31 1:46:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe they found those two missing "black widows".
Posted by Steve  2004-08-31 1:47:01 PM||   2004-08-31 1:47:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Two car bombs, and two missing Chechen widows . . .

COINCIDENCE? I don't think so.
Posted by BigEd 2004-08-31 1:47:26 PM||   2004-08-31 1:47:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The agencies said it was unclear what had caused the explosion.

Take a wild f%&king guess....
Posted by Rafael 2004-08-31 1:49:05 PM||   2004-08-31 1:49:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Latest report is one suicide bomb by foot, rather than two (suicide) car bombs, so presumably still one crazy chechen on the loose...
Posted by Lux 2004-08-31 2:04:25 PM||   2004-08-31 2:04:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Enough. Time to push the Russians to get serious about a new Entente with the us, the Indians and the Israelis. Pay the Russian nuclear providers whatever sum they need to stop doing deals with Iran. Offer whatever other carrots may be necessary, but get serious NOW about a truly relevant alliance for the 21st century.
Posted by lex 2004-08-31 2:09:31 PM||   2004-08-31 2:09:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 TGA-Do you happen to know if the "metro station Riga" is just an arbitrarily named section of the train station; I mean, does the line actually connect to the city of Riga, Latvia? This concerns me.
Posted by jules 187 2004-08-31 2:14:54 PM||   2004-08-31 2:14:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Ryzhskaya is the name of the metro station that handles local traffic as well as trains bound for the northeast. Riga is to the northwest and would be reached via the Leningradskaya station to the north of the city center.
Posted by lex 2004-08-31 2:24:17 PM||   2004-08-31 2:24:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Thank you, lex, very much.
Posted by jules 187 2004-08-31 2:26:22 PM||   2004-08-31 2:26:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Look East, friends. America's destiny is with the Eurasian and Asian powers that are determined to quash the jihadists. Definitely includes India and Israel; with careful and determined diplomacy, this alliance can also include Russia and Turkey. Scrap NATO and replace it with an Alliance for this century: US + India + Russia + Israel + Turkey.
Posted by lex 2004-08-31 2:29:39 PM||   2004-08-31 2:29:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 India? Turkey?? Might as well throw in France...
Posted by Rafael 2004-08-31 2:33:27 PM||   2004-08-31 2:33:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Interesting idea, overall, lex, but does it take into account the truly breathtaking capacity for double dealing from Russia?
Posted by jules 187 2004-08-31 2:35:45 PM||   2004-08-31 2:35:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 I stand corrected. Now the BBC are reporting the attack took place in the southeast, between Paveletskaya and Avtozavodskaya, near the old Zil automotobile factory. But in any case still not on the line going toward the Baltics.
Posted by lex 2004-08-31 2:38:44 PM||   2004-08-31 2:38:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Yes, India and Israel have each made very significant overtures to Turkey inrecent years. Problem remains Iran's very aggressive attempts to forge competing ties with India and with Russia. Read this: http://www.meforum.org/article/504#_ftn10
Posted by lex 2004-08-31 2:44:50 PM||   2004-08-31 2:44:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 and this: http://www.inthenationalinterest.com/Articles/Issue16_17/vol1issue1617Khanna.html
Posted by lex 2004-08-31 2:46:40 PM||   2004-08-31 2:46:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Jules, the Special Relationship is a freak. Everyone double deals, including ourselves. My point is that the euros cannot and will not help us with Iran or Syria or the jihadists generally, and we therefore need to shift our bandwidth and resources toward the countries that really can, and potentially will, help us there. If we need to cut some unsavory deals, so be it. Sorry, Chechnya. Containing Iran is everything now.
Posted by lex 2004-08-31 3:01:52 PM||   2004-08-31 3:01:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 UPDATE: MOSCOW (Reuters) - Eight people were killed and 34 injured by a female suicide bomber in a crowded part of central Moscow Tuesday evening, Moscow's mayor said. Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said the woman had tried to enter a metro station, Riga Station, that would have been crowded toward the end of the evening rush hour.
"She ... was at the door when she saw two policeman. She was scared and turned and decided to destroy herself," Luzhkov said. "Up to 1 kg (2.2 pounds) of explosive was used," Luzhkov told reporters at the scene. "This is an unusual amount of explosive for a woman suicide bomber. There was a desire to cause maximum damage."
He said four children and 11 women were among the injured. Seven people died immediately in the blast, including the bomber. Another person died later in hospital. Police earlier said the bomb had been packed with metal bolts.

Looks like it could have been one of the "black widows".

Posted by Steve  2004-08-31 4:02:18 PM||   2004-08-31 4:02:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 Check This and My Post in #7
Posted by BigEd 2004-08-31 4:31:20 PM||   2004-08-31 4:31:20 PM|| Front Page Top

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