Monday, March 29, 2010

Suicide Bomb Attacks On Moscow Subway System Kill 38, Injure Many More



Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 37 In Moscow Metro -- Yahoo News/Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two female suicide bombers killed at least 37 people on packed Moscow metro trains on Monday and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared that "terrorists will be destroyed."

Witnesses described morning rush-hour panic at two central Moscow stations, with commuters falling over each other in dense smoke and dust as they tried to escape the worst attack on the Russian capital in six years. Sixty-five others were injured.

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More News On Today's Suicide Attacks In Moscow

Double suicide bombings kill 37 on Moscow subway -- Yahoo News/AP
Suicide bombers kill 36 on Moscow metro -- Yahoo News/AFP
Scenes From Moscow -- Wall Street Journal
Moscow subway explosions kill 37 -- Washington Post
Subway Blasts Kill Dozens in Moscow -- New York Times
Women suicide bombers 'kill 38' in Moscow Metro attacks -- Times Online
'No Time to Count the Dead, Only to Save the Injured' -- Moscow Times
Moscow in Panic after Two Explosions in the Metro -- Pravda
Female suicide bomber carried out terrorist attack in Moscow Park Kultury station -- RIA Novosti

Medvedev says to fight terrorism without hesitation -- Xinhuanet
Terrorists Who Killed Dozens In Moscow 'Will Be Destroyed,' Putin Says -- NPR
World deplores Moscow blasts, sends condolences to Russia -- RIA Novosti
Obama condemns 'heinous' subway bombings in Russia -- AP
Obama condemns Moscow bombs as heinous terrorism -- Washington Post

Total of 6 kg in TNT used in Moscow subway blasts -- RIA Novosti
Russia Suspects Northern Caucasus in Moscow Subway Bombing -- Voice of America
Al Qaeda-backed Chechen separatists behind Moscow terror -- Rediff
Separatists blamed for attacks -- Al Jazeera (Video)
Moscow Metro bombing: Why Chechens are suspected -- BBC
Moscow bombing: who are the Black Widows -- The Telegraph
Attacks bear hallmarks of Chechen 'Black Widows' -- CNN
Severed Head of Female Terrorist Found -- Pravda

How Chechen rebels threaten Russian stability -- CNN
Analysis: why have the Moscow bombers struck now? -- Times Online
Fast Facts: Russia and the North Caucasus -- Vancouver Sun/Reuters
Factbox - blasts in Moscow subway system -- RIA Novosti

My Comment: I have used the Moscow system on numerous occasions. I can easily imagine the chaos that must have broken out when these packed subway cars were targeted in these attacks.

The Chechen community is not well liked in Moscow. I can also only imagine the crackdown that is happening right now on those who are suspected in this attack.

This is an ongoing news report. I will have a more detailed summary at 17:00 EST today, as well as a few comments of my own.

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