TA-ANALYSIS: A Bribe got Bomber on Plane, page 1

posted on Sep, 16 2004 @ 06:58 AM

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One of two female suicide bombers who set off explosives on Russian passenger jets, killing all 89 aboard, bribed her way aboard the plane. The man who was selling the tickets took 2,000 rubles ($69) from one and 3,000 rubles ($103) from the other. After that, he bribed the man in charge of registration for paying him 1,000 rubles ($35).

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The prosecutor general also said the two women, identified as Aminat Nagayeva and Satsia Dzhebirkhanova, from Grozny, Chechnya, earlier had been taken into custody when they arrived at Moscow's Domodeveo airport accompanied by two Chechen men.

Police officers confiscated their passports and handed them over to a police captain responsible for anti-terrorist operations for a further check. The captain let them go without checking them and they set about obtaining tickets for the later flights in the same building.

Both the man illegally selling tickets and the Siberia Airlines official have been arrested, according to Ustinov.

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The jets that exploded crashed ahead of a regional election in the rebellious southern territory of Chechnya. The same place where Russian troops have battled guerrillas since 1994.

Days after this incident happened, in the Russian town of Beslan, a group of 32 terrorists stormed a school and took about 1,200 adults and children captive in a 48-hour siege that ended with the deaths of at least 335 hostages, about half of them children.

Russian prosecutors have charged a Chechen man with terrorism and murder in the Beslan siege, AP quoted the Interfax news agency as reporting.

All for a few bucks...

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Gazrok

posted on Sep, 16 2004 @ 09:10 AM

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Black Widows?

phreak_of_nature

posted on Sep, 16 2004 @ 05:36 PM

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The female Chechen suicide bombers who are believed to be responsible for the downing of two flights in Russia, payed off airport workers in order to board the flights.

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"Police officers spotted them, confiscated their passports and handed them over to a police captain responsible for anti-terrorism operations to examine their belongings," General Ustinov said.

"The captain let them go without any check and they started to try to obtain tickets."

It is not unusual for Chechens to be stopped.

The women paid about $250 to get the tickets from a scalper. One got a ticket for a plane the next day, but with the help of the scalper she bribed an employee of Sibir airlines with $50 and he let her board the earlier flight two minutes before check-in was complete.

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If you think American airport security is bad, here is an example of how it could be worse.

Related AboveTopSecret.com Discussion Threads:
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MacKiller

posted on Sep, 16 2004 @ 06:07 PM

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Thanks for the additional information phreak.

Yeah, imagine bording at that airport.

websurfer

posted on Sep, 16 2004 @ 08:28 PM

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WOW for a few bucks. To put that into perspective it costs me $40 a week for transportation alone for me to go to university, since I am a frequent user of both train and bus.

deevee

posted on Sep, 16 2004 @ 09:59 PM

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Which is more evil- killing all of those people for your twisted beliefs or allowing it to happen for a few bucks? Tough call.