Russian authorities confirm what most suspected.
MOSCOW - One of two Russian airliners that crashed nearly simultaneously was brought down by a terrorist act, officials said Friday, after finding traces of explosives in the plane's wreckage. An Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for the attack in a Web statement. [SNIP]
Hexogen, the explosive found in the Tu-154, is the material that Russian officials said was used in the 1999 apartment bombings that killed some 300 people in Russia, an attack blamed on Chechen separatists.I wonder whether this Islamic "militant" group is really taking advantage of the actions of a couple of lone actors. That’s not to say that *some* group wasn’t possibly behind these actions. It’s just that, usually these groups are knocking each other over to take credit for such gruesome work.
I’m thinking that a couple of Jihadis got it into their heads to take down these aircraft and, afterward, the Jihadi network held a lottery of sorts to see who would get the props (no pun intended) and “Islambouli Brigades” won.
And a lot of Russians (and others) lost.
