1999 Russian Apartment Bombings

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1999 Russian Apartment Bombings

Post by Royal » Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:28 am

The 1999 Russian apartment bombings were a series of attacks carried out on four apartment blocks in the Russian cities of Buynaksk, Moscow, and Volgodonsk in September 1999 that killed 293 people and injured more than 1000 and spread a wave of fear across the country. Together with the Dagestan War, the bombings led the country into the Second Chechen War.

The blasts hit Buynaksk on 4 September, Moscow on 9 and 13 September, and Volgodonsk on 16 September. An explosive device similar to those used in these bombings was found and defused in an apartment block in the Russian city of Ryazan on 22 September.[1] The next day, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin praised the vigilance of the inhabitants of Ryazan and ordered the air bombing of Grozny, which marked the beginning of the Second Chechen War.

According to the Moscow City Court, these were acts of terrorism organized and financed by the leaders of the illegal armed group Caucasus Islamic Institute.[3] Thirty-six hours later, three FSB agents who had planted this device were arrested by the local police. The incident was declared to have been a training exercise. At 20:30 (8:30 p.m.) on 22 September 1999, a resident of an apartment building in the city of Ryazan noticed two suspicious men who carried sacks into the basement from a car with a Moscow number plate.[37][49][50] He alerted the police, but by the time they arrived the car and the men were gone. The Russian Deputy Prosecutor declared in 2002 that a comprehensive testing of the samples showed no traces of any explosives, and that sacks from Ryazan contained only sugar.[66] However Yuri Tkachenko, the police explosives expert who defused the Ryazan bomb, insisted that it was real. Tkachenko said that the explosives, including a timer, a power source, and a detonator were genuine military equipment and obviously prepared by a professional. He also said that the gas analyser that tested the vapours coming from the sacks unmistakably indicated the presence of RDX.


There are allegations that the bombings were a "false flag" attack perpetrated by the FSB in order to legitimise the resumption of military activities in Chechnya and help Vladimir Putin attain the presidency.

Five apartment bombings took place and at least three attempted bombings were prevented.[28] All bombings had the same "signature", judging from the nature and the volume of the destruction. In each case the explosive RDX was used, and the timers were set to go off at night and inflict the maximum number of civilian casualties.[2] The explosives were placed to destroy the weakest, most critical elements of the buildings and force the buildings to "collapse like a house of cards".[5] The terrorists were able to obtain or manufacture several tons of powerful explosives and deliver them to numerous destinations across Russia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Russ ... t_bombings

Point trying to make- 9-11 was not a unique incident.

1) You either have two using the same tactics
a- Against adversary through deception/proxy
b- Against own country as false flag

2) Evil godless third party could be funding attacks enabling option one with free money or resources. Whether it be hope of political, religious, or monetary gain.

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