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Russians Were Warned of Airport Attack

Medvedev slams security glitches, airport oversight

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 25, 2011 7:48 AM CST

(Newser) – Russian security officials were warned a week ago of an impending attack at a Moscow airport—and they even had information on the exact location of the bombing, the Daily Telegraph reports. “A tip-off with a warning that something was being prepared appeared one week before the explosion. Even the place, by the customs, was named,” said a website with ties to Russia’s security service.

“Agents were seeking three suspects, but they managed to access ... the airport, witness the explosion which their accomplice carried out and then leave the airport,” an insider said. President Dmitry Medvedev has slammed security efforts at the airport, citing “violations,” notes the New York Times. “Such a quantity of explosive material that was carried in or brought in—that’s not so easy to do. We must hold responsible those who have ties to the company that makes decisions, the management of the airport.” (Click to read what the bomber's last words reportedly were.)

Mounted police patrol Red Square in Moscow, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Security was tightened in Moscow on Tuesday.
Mounted police patrol Red Square in Moscow, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Security was tightened in Moscow on Tuesday.   (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
People hold candles during a religious service in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, for those who died in the explosion at Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Tuesday.
People hold candles during a religious service in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, for those who died in the explosion at Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Tuesday.   (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill conducts a religious service in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, for those who died in the explosion at Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Tuesday.
Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill conducts a religious service in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, for those who died in the explosion at Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Tuesday.   (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
A man carry luggage passes flowers at a site of a blast at Domodedovo airport near Moscow on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011.
A man carry luggage passes flowers at a site of a blast at Domodedovo airport near Moscow on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011.   (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
A man lights a candle at the Moskovsky railway station in St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011,  to commemorate the victims of a suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport.
A man lights a candle at the Moskovsky railway station in St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, to commemorate the victims of a suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport.   (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, front left, speaks to a person injured in Monday's bombing at Domodedovo Airport.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, front left, speaks to a person injured in Monday's bombing at Domodedovo Airport.   (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)
People put flowers at a site of a blast at Domodedovo airport near Moscow, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011.
People put flowers at a site of a blast at Domodedovo airport near Moscow, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011.   (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, speaks during a meeting with senior officers of the FSB, Russia's Federal Security Service, in Moscow on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, speaks during a meeting with senior officers of the FSB, Russia's Federal Security Service, in Moscow on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011.   (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)
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COMMENTS
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morristhewise
Jan 25, 2011 4:32 PM CST
Winners in the Moscow Airport blast will be domestic security, their budget will be increased by millions. The losers are the innocent airport travelers that died in this dangerous game. Most suicide bombers are searching for media attention, they seldom go after the government infrastructure, it is puzzling why they prefer killing innocent civilians.
KENNY SCOTT
Jan 25, 2011 1:07 PM CST
My liberal friend said that Sarah Palins website is to blame...any truth to that?
jsimmy
Jan 25, 2011 8:29 AM CST
I can only imagine what Russia will do in response from a security checkpoint standpoint at their airports now. We think the body scanners and "intrusive pat downs" from the TSA are bad?? Russia is probably going to have everyone cavity searched and/or flying nude. Yikes!
 

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