- 01 Sep 2008 18:25
#1622113
In September 1999 a number of apartment buildings were destroyed in Russia, as a result of which 300 people died. This series of attacks was officially blamed on Chechen rebels and was a major cause of the start of the Second Chechen War. However, the official line has been disputed, and various people have accused the FSB of being responsible for the attacks. Normally I never give any credence to such conspiracy theories, and never look back twice, but this case is different. There are simply so many bizarre inconsistencies and suspicious events, that I find it almost impossible to disregard them, and reputable individuals have supported this version. Even Alexander Lebed, a former Russian general and the Governor of Krasnoyarsk stated that he was almost convinced of the FSB's involvement (he later died in a suspicious helicopter crash).
This is the most important evidence that has appeared against the official line:
1) On September 22, police arrested a group of suspicious men in Ryazan. These men were carrying sacks of a white powder that was identified to be hexogen (the explosive used in the other terrorist attacks) along with a detonator and a timer. These men later turned out to be FSB agents, who claimed to have been performing a training "exercise."
2)On September 13, the speaker of the Duma, received a note saying that an apartment building had exploded in Volgodonsk. However the explosion only happened three days later! And the person who handed him the note was an FSB officer. Later the speaker claimed that he was referring to an incident where a grenade exploded in a building but where nobody was hurt, and when others questioned him about his ridiculous explanation, he shut off his microphone.
3) Pro-Kremlin parties blocked an investigation of the events. A public Commission headed by Duma members could not access any information and subsequently the two heads of the commission died (one of them was shot and another died from a mysterious "allergy" attack). A number of journalists investigating the incidents have also been assassinated.
4) Although Chechen terrorists have taken responsibility for all attacks in the past (which after all was the very purpose of the attacks), they have always denied responsibility for this one. Furthermore, unlike previous terrorist attacks this did not happen during the war and happened at a time when Chechnya was effectively independent, and when the last thing the Chechens wanted was to start the war again.
For more information see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_apartment_bombings
What do you think?
This is the most important evidence that has appeared against the official line:
1) On September 22, police arrested a group of suspicious men in Ryazan. These men were carrying sacks of a white powder that was identified to be hexogen (the explosive used in the other terrorist attacks) along with a detonator and a timer. These men later turned out to be FSB agents, who claimed to have been performing a training "exercise."
2)On September 13, the speaker of the Duma, received a note saying that an apartment building had exploded in Volgodonsk. However the explosion only happened three days later! And the person who handed him the note was an FSB officer. Later the speaker claimed that he was referring to an incident where a grenade exploded in a building but where nobody was hurt, and when others questioned him about his ridiculous explanation, he shut off his microphone.
3) Pro-Kremlin parties blocked an investigation of the events. A public Commission headed by Duma members could not access any information and subsequently the two heads of the commission died (one of them was shot and another died from a mysterious "allergy" attack). A number of journalists investigating the incidents have also been assassinated.
4) Although Chechen terrorists have taken responsibility for all attacks in the past (which after all was the very purpose of the attacks), they have always denied responsibility for this one. Furthermore, unlike previous terrorist attacks this did not happen during the war and happened at a time when Chechnya was effectively independent, and when the last thing the Chechens wanted was to start the war again.
For more information see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_apartment_bombings
What do you think?
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