Back in July 2013 the head of Saudi Arabia's intelligence service Prince Bandar bin Sultan visited Russia to discuss the conflict in Syria. Prince Bandar's message was quite clear; If Russia gave Saudi Arabia everything it wanted on Syria Saudi Arabia would reward Russia by keeping the global oil price above USD100/barrel. If Russia refused to give Saudi Arabia everything it wanted Saudi Arabia would respond by equipping and instructing Islamist groups in Russia's North Caucasus region (Chechnya & Dagestan) to launch terrorist attacks against the 2014 Winter Olympics being in Sochi, Russia.
Russia has clearly not given into Saudi intimidation so the terrorist campaign against the winter Olympics has begun. On Friday (27/12/13) a car bomb exploded outside a police station in the Russia city of Pyatigorsk 250km east of Sochi killing two.
On Sunday (29/12/13) a female suicide bomber attacked the central railway station in Volgograd which is around 750km north-east of Sochi and is the main transport hub to the coastal town. 17 people were killed and countless more injured.
Today (30/12/13) another suicide bomber attacked a trolleybus/tram in Volgograd's Dzerzhinsky district. So far the death toll stands at 14 with at least 20 injured.
It really says something about the Saudis lunatic sense of entitlement that they cannot conceive of how these series of brutal attacks on what is essentially the global community could be a bit of a PR disaster for them.
It obviously goes without saying that due to these attacks there simply cannot be any negotiations of Syria until at least until the winter Olympics are over.
11:05 on 30/12/13 (UK date).
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