ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: Switched
28January2011 1:59pmEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Russia avoided a potentially devastating suicide bomb attack last 
month, thanks to one particularly well-timed text message.
According to Russian security sources, the attack was supposed to be carried out by an unnamed woman, believed to be part of a radical Islamist terror group. The woman reportedly planned to strap a bomb to herself, and blow herself up in the middle of a crowded Moscow square on New Year's Eve. Like many other devices used in suicide bomb attacks, the explosives attached to this particular bomber were designed to detonate in response to a text message. The woman was to walk into the square, place herself in a crowded area, and wait for one of her accomplices to send the text that would blow her up. The only problem, though, was that she forgot to turn off her phone. (read full report)
