Toothpaste Bombs Threaten Airlines Ahead of Sochi Olympics

Toothpaste Bombs Threaten Airlines Ahead of Sochi Olympics

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A new terror scare related to the Sochi olympics.

3980002_m featureThe Department of Homeland Security is warning some U.S. and foreign airlines traveling to Russia ahead of the Sochi Olympics to watch out for toothpaste tubes, according to reports in ABC and CNN.

According to the ABC report, which cited a senior U.S. official, intelligence has indicated that toothpaste tubes can hold ingredients that could be used to construct a bomb aboard a plane.

“While we are not aware of a specific threat to the homeland at this time, this routine communication is an important part of our commitment to making sure we meet that priority,” a DHS spokesperson told ABC.

A DHS spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to a request for further comment.

One day before the Winter Olympics open in the Russian city of Sochi, more than half of Americans think a terrorist attack on the Games is likely, a poll shows. The results of the CNN/ORC poll come a day after U.S. officials said they had specific reasons to worry about security in Russia.

IHLS – Israel Homeland Security

Meanwhile, Russian state media reported Wednesday that the suspected mastermind of twin bomb attacks in the city of Volgograd was killed in a police operation in the restive North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.

Of those surveyed for the CNN/ORC poll, 57% said a terrorist attack on the Sochi Games was likely. That compares with the 51% who believed before the 1996 Summer Games started in Atlanta that a terrorist act would occur. Sadly, the latter prediction proved true. The survey of more than 1,000 Americans, carried out on Friday and Sunday, also revealed some wider negative views about Russia and its leader, President Vladimir Putin.