Suicide bomber hit station next to Russia's top security agency
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Suicide bomber hit station next to Russia's top security agencySuicide bomber hit station next to Russia's top security agencyThe twin suicide bombings that killed at least #x38 people in Moscow'sdecorative fruitscrowded subway system on Monday included an attack on a station just steps away from the headquarters of Russia's premier security service.The strike shortly before 8 a.m. at the Lubyanka station -- named for the forbidding building that houses Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor to the KGB -- is part of a wave of suicide assaults that target spy services engaged in violent confrontations with militant Islamist groups.Monday's attack in central Moscow appeared designed to maximize the chance that Russian intelligence officials would be among the commuters caught in the carnage. If so,Buy in Global, the assault would extend a string of losses for intelligence services, which are more accustomed to carrying out lethal operations than being attacked themselves.A December bombing killed seven CIA employees and contractors near the Afghan city of Khost; the deputy chief of Afghanistan's intelligence service was assassinated in September; and a series of suicide strikes killed dozens of Pakistani operatives at facilitiesdecorative fruitsused by the country's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency in cities from Peshawar to Lahore.A U.S. intelligence official said that spy services have become priority targets for militant groups, since spies are at the forefront of counterterrorist campaigns."While every counterterror conflict is different, the fact that the enemy wears no uniform. and relies on stealth means that intelligence officers will be playing key roles," said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record. "The more effective they are, the more likely they are to be targets."The sophistication in a spree of recent attacks on spy services suggests that militant groups are also becoming more skilled at stalking their pursuers. Abdullah Laghmani, the No. 2 in the Afghan intelligence service, was killed last year by a suicide bomber who caught thedecorative fruitsdeputy spy chief #xas he was leaving a mosque.相关的主题文章：
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