"The security threat is higher than it's ever been in the history of the Olympic Games," Rathburn told Yahoo News. "In my opinion, it's not a matter of whether there will be an incident, it's just a matter of how bad it's going to be."
The mountain region has for generations been a hotbed for ethnic and and religious strife between native Islamic peoples and Russian forces.
Sounds like the Russians picked an ideal location to hold the Winter Olympics.
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