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Again from the imams and the clerics and the head of the muslim countries who should be saying, you know, we oppose any kind of violence that would take place, for that matter, anyplace else, but once again, youre keeping your mouths shut, and i guess youre once again reflecting your prophet. i find it just absolutely incredible that somebody -- were dealing with potentially terrorists inside the olympic zone. i mean, to pull it out of there, if it were up to me, i would pull the damn thing out ...

Olympic terror threats are escalating even more this morning. the woman known as the black widow. its feared she has already breached a ring of security around sochi. and they say shes intent on launching an attack within the olympic zone. whats the latest, phil? >> reporter: yeah. good morning. this wasnt supposed to happen. the sochi security system was designed to keep terrorists out of the city ahead of the games, but now the suspicion is one has slipped through. theyre asking members of the...

>> the everything he is alluding to is the perimeter around sochi, the ring of steel, thousands of troops patrolling it. what do you see as holes here? >> targets are anything inside or outside the "olympic zone." the russians have taken extraordinary measures. around the "olympic zone." in the past month. the bombings that killed 34 people. you dont just have the "olympic zone." you have the transit points and you have to leave sochi. you have the transit points that are compared to the ring of...

Obviously this is well telegraphed the olympics were coming to sochi. so plenty of time to get ready. >> plenty of time and plenty of motivation. putin has staked his personal reputation, and national pride, on these olympics, and hes basically pegged total he resurgence of russia. theyve spent an ungodly amount of money. $50 billion on this winter olympics alone, and so as a result of that, when you think about the islamists who have been waging this brutal campaign against the russian forces a...

Mike. what do you make of this? >> first of all, nobody wants the security situation to overshadow the olympic games. well all rather be talking about curling. but the threat is real. they are in a high-threat environment. the islamists, fundamentalists, who basically are the face of this concern, are really in the backyard of sochi, and were talking about dagestan, chechneya, all the areas that people recognize from the years and years of brutal conflict that have taken place between the islami...

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