I don't think this was a terrorist attack. Of course I can only speculate but I believe that one of the theories sounds likely. That it was a bomb intended to be used elsewhere (criminal groups at war with each other or an intended assassination) and that the bomb went off in the bus by mistake.

the only reason why i say it was is because the global disaster and emergency database labels it as one and so does the olvia press which is the main press agency in the area. otherwise, i have no clue why they would say that


Digitalgrl

There is an investigation still going on so nothing can be ruled out yet. Anything is still possible. Moldovan investigators are not allowed in Tiraspol, so I guess someone there might use this incident to further their agenda. Tiraspol and Moldova are not friends. Technically Tiraspol is in Moldova but they believe they are an independent state and is also acting as such. Tiraspol wants more Russian troops to come there and many of the dead and injured were Russian army people. A Russian Army captain and a sergeant were among the injured. I guess one of the options which cannot be completely ruled out (yet anyway) is that Tiraspol itself might have staged this "terrorist attack" to get more support from Russia.

Who could have done it?

Moldovan secret services?

Transnistrian secret service?

Mafia people?

One thing is for sure though. It was a bomb and it was either deliberate or an "accident"...

From what I heard it was a terrorist carrying a bomb that accidently went off prematurely in the wrong place when he was transporting it on the bus...but who really knows?

Hellmutt
You have to remember that
Transnistrian secret service=Mafia
Isn't gunrunning still the main source of income for transdniester?

I highly doubt it was an atempt to get more Russian support, most likely it was just local "politics", since change of leadership by a bomb is much more efficient than by elections

yea dj, that is what i am gathering from the news sources. it has definatly been labeled a terrorist attack. my link that i put on my inital post shows it....so who knows

Transdniester is a curious little place that even few Europeans know anything about. After all of the Soviet states started separating in the early 90's, there were a number of conflicts because the ethnicities in these republics became mixed across borders during Soviet Union Era. Nagorno Karabakh, South Ossetia, Chechnya, Transdniester, Crimea, Abkhazia and several more are all regions affected by this strife.

As I see it Transdniester wants independence from moldova due to a large majority of its population being Russian (same thing in Crimea). If everyone else got their independence, why can't transdniester. Yet Moldova also hold claim to its land. With new US presence in the region, it is a thorn in NATo's and EU's side- a thorn they will try to tear out as soon as possible and any way possible. I cannot even speculate who carried out this bombing. But a conflict is brewing there, with US and its allies in Ukraine and Moldova trying to isolate the poor region from its trade routes with Russia. They are slowly starving its population in an attempt to destroy its ambitions of independence. I highly doubt however that this attack was carried out by people of Transdniester. More likely that it was pro Moldovan (pro-NATO) powers.


And about premature bomb explosion- what kind of an idiot would tranfer a device planned for terrorist action on a bus belonging to the side you are supporting. A private car is more like it.

[edit on 7-7-2006 by maloy]

I also think that the whole Mafia presence in Tiraspol is overated by NATO and EU sources. The region is more like Belarus (Soviet era) than a mafia state. A military state- perhaps, but believe there is far more mafia activities in places like Baltics, Poland, and Romania than Tiraspol.

thanks for participating in my thread guys. you made some interesting observations. i guess we will have to wait and see what becomes of this.


Kind regards,
digitalgrl