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A female suicide bomber dressed as a pilgrim killed Said Atsayev, a leading Sufi cleric, and at least five followers at the cleric's home in the village of Chirkey in Dagestan. President Vladimir Putin was in Tartarstan, seeking to prevent the spread of militant Islam.
Caucasus Emirate leader Doku Umarov named Rustam Asildarov a.k.a. Amir Abu Mukhammad to head the Dagestan branch of the insurgency. Asildarov replaces Ibragimkhalil Daudov a.k.a. Amir Salikh, who was killed six months ago. Between April and July, insurgents in Dagestan killed 43 members of security forces and wounded 106.
US Foreign Arms Sales Are Most of Global Market
China's arms exports flooding sub-Saharan Africa
Radical Islamic Attacks in Moderate Region Unnerve Kremlin
How German Islamists Recruit Young Men for Jihad
Russia said it is working closely with Syria to make sure the country's chemical weapons remain secure, and said Syria has promised not to move or use them. Russia said it will "restrain [Syria] in all ways possible" from using the weapons, but also warned the US to exert its influence to prevent the weapons from falling into the hands of terrorist elements known to be in the Syrian opposition, "particularly al Qaeda."
William Plotnikov, a Canadian turned militant killed in Dagestan
Seven policemen were killed in Ingushetia by a suicide bombing at the funeral of another policeman shot the day before. The explosion wounded 15 other people. In Dagestan, gunmen shot worshipers at a mosque who were celebrating the end of Ramadan, killing one and injuring seven. A bomb found at the mosque was deactivated.
Why Afghanistan's past is being 'rewritten'
No bomb found on board Aeroflot flight at Icelandic airport
Al Qaeda in Spain: Alive, Well and Making Trouble
Tatarstan Cracks Down On Radical Islam After Mufti Attacks
Russian Islamist sect kept children underground for a decade
Spain terror arrests put paragliding in spotlight with revelation suspects took lessons
A suicide bombing in the Chechen capital of Grozny killed at least three Russian soldiers as they exited their vehicle, and wounded several other people. Reports differed as to whether there were one or two suicide bombers.
Russia: About 40 terrorist, extremist crimes committed in Moscow in six months - prosecutor
Syria's rebels have a new villain: the United States
