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Caucasus Emirate leader claims Moscow airport suicide attack
Doku Umarov, the emir of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Caucasus Emirate, claimed the Jan. 24 suicide attack at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow that killed 35 people and wounded scores more.
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Caucasus
Terrorism meets xenophobia in Russia
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Caucasus Emirate leader threatens Russia with ‘a year of blood and tears’
Doku Umarov is seen in a video with Khamzat, the commander of his suicide brigade, and a young man who is preparing for a “special operation” inside Russia.
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Caucasus
Chechen rebel threatens Russia with more attacks
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Caucasus
Moscow airport bombing: why a terrorist mastermind is sending chills down spines
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Caucasus
Russia identifies airport bomber as Caucasus man
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Russia
Russia considers color-coded terror threat alerts
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Caucasus
Inquiry in Moscow bombing focuses on Caucasus
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Caucasus
It may be too late for a new North Caucasus policy
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Moscow airport suicide attack linked to Caucasus terror group: report
Russian police appear to have identified one of the men involved in this week’s deadly suicide attack in Moscow. According to this report (which has yet to be officially confirmed) police have linked one of the suspects to the Nogai Jamaat, a little known Islamist group associated with the Caucasus Emirate that operates in northern Chechnya and in Dagestan. From RIA Novosti: Police have identified the first suspect behind the deadly terrorist attack on Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport as a Russian resident of the southern Stavropol region, a police source close to the investigation told the Kommersant daily. The suspect, whose…
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Caucasus
Russian Islamist wanted for Moscow blast: report
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Caucasus
Police eye Caucasus suspects in Moscow bombing
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Caucasus
Bombing in Russia highlights discrimination faced by those from Caucasus
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Caucasus
Al-Qaeda hand in Moscow attack?
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Caucasus
After Moscow attack, Russians question Putin’s war on terror
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Caucasus
In link to Caucasus, Russia faces old problem
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Al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander killed in Afghan north
Al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan continue to maintain a strong presence in the northern Afghan provinces of Takhar, Kunduz, and Baghlan.
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Caucasus
Domodedovo bomb shows security was in state of anarchy, says Medvedev
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Caucasus
Deadly blast comes at sensitive time for Russia
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Caucasus
Moscow airport bombings: hunt for three suspects
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Caucasus
Bombing at Moscow airport called terrorist attack
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35 killed in suicide attack at Moscow airport
The suicide attack took place at an international arrival terminal at Domodedovo International Airport. The al Qaeda-linked Islamic Caucasus Emirate is the prime suspect in the attack.
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Foreign fighters in the Afghan north
Syed Saleem Shahzad’s ‘Northern Lights’ series in the Asia Times on the Taliban’s strategy and operations in northern Afghanistan is a must read (click for part 1, for part 2, and for part 3). Below is an extended excerpt from part 3 that highlights the activities of al Qaeda and other “foreign fighters” in the Afghan north. The information is based on an interview with a Taliban commander from Baghlan named Mustafa. Note how jihadis from Central Asia are active in the Afghan north, and how al Qaeda is basing itself in Kunduz and setting its sights on Uzbekistan. “Are…
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Al Qaeda
Northern lights, Part 1: A shadowy new battlefield Northern lights, Part 2: Taking on the Taliban Northern lights, Part 3: Soft Sufi, hard-rock militant
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Azerbaijan
Assessing the jihadist threat to Azerbaijan
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Caucasus
Russian Mafia an international concern for US diplomats
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Caucasus
Police arrest suspects in plot against Belgium
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Caucasus
Officer in Dagestan killed when bomb blows up his car
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Caucasus
On the trail of Pakistani terror group’s elusive mastermind behind the Mumbai siege
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Caucasus
Chechnya parliament attackers ‘arrived by taxi’
