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Al Qaeda leader in Turkey captured
Abu Zar was planning to conduct attacks against Turkish forces in Afghanistan. Turkey has rounded up more than 150 suspected al Qaeda operatives and supporters during raids nationwide this week.
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Caucasus jihad: Terror tactics back on the horizon?
The leader of the Emirate has announced that this year will be the “offensive year.” With it, suicide bombings and more radicalized tactics may be returning to the scene.
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Doku Umarov declares Islamic Caucasus Emirate
Al Qaeda-linked Chechen terrorist establishes emirate in the Russian Republics of Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkana, Karachay-Cherkessia, and beyond.
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Chechen al Qaeda Emir Abu Hafs Killed
Russian security services killed the Chechen al Qaeda leader in neighboring Dagestan Abu Hafs al-Urduni Click image to view. The Russian government has made significant progress against the Chechen branch of al Qaeda over the past year. Today, Russian’s Federal Security Services killed Abu Hafs, al Qaeda in Chechnya’s commander, during a raid on a safe house in the neighboring state of Dagestan, along with four associates. Abu Haf’s death follows that of Shamil Basayev, the leader of the Chechen jihad, along with much of his senior staff. Since his death, almost 350 Chechen terrorist have surrendered and accepted reconcilliation.…
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Chechen Terrorist Doku Umarov may be wounded, surrounded
Russian security forces are on the hunt for the new Chechen jihadi leader Doku Umarov. Click image to view. The Russian Army is conducting major combat operations in the hunt for new Chechen terrorist leader Doku Umarov. The Scotsman reports that a source within Umarov’s organization stated “large numbers of Russian troops had surrounded Umarov and his forces in a forest near the village of Yandi-Katar on the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya.” A Russian security operative confirms the report. The village has been surrounded, and Russian artillery and helicopters have been pounding the region for three days straight. The…
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Basayev video commemorates his death
Banner announcing Basayev’s commemoration video. Basayev’s commemoration video. Click image to view video, file size is ~5M, in Windows Media Viewer format [.mwv] Two Islamist websites have posted a video commemorating the life and death of Chechen al Qaeda commander Shamil Basayev (AKA Abdallah Shamil Abu-Idris), who was killed by Russian security forces on July 10, 2006. Counterrorism Blog expert Daveed Gartenstein-Ross examines The Death of Shamil Basayev and How Jihadists Are Made and Lorenzo Vidino looks at How Chechnya Became a Breeding Ground for Terror.
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Chechen Terrorist Shamil Basayev Killed by Russian FSB
Shamil Basayev in Dagestan, in 1999. Click image to view. Chechen terrorist leader and al Qaeda commander Shamil Basayev (AKA Abdallah Shamil Abu-Idris) has been killed by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), according to the chief of the security. Basayev was killed in an explosion during a raid in the Federal Republic of Ingushetia, which neighbors Chechnya. Russian President Vladimir Putin stated Basayev “deserved retribution” for his multitude of terror attacks in the Russian Federation. “Basayev’s body has been identified through some of the fragments, including his head,” Ingush Deputy Prime Minister Bashir Aushev told the Interfax news service. Up…
