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Dagestani Jamaat Expands Operations into Azerbaijan
November 24, 2008 05:36 PM
Everything started last August 17 with the explosion at the Abu Bekir mosque in Baku. This mosque is considered a meeting place for those who adhere to the Salafi ideology. A grenade was thrown into the mosque during the evening prayer, killing two people and wounding several more. (http://www.day.az/news/society/132051.html) The authorities attributed this attack to internal score-settling among the Salafists, arrested about 18 people suspected of organizing the attack, and decided to close the...
Kadyrov Leads a Special Operation
November 24, 2008 05:31 PM
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov personally organized and led a special operation aimed at members of “illegal armed formations” in Chechnya’s Kurchaloi and Nozhai-Yurt districts on November 14-15, Interfax reported, citing the Chechen presidential press service. The chief of that service, Lemma Gudaev, was quoted as saying that the operation lasted all night but that no signs for rebel forces were found— something which Kadyrov considered a “good sign.” “Kadyrov emphasized that not a sing...
Russia Admits Rebel Fighter Activity in Chechnya
November 24, 2008Faced with recurring reports of assaults and assassinations in Grozny and the rest of Chechnya, Russian government officials are being forced to admit that rebel fighter operations have become a reality. As always, the leadership...
Islamic Militants Ratchet Up Attacks in Dagestan
November 24, 2008
Dagestan has seen an uptick in violence between security forces and suspected Islamic militants during the past week. A police officer was killed in the village of Leninkent near the capital Makhachkala on November 19. Interfax...
New Ingush President Shows Signs that he’ll Take a Different Approach
November 24, 2008Prague Watchdog on November 19 published a piece that warmly praised Ingushetia’s new president, General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, who replaced the wildly unpopular Murat Zyazikov (North Caucasus Weekly, October 31). The website called...
The Demise of Murat Zyazikov
November 6, 2008Ingushetia is celebrating. People in the streets are participating in folk dances to commemorate the resignation of the president of Republic of Ingushetia, Murat Zyazikov. On October 30, the president of the Russian Federation,...
Death of Dagestan's Sharia Jamaat Leader Fails to Halt Rebel Attacks
November 6, 2008The position of top commander in Dagestan’s Sharia Jamaat has been vacant for a month now since the death of its former leader Abdul-Majjid on September 8th near the Dagestan-Azeri border during a joint Russo-Azeri special forces...
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