Islamic Suicide Bomber Detonates Vest In North Caucasus Region of Russia Killing Police Officer

An islamic terrorist with a suicide vest strapped to his body was stopped by security police in the capital city in the North Caucasus region of Russia today and decided to try and take the police team with him to paradise - the vest went off killing the suicide bomber as well as one of the police officers.

From the report at Reuters via Breitbart:

A suicide bomber killed one police officer in the capital of Russia's violence-plagued Dagestan region in the North Caucasus on Tuesday, an official said.

The bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body when police tried to stop him at an intersection to check his documents, the official said on condition of anonymity.

The blast killed one police officer and wounded another, he said. The bomber was also killed.

Interfax news agency initially reported a car bomb blast, but later cited a police official as saying the explosion was set off by a suicide bomber.

Violent incidents occur almost daily in the mainly Muslim provinces of the North Caucasus, where rebels want to establish an Islamic state.

One thing that we are noticing is that the terror attacks in Russia are coming at very regular intervals now - in 2009, the attacks were very spread out while the frequency increased in 2010 and so far in 2011, there have been islamic terror attacks each and every month so far. And as we all know, some have been major ones.

We certainly don't know what this suicide bomber's target was intended to be...more than likely it was not to take out some police at a checkpoint.

And while the Russians have been successful in killing some of the leadership of the biggest jihadi network in the region, little has been seen of an all ut effort by the Russians to purge the area of the growing number of jihadis.

Bomber kills officer in Russia's Dagestan region


(Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed one police officer in the capital of Russia's violence-plagued Dagestan region in the North Caucasus on Tuesday, an official said.

The bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body when police tried to stop him at an intersection to check his documents, the official said on condition of anonymity.

The blast killed one police officer and wounded another, he said. The bomber was also killed.

Interfax news agency initially reported a car bomb blast, but later cited a police official as saying the explosion was set off by a suicide bomber.

Violent incidents occur almost daily in the mainly Muslim provinces of the North Caucasus, where rebels want to establish an Islamic state.

Nearly a decade after federal forces drove a separatist government from power in neighboring Chechnya, Dagestan is considered the heart of the insurgency. It has seen some of the worst violence, including clashes that killed nine on Sunday.

In the nearby Kabardino-Balkaria province, four alleged Islamist militants were killed by security forces on Tuesday, Russian news agencies reported.

Islamic Terrorist Leader Threatens Russia With " a year of blood and tears "

From left to right: Khamzat, the commander of the Riyad-us-Saliheen Martyr Brigade; Doku Umarov, the leader of the Caucasus Emirate; and Saifullah, a suicide bomber.

In a rather bold video, the leader of the islamic terror group, the Caucasus Emirate, has threatened Russia with "a year of blood and tears" and in the video message, he is seen hugging one of his suicide bombers which typically means that bomber is on his way to his final mission.

From the story at The Long War Journal:

Doku Umarov, the leader of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate, has recently threatened Russia with "a year of blood and tears" and is seen with the leader of the terror group's suicide teams.

Umarov appeared on a videotape flanked by Khamzat, the commander of the Riyad-us-Saliheen Martyr Brigade, and a young man identified as Saifullah, or the sword of Allah, a common nom de guerre. All three men are wearing combat fatigues and are seated in front of the flag of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate. The videotape was shot as Umarov was visiting the headquarters of his suicide brigade.

The videotape was received by Kavkaz Center, a propaganda arm of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate, on Feb. 4 and published that same day. It is unclear when the videotape was produced.

Umarov did not make a direct reference to the Jan. 24 suicide attack at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow that killed 35 people and wounded scores more. Umarov said that Saifullah was preparing for a "special operation" inside Russia. At the end of the videotape, both Umarov and Khamzat are seen embracing Saifullah, indicating he was prepared to carry out a suicide attack.

"Emir Dokku Abu Usman said in his statement that he came to the base of the Riyad-us-Saliheen Martyr Brigade before sending a Mujahid named Saifullah to Russia with a task," the Kavkaz Center report stated.

Umarov threatened to continue to carry out attacks inside Russia until the country withdraws its forces from the North Caucasus region and relinquishes its claim on the territory.

In 2010, we saw by far the most terror activity in Russia in many years - Medvedev and Putin are not seeing their Islamic problem go away, they are seeing it spread like a cancer. And as I have mentioned many times, the fact that the Russian army is nearly half Muslim, one can understand why the Russian response to the islamic terrorists is muted. I ask you...have you seen ANY kind of heavy response to the bombing at the Moscow airport? Nope.

Caucasus Emirate leader threatens Russia with 'a year of blood and tears'


Doku Umarov, the leader of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate, has recently threatened Russia with "a year of blood and tears" and is seen with the leader of the terror group's suicide teams.

Umarov appeared on a videotape flanked by Khamzat, the commander of the Riyad-us-Saliheen Martyr Brigade, and a young man identified as Saifullah, or the sword of Allah, a common nom de guerre. All three men are wearing combat fatigues and are seated in front of the flag of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate. The videotape was shot as Umarov was visiting the headquarters of his suicide brigade.

The videotape was received by Kavkaz Center, a propaganda arm of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate, on Feb. 4 and published that same day. It is unclear when the videotape was produced.

Umarov did not make a direct reference to the Jan. 24 suicide attack at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow that killed 35 people and wounded scores more. Umarov said that Saifullah was preparing for a "special operation" inside Russia. At the end of the videotape, both Umarov and Khamzat are seen embracing Saifullah, indicating he was prepared to carry out a suicide attack.

"Emir Dokku Abu Usman said in his statement that he came to the base of the Riyad-us-Saliheen Martyr Brigade before sending a Mujahid named Saifullah to Russia with a task," the Kavkaz Center report stated.

Umarov threatened to continue to carry out attacks inside Russia until the country withdraws its forces from the North Caucasus region and relinquishes its claim on the territory.

"Allah willing the Mujahideen will make this year one of blood and tears for you," Umarov said.

"You [the Russian people] had better come to your senses and think," and force the country's leaders to withdraw from the Caucasus, Umarov continued. He also described Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's security forces as "his pack of dogs" and said the suicide attacks in Russia would not end as long as Russia remained in the North Caucasus.

It is unclear if Saifullah was the Domodedovo suicide bomber. Russian intelligence is investigating 10 men for involvement in the attack. The names of two possible suspects have been leaked by Russian police: Razdobudko, a member of the Caucasus Emirate-linked Nogai Jamaat, which operates in northern Chechnya and in Dagestan; and Magomed Yevloyev, a resident of Ingushetia whose body parts were found at the scene of the blast. Razdobudko has gone missing, while Yevloyev is said to have disappeared six months ago.

Khamzat's appearance with Umarov marks the first time the leader of the Riyad-us-Saliheen Martyr Brigade has been mentioned or seen in public. In a statement released on Kavkaz Center in October 2010, Umarov identified Khamzat as "a deputy and an emir" who was a member of the Caucasus Emirate's top council.

Umarov reconstituted the Riyad-us-Saliheen Martyr Brigade in April 2009 and immediately directed it to carry out suicide attacks and suicide assaults in the North Caucasus as well is in Russia.

Some of the most recent high-profile suicide operations carried out by the Riyad-us-Saliheen Martyr Brigade include: the double suicide attack in Moscow's metro on March 29, 2010 (39 people killed); a double suicide attack that targeted police in the city of Kizlyar in Dagestan on March 31, 2010 (13 people killed); a suicide attack at a concert in Stavropol on May 26, 2010 (seven killed); the assault on Kadyrov's home village of Tsentoroi in Chechnya on Aug. 29, 2010 (16 killed); and the Sept. 9, 2010, suicide attack in Vladikavkaz (16 killed).


For more information on the Islamic Caucasus Emirate and its war with Russia, see LWJ report, 35 killed in suicide attack at Moscow airport.

Islamist Suicide Car Bomber In Russia Hits Marketplace, 17 Russians Killed

This was a big one for Russia today - with 17 Russian civilians killed and over 130 wounded in a suicide car bombing in the North Caucasus region, specifically the city of Vladikavkaz. From the article at Breitbart:

A suicide car bomber hit a central market in southern Russia on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 130 in one of the North Caucasus region's worst attacks in years, officials said.
The bomber detonated his explosives as he drove by the main entrance to the Vladikavkaz market, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

The death toll included the bomber, and 98 of the 133 people wounded in the explosion were hospitalized, many in grave condition, said Alexander Pogorely of the Emergency Situations Ministry.

TV images showed a shrapnel-littered square in front of the market, with blood stains on the pavement and rows of vehicles scarred by the blast.

Now, the article is saying that no one has claimed responsibility yet but don't worry about that - the islamic terror groups in southern Russia will be doing plenty of that by tomorrow.

These bombings, these islamic terror attacks are getting more frequent in Russia and as seen today, more deadly. And typically, the Russians are handicapped in their response as they try to toe the line with a massively growing muslim population and an even bigger muslim population in their army. Yep, Russia's got a terror problem. And a muslim problem. Join the club, comrades.

Suicide attack in Russia kills 17, wounds over 130


ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) - A suicide car bomber hit a central market in southern Russia on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 130 in one of the North Caucasus region's worst attacks in years, officials said.
The bomber detonated his explosives as he drove by the main entrance to the Vladikavkaz market, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

The death toll included the bomber, and 98 of the 133 people wounded in the explosion were hospitalized, many in grave condition, said Alexander Pogorely of the Emergency Situations Ministry.

TV images showed a shrapnel-littered square in front of the market, with blood stains on the pavement and rows of vehicles scarred by the blast.

Russia's North Caucasus has been gripped by violence stemming from two separatist wars in Chechnya and fueled by endemic poverty, rampant official corruption and police abuses.

Vladikavkaz, a major city, is the capital of the Russian republic of North Ossetia. Although it is less plagued by violence than other republics in the region such as Chechnya and Dagestan, North Ossetia has experienced ethnic tensions and frequent attacks.

The Vladikavkaz market area has been the target of several bomb attacks over the past dozen years in which scores of people have died. It was bombed in 1999, killing 55 people. Another bombing in 2001 killed six people, and in 2004, 11 people died when a minibus near the market was bombed.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev immediately sent his regional envoy to Vladikavkaz to help coordinate efforts to help the victims. He urged investigators to "do everything to track down the beasts, the scoundrels who conducted that terror attack."

No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing, the deadliest attack in the region since a double suicide bombing killed 12 in Dagestan in April. Twin suicide bombings on Moscow subway in March killed 40 people and wounded over 100.

Unlike most other Caucasus provinces where Muslims make up the majority of the population, North Ossetia is predominantly Orthodox Christian. It has been destabilized by long-simmering tensions between ethnic Ossetians and ethnic Ingush that exploded into an open fighting in 1992.

"The crimes like the one that was committed in the North Caucasus today are aimed at sowing enmity between our citizens," Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said in televised remarks during a meeting with Russia's top Islamic cleric. "We mustn't allow this."

The regional president of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, quickly sent condolences to the leader of North Ossetia on Thursday to help assuage tensions between the two ethnic groups.

President Barack Obama also condemned the attack and said Thursday's incident further underscores the intent of both countries to work together to fight terrorism and protect their citizens.

"Our hearts go out to the people of North Ossetia, who have already suffered so much from horrific acts of terrorism," he said in a statement.

The market attack came as Muslims were preparing to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, a holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

North Ossetia was also the scene of the 2004 Beslan crisis, where Chechen militants took hundreds of hostages at a school—a siege that ended in a bloodbath killing more than 330 people, about half of them children.

In other violence in southern Russia, officials said Thursday that a hotel employee and another civilian were shot to death by men trying to build a bomb in their hotel room in the Caspian Sea province of Dagestan.

The shooting took place late Wednesday in the regional capital of Makhachkala, Interior Ministry spokesman Vyacheslav Gasanov said. He said three armed men fled a room in the small hotel after an explosion and opened fire on a hotel clerk and another person who confronted them. He says police found several bombs and six grenades in the room.

In the Dagestani town of Khasavyurt, on the border with Chechnya, a policeman returning home from work was shot to death, Gasanov said.

Two Islamic Terror Bombings Hit Russia's Caucasus Region, 1 Policeman Killed, 22 Civilians Injured

The muslims of the Caucasus region are back to their terroristic ways and today, two bombing attacks took place - one was at a security checkpoint that killed a policeman and the other was at a cafe where 22 of the patrons of the restaurant were killed. At the checkpoint incident, it was single suicide bomber who set off his explosive vest that killed the policeman while it was a car bomb that hit the cafe. I don't see from the article if the car bomb was just parked and set off or actually set off by a jihadi inside of it.

From the report at DAWN:

Two blasts hit Russia’s Caucasus on Tuesday, one killing a policeman at a checkpoint and the other wounding about two dozen at a street cafe, in the latest attacks to rock the turbulent region.
In the first attack, a young man blew himself up near a checkpoint in the region of North Ossetia, killing himself and a policeman, officials said.
Hours later, at least 22 people were wounded in a suspected car bomb explosion outside a cafe in the spa town of Pyatigorsk, popular with Russian holidaymakers, in the foothills of the Caucasus mountains.

In North Ossetia an unidentified man walked up to the checkpoint close to the administrative border with neighbouring Ingushetia and detonated his charge, leaving one officer dead and wounding two others, Samir Sabatkoyev, spokesman for the regional interior ministry, told AFP.
“He detonated an unidentified explosive device,” Sabatkoyev said. “He blew himself up,” he added, noting it was “apparently” a suicide attack.

The violence in the Caucasus region has been sporadic and it's been a couple of months since I've seen a major attack but at the same time, the last major bombings were just like this - simultaneously set off at different locations. Those last bombings killed many more but one has to look at this cafe bombing as a miracle that a bunch of people weren't killed.

One has to wonder about the cafe bombing too - in most of the cases of the islamic terror attacks in the Caucasus, it is more normal to see police or military targets or modes of transportation hit - a car bombing of a restaurant....well, that speaks to a growing influence in the region by al Qaeda, in my view.

Either way, I've said it before - Russia has a serious islamic terror problem and if you'll remember the last set of bombings, the ones where Putin promised the avenging of those attacks, well....not a damn thing happened.

Two blasts rock Russia’s Caucasus region


MOSCOW: Two blasts hit Russia’s Caucasus on Tuesday, one killing a policeman at a checkpoint and the other wounding about two dozen at a street cafe, in the latest attacks to rock the turbulent region.

In the first attack, a young man blew himself up near a checkpoint in the region of North Ossetia, killing himself and a policeman, officials said.

Hours later, at least 22 people were wounded in a suspected car bomb explosion outside a cafe in the spa town of Pyatigorsk, popular with Russian holidaymakers, in the foothills of the Caucasus mountains.

The Kremlin calls the Caucasus unrest its biggest domestic problem and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin last month announced an ambitious drive to foster prosperity by enticing investors to the violence-torn region.

In North Ossetia an unidentified man walked up to the checkpoint close to the administrative border with neighbouring Ingushetia and detonated his charge, leaving one officer dead and wounding two others, Samir Sabatkoyev, spokesman for the regional interior ministry, told AFP.

“He detonated an unidentified explosive device,” Sabatkoyev said. “He blew himself up,” he added, noting it was “apparently” a suicide attack.

The two wounded policemen had “serious injuries”, added Maria Gatsoyeva, a spokeswoman for regional investigators, speaking from the regional capital Vladikavkaz.

North Ossetia lies to the north of the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia, recognised by Russia as independent after the brief 2008 war with Georgia over its status.

The region is part of the country’s most volatile North Caucasus region, scene of the simmering guerrilla war between Russian forces and separatist rebels, and deadly attacks in the republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan are a near-daily occurrence.

The explosion in Pyatigorsk struck around 1230 GMT, the investigative committee of prosecutors said. Russian news agencies quoted the emergencies ministry as saying that 22 people were wounded.

Glass windows within a radius of 200 metres (219 yards) around the outdoor cafe were broken and cars parked by the cafe were damaged by the power of the blast.

“At first it was thought that it was a gas explosion but then it became clear that a car parked outside the cafe had exploded,” a local police source told ITAR-TASS.

“All the wounded were customers of the cafe,” the source added.
Pyatigorsk lies to the north of the most unstable mountainous regions of the Caucasus and is a genteel town normally untroubled by such violence.

President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a full investigation into the incident, Russian news agencies said.

In January, the Kremlin appointed a new envoy responsible for the North Caucasus, businessman Alexander Khloponin, who devised a plan to turn around the regional economy.

But Medvedev last week lashed out at Khloponin, saying at a meeting on the economic situation in Dagestan that changes were slow to come and “nothing is moving.”Militants from the Caucasus were blamed for the bombings on the Moscow metro on March 29 carried out by two female suicide bombers that killed 40 people in a pair of coordinated attacks. – AFP

Letters From Slain Islamic Terrorist Leader In the Caucasus Reveal Jihadi Moles Inside Russian Army

Okay, this is an abbreviated article from MEMRI because Holger isn't about to pay a subscription fee to MEMRI but it gets the point across:

After Chief Qadi of the Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus Anzor Astemirov was killed in Kabardino-Balkaria on March 24, 2010, his mentor, salafi jihadi sheikh Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi, published two letters from Astemirov on his website, together with his responses to them.

In one of the letters, Astemirov writes that the Caucasus jihadists have received offers of assistance from individuals in the Russian army, intelligence services, and government – some of them in senior positions – and asks Al-Maqdisi for guidance...

This certainly come as much of a surprise to anyone, even to Russia's Medvedev or Putin as the Russian army is lousy with tons and tons of islamic soldiers - my theory is that the Russians had to accept them as they were the only ones not too drunk to serve.

But the fact that there are those in the Russian army and in intelligence services that are actually plotting with and helping the likes of the islamic terrorists in the Caucasus region is sobering. I've said it a lot lately that Medvedev and Putin have a real mess on their hands and this only makes it worse.

By the way, with all the tough language from Putin after the suicide bombing attacks in Russia the past two weeks, have you heard of the retribution that Putin threatened?

Exclusive: Posthumous Astemirov Letter Points to Presence of Jihadist Moles in Russian Army and Intelligence


After Chief Qadi of the Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus Anzor Astemirov was killed in Kabardino-Balkaria on March 24, 2010, his mentor, salafi jihadi sheikh Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi, published two letters from Astemirov on his website, together with his responses to them. He also published a short eulogy for Astemirov, whom he held in great esteem.
Al-Maqdisi is the most important shari'a authority in the global jihad today, and is one of a handful of sheikhs who founded the radical salafi jihadi movement in the 1980s and '90s.

The letters from Astemirov are clearly personal correspondence, and Al-Maqdisi labels them as such. Al-Maqdisi's answers were intended to be direct guidance to Astemirov and the Caucasus Emirate, and not public fatwas. He only posted them publicly on March 26, 2010, after he received news of Astemirov's death; it is not clear whether the answers ever reached Astemirov himself, but they were definitely written while he was still alive, as Al-Maqdisi uses the formula "may Allah preserve him" in reference to him.

In one of the letters, Astemirov writes that the Caucasus jihadists have received offers of assistance from individuals in the Russian army, intelligence services, and government – some of them in senior positions – and asks Al-Maqdisi for guidance...

President of Ingushetia Confirms Top Islamic Terrorist Leader Killed In Raid

The radical islamic terrorists in the North Caucasus region of Russia took a big hit this week as it was confirmed that their #1 leader, Alexander Tikhomirov, in a gun battle during a raid in Ingushetia.

Good news indeed. One less jihadi leader breathing in this world.

From The Washington Post:

Ingush leader confirms senior rebel killed in raid


MOSCOW (Reuters) - The president of Russia's volatile Caucasian republic of Ingushetia Saturday confirmed reports that Russian forces killed a senior Islamist rebel, local newswire reported.

Earlier this week, Russian news agencies, citing law-enforcement sources, said Alexander Tikhomirov, also known as Said Buryatsky, was killed Tuesday in a gun battle near Nazran, Ingushetia's largest town.

"He was killed, but his place will be taken over by some other ideologist," newswires quoted Yunus-Bek Yevkurov as saying.

Last year, Yevkurov almost died in a suicide bomb attack Russian police suspect was organized by Tikhomirov.

The rebel also took responsibility for the deadliest attack in Russia's North Caucasus region in four years when a suicide bomber killed at least 20 people and injured 138 at a police building in Ingushetia last August.

Ingushetia, a tiny republic wedged between North Ossetia and Chechnya, has been subjected to an Islamic insurgency for nearly a decade.

Islamic Chechen Terrorists and Russians Battle In Ingushetia, 4 Chechens Killed

From KUNA:

Chechens killed in clashes between Russian forces, gunmen in Ingushetia

MOSCOW, Feb 13 (KUNA) -- Four Chechens were killed in confrontations between the Russian forces and armed me in the northern caucasus region on Saturday, security sources said.The hostilities between the Russian forces and gunmen in Sonja region in the Republic of Ingushetia killed the four Chechens, injured another while one was still missing, Interfax news agency quoted the sources as saying.Russian security accuse the gunmen of using civilians as human shields.Russian authorities had announced that 20 people were killed in confrontations against extremists in Sonja.

Female Suicide Bomber Injures Six In Chechnya, Kills Herself

Well, the hits just keep coming in the Russian North Caucasus region as Chechnya witnessed yet another islamic terror attack today - a woman, a suicide bomber set off her suicide vest as she stood next to a police car - the blast killed her and injured six.

From the story at Reuters:

A suicide bomber blew herself up beside a police car in the capital of Russia's southern region of Chechnya on Wednesday, wounding six people.

A series of attacks by Islamist militants on security forces and local leaders over recent months has shattered several years of relative calm and raised questions about Kremlin control of the north Caucasus region.

I've been putting up these terror reports from the North Caucasus area to demonstrate a coordinated terror attack on all of Russia - we can barely go a week without an islamist attack and those are only the reported ones. The point of all of this is that the islamists worldwide are conducting terror and it is touching the lives of every continent, every country - we see it daily in Pakistan and Afghanistan and also in Africa's Somalia and Algeria...but we are seeing it in Australia, Britain, America and South America. And it is spreading.

Bomber kills herself, injures six in Russia's Chechnya

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew herself up beside a police car in the capital of Russia's southern region of Chechnya on Wednesday, wounding six people.
Russia has fought two wars against Chechen separatists since the early 1990s. A series of attacks by Islamist militants on security forces and local leaders over recent months has shattered several years of relative calm and raised questions about Kremlin control of the north Caucasus region.
Russian news agencies carried conflicting reports on the number of people who suffered in the blast, but local officials said there were no fatalities.
"I officially declare there were no victims in the explosion," Chechen Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov said at the scene of the blast. "Two Chechen policemen and four civilians were wounded."
An eyewitness told Reuters a young woman had approached the police car and blew herself up. Others said there had been three policemen in the car at the moment of the explosion.
Interfax news agency said the woman's head had been found.
A mangled, burned-out carcass was all that remained of the police car at an intersection in Grozny's usually bustling center, a Reuters reporter said.
A passenger minibus with shattered windows was seen nearby.
Leaders from across the North Caucasus warned Russian President Dmitry Medvedev last month that they were struggling to contain an Islamic insurgency they said had permeated all spheres of society.

It's Confirmed: Al Qaeda Is In Russia's North Caucasus Region...Algerian Killed By Russian Security

Chilling news for the Russians as an Algerian member of Al Qaeda was killed in a raid by Russian security forces in the North Caucasus area yesterday. Now, I've been blogging about the rise of islamic terror in this region in the past few months but not even in my wild imagination did I think we'd find al Qaeda present here...but they are. From the report at Reuters:

Russian security forces said on Monday they had killed an al Qaeda agent and a second rebel fighter in its troubled North Caucasus region of Dagestan. Russian officials say cash from foreign-based radical Islamic organisations is funding the recent surge of violence in Dagestan and the other two North Caucasus regions of Chechnya and Ingushetia in which dozens of people have died.
"A representative of an international terrorist organisation in the North Caucasus tasked to oversee terrorist acts in Dagestan was neutralised during a combat operation," a security officer told Vesti-24 television news channel."He is an Algerian national widely known in underground gangs as 'Doctor Muhammed"," said the official dressed in combat gear who stood with his back to the camera.

As I've mentioned before, the Russians are looking at some serious shit going on as the islamic terror effort has become more organized and now, perhaps this is a prelude as to why. Unfortunately for the Russians, finding one al Qaeda is similar to finding a rat in your house...when you find one, there's usually a helluva lot more of them.

Russia says kills al Qaeda agent in North Caucasus


MOSCOW, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Russian security forces said on Monday they had killed an al Qaeda agent and a second rebel fighter in its troubled North Caucasus region of Dagestan. Russian officials say cash from foreign-based radical Islamic organisations is funding the recent surge of violence in Dagestan and the other two North Caucasus regions of Chechnya and Ingushetia in which dozens of people have died."A representative of an international terrorist organisation in the North Caucasus tasked to oversee terrorist acts in Dagestan was neutralised during a combat operation," a security officer told Vesti-24 television news channel."He is an Algerian national widely known in underground gangs as 'Doctor Muhammed"," said the official dressed in combat gear who stood with his back to the camera.Muhammed and a second rebel fighter were killed when police stormed a house in Dagestan's Khasavyurt district bordering Chechnya on Sunday night, Russian news agencies reported.Russia, which has fought two wars against separatists in Chechnya since 1994, is concerned that renewed activities by insurgents could threaten stability in the strategically important region.On Friday, President Dmitry Medvedev said radical Islamist ideas from abroad were spreading in impoverished North Caucasus and urged mainstream clerics to join forces with the Kremlin in opposing them.