Good old Chechnya...the land of the islamists continues to spotlight Russia's growing jihad problem with the neighboring area of Dagestan now joining in the party. The latest battles have claimed 21 dead with five of those being Russian security police. Here's some of the details from Reuters of what had gone on for several days:
And here's the part of the report that has to have Russian officials shitting their britches:
See that? Arab jihadists fighting jihad inside of Russia. Who would have seen that two years ago? Let's face it..we have Russian Chechens fighting the U.S. and NATO down in Afghanistan alongside Afghan Taliban and Arab al Qaeda and now, the Arabs are joing in the jihad in Russia. We've known for a long time that Russia has a big muslim problem - the population is soaring there of the islamists while the Russian people can't make a baby to save their souls.
But let's take a look at some of the countries that jihad has now spread to that we would never have pictured it, say five years ago: Russia, China, Turkey, Britain, United States, Australia, etc. Believe me the list could go on and on. The Russians don't piss around with terrorists - they aren't exactly known for their tight rules of engagement and civilian casualties are not a big deal to them, but even with that, they have their hands full.
Russian security forces in the southern region of Dagestan on Saturday said they had ended an operation against militants after three days of clashes in which they said 21 people were killed.
At least four militants died overnight in the mainly Muslim region neighboring Chechnya, which has a tradition of rebellion against rule from Moscow.
Five policemen were killed since clashes started on Thursday and 12 other rebels were killed outside the regional capital of Makhachkala.
The internal ministry and the local FSB state security service said they were aiming to eliminate a band of militants operating 30 km (19 miles) south of Makhachkala.
And here's the part of the report that has to have Russian officials shitting their britches:
There are at least three non-Russians with Arab nationality amongst the dead militants, perhaps even four," he added.
See that? Arab jihadists fighting jihad inside of Russia. Who would have seen that two years ago? Let's face it..we have Russian Chechens fighting the U.S. and NATO down in Afghanistan alongside Afghan Taliban and Arab al Qaeda and now, the Arabs are joing in the jihad in Russia. We've known for a long time that Russia has a big muslim problem - the population is soaring there of the islamists while the Russian people can't make a baby to save their souls.
But let's take a look at some of the countries that jihad has now spread to that we would never have pictured it, say five years ago: Russia, China, Turkey, Britain, United States, Australia, etc. Believe me the list could go on and on. The Russians don't piss around with terrorists - they aren't exactly known for their tight rules of engagement and civilian casualties are not a big deal to them, but even with that, they have their hands full.
Armed clashes kill 21 in Russia's Dagestan
Russian security forces in the southern region of Dagestan on Saturday said they had ended an operation against militants after three days of clashes in which they said 21 people were killed.
At least four militants died overnight in the mainly Muslim region neighboring Chechnya, which has a tradition of rebellion against rule from Moscow.
Five policemen were killed since clashes started on Thursday and 12 other rebels were killed outside the regional capital of Makhachkala.
The internal ministry and the local FSB state security service said they were aiming to eliminate a band of militants operating 30 km (19 miles) south of Makhachkala.
It appeared to be the biggest such security operation in the North Caucasus for several months.
"The group committed several crimes in two regions in Dagestan," the province's Interior Minister Adilgirei Magomedtagirov told reporters.
"There are at least three non-Russians with Arab nationality amongst the dead militants, perhaps even four," he added.
State-owned Vesti-24 channel showed a row of dead rebels lying in the snow with Kalashnikov rifles slung across their limp shoulders.
Magomedtagirov said a collection of Kalashnikov rifles, machine guns and a sniper rifle were found where the militants were hiding.
Earlier, television showed helicopter gunships firing from the snowy skies at targets in a forest and armored vehicles rolling into the mountainous area.
The bodies of four militants who died overnight were shown lying among shattered glass near a battered, white Lada car.
Dagestan, with a population of more than 2.5 million, is wedged between Chechnya and the Caspian Sea.
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