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Police deaths mount in Caucasus as militants pick new ‘amir’
Published: 17 February, 2012, 12:22
Edited: 17 February, 2012, 16:46
TAGS: Conflict, Crime, Military, Chechnya, Politics, Terrorism, Law, Police
13 policemen have been killed in three days of fierce fighting with militants on the border of the Russian southern republics of Dagestan and Chechnya. This comes as a Turkish terrorist has reportedly become the new head of the Dagestani fighters.
At least five police officers were killed and six others injured in the fighting on the republics’ borders on Thursday, Interfax news agency reports. The policemen were fighting several militant groups. According to the news agency’s source in the police, the operation is ongoing in complicated conditions, in mountains and forests, covered in deep snow. The militants are offering fierce resistance, the source added, and have reportedly sustained losses.
At least 13 policemen have already been killed in the operation in the last three days. 17 more have sustained injuries. Just about 20 kilometres away from the ongoing operation, Dagestani police is using aircraft to battle one more militant group hiding in the forest. Helicopter gunships have strafed the area, the Interfax news agency reports. There is no news on casualties.
The Russian Caucasus republics of Dagestan and Chechnya have for years been a center for militant violence and terror attacks targeting police forces and the civilian population.
There are also reports that the Dagestani militant underground has a new leader, or amir, the Turkish terrorist sheikh Abdousalam. His predecessor Ibrahimhalil Daudov died in a police anti-terrorism operation.
Daudov, along with his 21-year-old son and three other militants, was killed in an operation in the village of Gurbuki. Injured Ibrahimhalil Daudov managed to escape a house, where the group had taken refuge. His body was later recovered near a local river. Militants reportedly confirmed the death of their leader, who was said to be exceptionally fanatical and cruel.
The new head of the Dagestani militants is due to be appointed by Doku Umarov, leader of the so-called Caucasus emirate, comprised of various militant groups. Abdousalam is said to have undergone training in camps of his homeland and reportedly arrived in the Russian Caucasus about five years ago.
The Caucasus emirate is a terror organization aimed at fighting Russia’s control of several Caucasus republics, including Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia.
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Norway wrote in#12
It's funny reading comments on RT! So much BS, Imperialist that, Zionist that! Is there no end to the constant trash talking?
This looks like 'Norwegian' trash talking to me, hypocrite.
BTW..The Afghan military that bought those Mi-17 helicopters work for NATO, don't they? The Afghan military probably bought those Russian helicopters with Norwegian/NATO money...
The 2008 global economic collapse and stockmarket crashes didn't make money 'disappear', TRILLIONS shifted into a very small select group of pockets from the mass majority of investors around the entire world.
It appears evil Zionists MoneyChangers were among those few who pocketed TRILLIONS overnight and have begun to own EUROPE thru their planned economic collapses, AND more importantly are the hidden economic backers in these so-called uprisings around the world.
Heavily funded terrorists, filled with weapons, explosives and USA/Israeli support are trying to engineer standing government collapses across the Middle East whom the Zionists feel are unfriendly, passing via US Pentagon's Operation Anaconda to Russia's Border nations, right up to the borders of Russia and China.
Russia, China need to draw lines in the sand to stave off the evil Zionist onslaught on their futures. One substantial way to do so would be to dump the US Dollar as the world's secondary currency standard entirely. Go to 100% Gold Backed currency's exposing the US Paper Dollar as worthless and value-less in regards to actual backing.
Worthless currency like junk bonds are driving the US/Israeli/Western War machines, if Russia,China helps Iran, Venzuela, Brazil, India and other nations shift entirely away from dealing with US Dollars, that would substantially cripple USA's endless Wars, a major set-back to their Operation Anaconda and a big step in the right direction for a safer world tomarrow.
Already USA/CIA are using their Kurdish Terror base inside Turkey to undermine and destroy the Russian border republics in Dagestan and Chechnya. All part of Operation Anaconda encircling Russia,China in interlocking bases and missile sites. Constricting, Squeezing the life out of both nations before the final conflict WW3 they believe will finish both Russia, China off.
Apparently USA/CIA feels hiding that terrorist base inside a NATO country (Turkey) would protect that base from being attacked by Syria or Russia (same base is being used to stage,fund,equipt and re-supply the Kurdish Terrorists operating inside Syria.
HOWEVER, these terrorists nearly always operate with long distant oversight by US Special OPs in the field via communication, drone surveilance and laser targeting directions.
As such, Russian technicians should be able to triangulate on the communications orgins as well as determine whenever laser targeting is painting an area to unleash a large area focused intensive man-hunt to capture those individuals pulling the strings on those Kurdish terrorists.
Turkey is way over their head in playing both sides of these current conflicts inside Syria now in Russia's southern borders while playing up to Iran and Russia.
Turkey should have realized when USA/Israel/NATO/UN hung their executed Turkish Citizens murdered in the Gaza peace flotilla out to dry those nations were certainly not in Turkey's best interest. Turkey appears to be going thru a Bi-Polar moment which is nearly unthinkable after an alleged Israeli hit team nearly succeeded in assassinating the Turkish PM in nearby Jordan. Now Turkey is seriously being played by the US State Department which can only end up very badly for Turkey.
Wake UP Turkey, your treatment of Russia and Syria will come back to haunt you again and again.
The evil Zionists leading Apartheid Israel are not your friends nor are the US State Department carrying huge sacks of free US Taxpayer cash for bribes.