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Two Wanted Fighters Captured
INGUSHETIA – Two wanted fighters have been taken into custody in Ingushetia. “A spetz-operation was carried out based on the existence of operational information about the presence of active members of the band underground at a concrete address. As a result, two people on the federal wanted list for crimes were detained,” a police spokesman told Interfax. No mention was made of the place and time of the operation. Loud Explosion Heard in Surkhakhi INGUSHETIA – At 11:49 this morning, the website www.Ingushetiya.ru reported that before dawn (at 03:25), residents of the Arms Cache Uncovered in Ordzhonikidzevskaya INGUSHETIA – Police have uncovered an arms cache near a graveyard in the stanitsa of Ordzhonikidzevskaya. RIA Novosti reports that sappers extracted three automatic Kalashnikov rifles, grenade launcher projectiles, ammunition, electronic detonators, 600 grams of explosives, four homemade bombs, night vision equipment, silencers, and Wahhabi literature from the cache. A list of republic license plates belonging to cars owned by policemen as well as a notebook containing recent expenditures were also found (MK). Two Unexplained Murders in Karabulak Last Night INGUSHETIA – Rosbalt-Yug reports that unknown gunmen in masks and camouflage uniforms broke into the glass shop of the Karabulak firm OOO “RIPSU,” and shot and killed two men last night. The deceased have been identified as 22-year-old Yatris or Idris Ismailov and 29-year-old Karen Aryutsunyan. Both 7.62 mm and 9 mm spent cartridges were found at the scene. Investigators have offered no motive for the killings. Armed Men Attack, Lecture on Evil of Alcohol, Steal Food and Victim’s Cars INGUSHETIA – At 19:30 last evening, three bearded men, armed, wearing camouflage uniforms, and speaking Ingush appeared from the woods and approached three men and three women drinking, eating and relaxing on the banks of the Assa River on the outskirts of the stanitsa of Nesterovska, Sunzhensky District. According to witnesses, the armed men told the people that they did not like the fact that alcohol was being consumed. The armed men beat the three males in the group and then proceeded to lecture all on the evils of alcohol and living an unholy life. The attackers then broke the bottles of alcohol, collected the food brought by the six people, and departed from the scene in the two vehicles owned by the victims (IA Regnum; Ingushetiya.ru). Two Former NVF Members Arrested NVF “Accomplice” Caught Red Handed Identities of Three Murdered Policemen Released Court Sentences NVF Members Khaniyev and Isakov to Long Prison Sentences Home of Rector of Islamic Institute Bombed INGUSHETIA – At 01:22, 23 July, the website www.Ingushetiya.ru reported that it has determined the source of this morning’s explosion in the settlement of Surkhakhi reported earlier by RETWA. According to Ingushetiya.ru, a bomb detonated at the residence of the Rector of the Islamic Institute of the stanitsa of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Magomed-Bashir Aushev. No one was hurt. Last year, unknown persons bombed Aushev’s house in Nazran. |
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To ensure that all material in this FORUM is archived, I have divided the FORUM into parts. To find Parts I and II simply scroll down the page -the Administration.
In order to ensure that all material in this FORUM is properly archived, I am dividing the FORUM into parts. To find Part I simply scroll down the page until you find "FORUM (Part I) – NORTH CAUCASUS MILITANT LEADERSHIP" and click on it.—the Administration.
On 2 and 8 June RETWA published two lists (see below) of Chechen and
Unfortunately, McGregor’s article “The Amnesty Offensive: Breaking Down Basaev’s Network” does little to shed light on the genuine goal of the amnesty program--which is to save lives—nor the results yielded to date. So what RETWA would like to do in response to the reader's request is focus on the life saving value and the results of
Report on North Caucasus Militants Who Were Killed, Taken Into Custody, or Voluntarily Surrendered in the Month of May 2006 (Copyright Paul Murphy 2006)
RETWA publishes an end of month summary of North Caucasus militants who have been killed, taken into custody, or voluntarily surrendered to police. This brief is the fifth of 12 installments containing statistics and other data drawn from RETWA’s daily reporting.
Please note that this brief was earlier published in the news section, but not in the analysis section in order to give the excellent article on Sadaluyev's death and Umarov's ascendancy by Gordon Hahn the longest possible run time in the analysis window.
SADULAYEV’S DEATH, UMAROV’S ASCENDANCY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR JIHADIST TERRORISM IN RUSSIA (Copyright Gordon Hahn and RETWA, 2006)
RETWA welcomes short, quality analytical contributions from its readers. The following article was written for RETWA by Gordon M. Hahn, a Senior Researcher at the Center for Terrorism and Intelligence Studies, Akribis Group, and author of Russia’s Revolution From Above (Transaction, 2002) and The Bear and the Crescent: Russia’s Unknown Jihad and Its Implications for International and U.S. National Security (forthcoming, Yale University Press, 2006). RETWA would welcome further discussion and comments on this article which may be sent to us at the “Contact RETWA” link on the homepage or directly to the author at gordon-hahn@sbcglobal.net
Report on North Caucasus Militants Who Were Killed, Taken Into Custody or Voluntarily Surrendered in the Month of April 2006 (Copyright Paul Murphy 2006)
Vachagayev’s Predicament (copyright Paul Murphy, 2006)
On 14 April, Mairbek Vachagayev, the former spokesman of the now deceased President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Aslan Maskhadov, spoke on the subject of “Chechen Resistance: New Faces, New Strategies” at a Jamestown Foundation conference held in
The following figures drawn from RETWA’s daily reporting concern the number of people killed and wounded by roadside bombs, landmines, assassinations, ambushes, and other violent acts committed by suspected North Caucasus Islamic militants in the month of March 2006. Casualties (except militant) resulting from police operations are also included.
The statistics presented below are broken down by republic with the following casualty categories: Civilians, Government Officials, Policemen, Russian Ministry of Defense Personnel, and Russian Interior Ministry Troops Servicemen. Note that militant casualties are not included here. They can be found in RETWA Analysis Brief No.4.
This analysis brief consists of two parts: Part I is our regular monthly “Report on
Paris Trial Reveals Plot to Use Chemical and Bacterialogical Weapons Against Russia in France (copyright Paul Murphy, 2006)
Russia has long alleged the international connection of Chechen terrorists—allegations which more often than not have been dismissed by those in the West distrustful of Russia’s intentions.
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RETWA announced at the beginning of the year that it would publish an end of month summary on
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CHECHNYA - In a recent report by Amina Visaeva for the Institute
for War and Peace Reporting, Ms. Visaeva states there is an alarming increase in
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