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Another tidbit on al-Saif's role in Chechnya
Authorities had accused al-Seif of helping plot the Beslan school seizure, apartment house bombings in Moscow and Volgodonsk in 1999, and other terror attacks.Analysts said al-Seif, a radical Islamic theologian, had acted as a top spiritual counselor for rebels in Chechnya, issuing fatwas, or religious edicts, to approve specific attacks. According to some accounts, Arab counselors were appointed co-leaders of small rebel units, forming a separate chain of command controlled by al-Seif. Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-12-19 |
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