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Russian forces kill Islamist rebel leader
 MOSCOW - Russian security forces have killed a leader of an Islamist rebel group in the North Caucasus who was accused of plotting a botched suicide kaboom in Moscow and calling for more bombings.Ibragimkhalil Daudov was found dead in a forest on Tuesday after being maimed at the weekend in a shootout when police stormed a nearby house where he was hiding in the mainly Moslem region of Dagestan, Kommersant newspaper reported. Daudov beat feet after the shootout, in which four gunnies were killed, but lost a lot of blood and froze to death, Kommersant quoted security officers as saying. Russia's Anti-Terrorism Committee confirmed Daudov's death and said it had seized videos calling on fellow villagers to leave their families and undertake jihad, or Islamic holy war. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-02-16 |
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