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Reports: Islamic State threatens war in north Caucasus
Russian media reports say Islamic State militants, in a video posted online, have threatened to start a war in Chechnya and other provinces of Russia's north Caucasus region. The reports say the video, with a Russian translation, was posted by Al-Arabiya.Russia's NTV channel, in its report, included an excerpt from the video. It shows a militant speaking from the cockpit of a fighter jet at a military airstrip the rebels have seized in northern Syria. The report quotes him as saying the militants plan to "free" Chechnya and the Caucasus "with the mercy of Allah." The militants also reportedly threatened to start using jets in their attacks. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov responded he had already given an order to track down the person in the video and "send him to a place from which he will never return." He said, "We have some good guys who can penetrate any place on the globe where bandits are threatening our country." Posted by: ryuge 2014-09-04 |
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