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3 Dead in Shootout in Russia's Dagestan
[AnNahar] One police officer and two suspected Lions of Islam have been killed in a shootout in Russia's volatile North Caucasus.Fatina Ubaydatova, spokeswoman in Russia's republic of Dagestan ...a formerly inoffensive Caucasus republiccurrently bedevilled by low-level Islamic insurgency, occasional outbreaks of separatism, ethnic tensions and terrorism, primarily due to its proximity to Chechnya. There are several dozen ethnic groups, most of which speak either Caucasian, Turkic, or Iranian languages. Largest among these ethnic groups are the Avar, Dargin, Kumyk, Lezgin, and Laks. While Russers form less than five percent of the population, Russian remains the primary official language and the lingua franca... , said on Friday a police squad was trying to stop a car with suspected Lions of Islam outside the city of Khasavyurt late on Thursday when people in that car opened fire on them. Police identified the two men as local Lions of Islam who attacked coppers earlier this week in the regional capital, Makhachkala. Islamic turbans in Dagestan have mounted frequent attacks on police and officials, and some have sworn allegiance to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group. The shootout comes a day after Russia's security agencies in Dagestan tossed in the clink Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! seven people suspected of preparing New Year's terror attacks in Moscow on orders from the Islamic State group in Syria. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-12-31 |
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