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St Petersburg bombing: Group says al-Qaeda chief ordered attack
[BBC] A little-known group claiming links to al-Qaeda has said it carried out the deadly metro bombing in St Petersburg earlier this month.The Imam Shamil Battalion said the attack in the Russian city was carried out on the orders of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-  Zawahiri... Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit.Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area assuming he's not dead like Mullah Omar. He lost major face when he ordered the nascent Islamic State to cease and desist and merge with the orthodx al-Qaeda spring, al-Nusra... Its statement has been circulated by high-profile al-Qaeda supporters on the Telegram messaging app. The attack in St Petersburg killed 16 people, including the jacket wallah. Russian officials later said Akbarzhon Jalilov, a Russian citizen born in Kyrgyzstan, detonated a bomb between two metro stations in the city. The Imam Shamil Battalion statement said the bombing was Dire Revenge for Russian military actions in Moslem countries such as Syria and Libya as well as the Moslem region of Chechnya in Russia's North Caucasus. More attacks were being planned, the statement said. I'm guessing the Imam Shamil Battalion is named after Shamil Basaev, who thankfully remains dead. The authenticity of the claim has not been independently verified. It emerged in news outlets used by jihadists in Africa, including the Mauritania-based website Agence Nouakchott Info, but has not appeared on official al-Qaeda channels. The Russian authorities have so far made no comment. Posted by: Fred 2017-04-26 |
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