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| Reports: Islamic State threatens war in north Caucasus |
| 2014-09-04 |
| 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 |
| #5 Free junkets to be with 72 virgins. |
| Posted by: badanov 2014-09-04 23:18 |
| #4 Or transport of jihadists and arms/ammo... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-09-04 23:08 |
| #3 I suspect any jets they bring to the 'war' would rapidly become debris. The best chance they might have would be as suicidal attacks against civilian infrastructure rather than engage enemy planes. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-09-04 21:35 |
| #2 The militants also reportedly threatened to start using jets in their attacks. Have we found the missing Libyan flying vehicles? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-09-04 16:38 |
| #1 the militants plan to "free" Chechnya and the Caucasus "with the mercy of Allah." They should be worrying about the mercy of the bear. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-09-04 05:41 |