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Kazakhstan extradicts al-Qaeda suspect to Russia
2005-09-06
A suspected terrorist extradited from Kazakhstan to Russia has links with al-Qaeda, a spokesman for Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Monday. Sergei Ignatchenko said Rustam Chagilov, who was born in 1978, had maintained links with two members of the international terrorist organization's cell in the North Caucasus: Abu Zeit and Marwan. They were both killed in 2005. "FSB bodies are currently investigating Chagilov's complicity in the carrying out and organization of a series of terrorist attacks in Russia," Ignatchenko said. Chagilov was handed over to Russia on September 1 after the FSB put him on the wanted list in June as a suspect in crimes in Chechnya.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#3  Gitmo beats the basement of the Lubyanka
I just finished reading Applebaum's history of the gulag. Even if today's version is watered down compared to the stalin-era version, Brrr...

While i can't quite work up any sympathy for the terrorists, anyone winding up at magdan or kolyma gets a wince from me. A 3 month life expectancy. It puts Gitmo and even Abu Ghraib at its worst in high contrast.
Posted by: N guard   2005-09-06 15:37  

#2  Yeah, I'm bettin' Gitmo beats the basement of the Lubyanka, hands down.
Posted by: mojo   2005-09-06 13:55  

#1  Everyday you gotta cry some, everyday you gotta die some. He'd rather be in Guantanimo methinks.
Posted by: MunkarKat   2005-09-06 09:19  

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