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2010-02-04 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian police kill al Qaeda's co-founder in the Caucasus

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Posted by tipper 2010-02-04 09:21|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 A wanted Egyptian al Qaeda operative who helped establish the terror group in the Caucasus has been killed by Russian security forces during a clash in Dagestan.

Russia's Federal Security Service killed Mokhmad Mohamad Shabban, who is better known as Saif Islam or the Sword of Islam, and an associate during a raid yesterday in a mountainous region in the Republic of Dagestan.

"On February 2, the FSB [Federal Security Service] carried out a special operation in the district center of Botlikh, Dagestan. One of the founders of the Al Qaeda network in the North Caucasus Mokhmad Mohamad Shabban, 49, also known as "Saif Islam," and a gunman accompanying him were neutralized as they offered armed resistance,"

Posted by Parabellum 2010-02-04 09:40|| http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/ 2010-02-04 09:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Good for the FSB!

Posted by 3dc 2010-02-04 11:23|| 2010-02-04 11:23|| Front Page Top

#3 "Saif Islam," and a gunman accompanying him were neutralized as they offered armed resistance

Good enough for me. Should work for the SF, too.

Posted by gorb 2010-02-04 14:53|| 2010-02-04 14:53|| Front Page Top

#4 "Do have some tea. Milk or sugar? And to go with it, perhaps a spot of armed resistance? Really, I made it myself just this morning, it's my mother's recipe."

Posted by trailing wife 2010-02-04 15:53|| 2010-02-04 15:53|| Front Page Top

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