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"Russia's Osama Bin Laden" is dead

  • 21-03-2014 12:37am
    #1
    Eggy Baby!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,142 ✭✭✭


    Unusual that there hasn't been a thread on this considering he died two or three days ago....really an affirmation of his work, isn't it?

    Anyway, Dokku Umarov, the infamous Chechen terrorist, has been "martyred" according to the Kavkaz Centre (the official website of Chechen jihadis). Umarov was the "Emir" of the prospective "Caucasian Emirate" (that is, an extremist warlord). Umarov was involved in both Chechen wars since 1994. During that time, he garnered such infamy that he came to be known as "Russia's Osama Bin Laden".

    Umarov claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks in Russia including the Domodedovo attacks and the attacks on the Moscow Metro. He also threatened to bomb the Sochi winter olympics but that didn't succeed.

    A man named Ali Abu-Muhammad has already been chosen to succeed him as Emir.

    In relation to his death, the Kavkaz Centre merely stated that he had achieved "martyrdom". More details will likely follow:

    (Be warned that the Kavkaz Centre is an extremist website. Click into at your own risk)
    http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2014/03/18/19017.shtml

    (Or, click on the much more moderate BBC link. Your choice.)
    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26634403

    I won't count myself among his mourners.


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  • #2
    old_aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,410 ✭✭✭old_aussie


    Eggy Baby! wrote: »

    I won't count myself among his mourners.

    +1


  • #3
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,853 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    Umarov, after Saidullayev, was a disaster for the Chechnyan resistance in the end, while it might have appealed at the time to elect a fighter as leader, the proclamation of the Emirate split the politicians from the fighters and ruined whatever credibility was left. When was the last time anyone ever heard of Zakayev?

    It's a sad situation when Kadyrov is the better choice for the people


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