** Typical timing for Russia, not wanting to be upstaged. Pravda once
famously reported a two car road-race between the US and Russia, which the US won. Pravda's view: "The Russian car came in second. The American car finished next to last." ============================================================================ =================== Chechen al-Qaida leader killed Published: May 4, 2011 at 12:46 PM http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/05/04/Chechen-al-Qaida-leader-kille d/UPI-88411304527579/print/ MOSCOW, May 4 (UPI) -- Abdullah Kurd, said to be a leader of al-Qaida in the North Caucasus, was killed by Russian Special Forces in Chechnya, the Russian government said. Russia's national counter-terrorism committee announced Kurd, an alias used by Turkish national Doger Sevdet, took control over al-Qaida operations in the North Caucasus after a previous leader was killed in April. "In the Chechen Republic Abdullah Kurd was a member of the so-called Arab groups of al-Qaida under the command of Khattab, Abu al Walid and Abu Havs, whose criminal activity was suppressed before by the Russian (Federal Security Service) with the participation of law enforcement officers," a committee statement published by state-run news agency RIA Novosti read. The report added that the militant leader was responsible for coordinating suicide bombings in Russia and helped ferry other insurgents into the region. Officials claimed in April that Doku Umarov, the man dubbed the Chechen version of Osama bin Laden, may have been killed in an attack by Russian forces, though someone claiming to be Umarov later phoned Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Charges were filed against Umarov and others for organizing the January attack at the Domodedovo Airport in Moscow. The attack killed more than 30 people. Russia's predominantly Muslim North Caucasus republics Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia have seen an upsurge of violence recently. Russia has been fighting the insurgency for many years following two bloody conflicts in Chechnya in the 1990s. C 2011 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/05/04/Chechen-al-Qaida-leader-kille d/UPI-88411304527579/print/#ixzz1LVKb4EEs [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
