Friday, June 11, 2010

Russia Captures Major Caucasus Rebel Leader



Russia Says Captured Caucasus Islamist Leader: Media -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it had captured an insurgent ringleader responsible for hundreds of deaths in its troubled North Caucasus region, where the Kremlin is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency.

Quoting the FSB security services, Russian state television said that Ali Taziyev, from Ingushetia province, was one of the leaders of an envisaged Caucasus Emirate, which seeks to create a state under sharia law independent from Russia.

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More News On The Caucasus

Russia detains top Caucasus rebel leader: official -- AFP
Russian Security Chief Says Top Rebel Captured -- New York Times/AP
Russia Says Captured Caucasus Islamist Leader -- New York Times/Reuters
Major N Caucasus militant detained: Russian security chief -- Xinhuanet
FSB Captures Ingush Rebel Leader -- Moscow Times
Russia detains warlord linked to attack on Ingush president -- RIA Novosti

Ten rebels killed in Chechnya -- AFP
Ten militants killed in Russia's Chechnya -- People's Daily
Blasts, shootings kill five in Russia's N.Caucasus -- Reuters
Russians head off N. Caucasus bomb plot -- UPI
Three killed in Russia's North Caucasus -- Global Times
Pentagon Chief In Azerbaijan: Afghan War Arc Stretches To Caspian, Caucasus -- RIA novosti
Geneva talks on Caucasus end in deadlock -- RT
Russia, Georgia hold tense Caucasus talks -- Reuters

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