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IBTimes: Islamic State Group Attacks Russian Military Base In Dagestan Region Of The Northern Caucasus
Islamic State group fighters operating in the North Caucasus region of Russia attacked a Russian military base in the southern Dagestan region Wednesday, according to a tweet from Michael Horowitz, a geopolitical and security analyst at the risk consultancy firm Levantine Group. The alleged attack in the predominantly Muslim region comes after months of rumors that ISIS was attempting to recruit experienced fighters from the region to fight in Syria and Iraq.
The region has long been courted by ISIS for its close proximity to Europe. In November 2014, the leader of the Caucasus Emirate terror group was ousted from his position when mid-level commanders switched their allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Update: Islamic State’s Caucasus ‘province’ claims first official attack on Russian forces -- Long War Journal
WNU Editor: No official word from the Kremlin .... but I would not be surprised if such an attack had occurred. Fears of the Islamic State branching off into the Caucasus have been voiced by Russian President Putin himself in the past 6 months .... so it was just a matter of time.
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:-) If this is true, it could hardly have come at a better time for Russia. No need to artificially create a provocation or to blow something out of proportion by means of inventive propaganda - IS offers a legitimation for military action on its own free will.
Now it´s easy for media to have russians associate "IS" with incidents/terms like "Beslan" or "theatre siege" - thus solving the majority of possible PR-problems Putin could face.
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