The new leader of IS's Caucasus branch, Rustam Aselderov aka Abu Mukhammad Kadarsky
RT: Head of ISIS ‘branch’ in Russia’s N. Caucasus killed in special police op – FSB
A Dagestan-based militant leader who swore allegiance to Islamic State (IS, ISIS/ISIL), was picked as “emir” by IS chief al-Baghdadi and was linked to terrorist acts in Russia’s Volgograd, has been eliminated, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said.
“Rustan Magomedovich Aselderov (Abu Muhammad), born in 1981, the leader of the Vilayat Kavkaz section of the Islamic State international terrorist group, was among the militants eliminated alongside four of his close associates,” the FSB said in a statement.
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3 comments:
Maybe it was just a time issue, but I noticed that the RT piece was the only russian source given. By the way the chickens in the RT video seemed quite unconcerned with the whole thing.
Congratulations to the Russian people and the FSB for getting those SOB's.
ISIS leader is not exactly a career path that holds much of a future. Between the Russians, the Syrians, the Iranians, and the Americans targeting them such a position all but ensures a short life with an ignoble end.
It wasn't always this way. When ISIS first arose, it's forces captured and held territory faster and more efficiently than the American military ever could have. There nain mistakes were 1.)they failed to adjust and begin behaving as a normal nation state and 2.)they expanded the fight beyond being against America and it's "allies." This caused them to lose support that was otherwise reliable.
Why are they fighting Russia? The Russian armed forces have always been better led, better trained, more ruthless, and generally far more capable than anything America can ever hope to have. Apparently in their arrogance ISIS never grasped that there are other powers who are far more formidable than America or American "allies."
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