Kadyrov demands from Turkey to extradite Chechen terrorists gives list of names. (CaucasianKnot).
President of Turkey should decide on extradition of natives of
Chechnya, involved in terrorism and hiding in his country, Ramzan
Kadyrov has stated.
The message about this has arrived today at the SMS-service of the "Caucasian Knot".
"Kadyrov in the Instagram asked Erdogan to give out the terrorists from
Chechnya living in Turkey," wrote the author of the message.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on June 28, a terror act was committed at the Istanbul airport.
It was reported that three explosions triggered by suicide bombers
killed more than 40 persons and wounded 239 others.
Sources reported
about detained natives of Dagestan, Chechnya and Azerbaijan.
According to Kadyrov, earlier in Ankara he "personally warned the
Turkish Interior Minister Beshir Atalay about the threat posed by
terrorists," but "the talk resorted to promises of extradition."
"If the Turkish authorities need data about terrorists, I call them
once again. Write down:
Tarkhan Gaziev,
Akhmad Umarov,
Akhmad Pataev,
Shirvani Basaev,
Makhran Saidov,
Rizwan and Usama Yakubov,
Aslambek
Vadalov,
Movsar Chataev,
Khadi Alaskhanov,
Rustam Naurbaev, and their
ideological mentor Movladi Udugov.
They feel at ease on the 'Turkish
coast'," Kadyrov wrote today on his page in the Instagram.
The Acting Head of Chechnya has noted that "the Turkish-Russian
relations are returning to normal track," and that he "had once again
asked the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to decide on the extradition
of terrorists."
Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.
US special forces seized in Iraq, one of the leaders of the IG Abu Omar al-Shishani.(Tass).[GoogleTranslated].
In addition to al-Shishani special forces killed seven militants and seized two more commanders of the terrorist group, has reported EIN.
The forces of US special forces in a special operation in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk captured terrorist nicknamed Abu Omar al-Shishani, one of the leaders of the group "Islamic State" (IS). On Sunday reported news EIN.
"US special forces seized, in addition to Al-Shishani, two other warlords IG and killed seven militants in the landing operation conducted in the area of Riyadh province of Kirkuk on Friday," - the agency.
According to him the three extremists were taken to the city of Sulaymaniyah in the north-east of the country. Earlier this year, the media have repeatedly appeared information about the liquidation of Al-Shishani, but in the end it was not confirmed.
Abu Omar al-Shishani (real name Abu Omar al-Shishani Tarhan) was born in 1986 in the village of Barkiani in the Pankisi Gorge, his mother - kistinka father - the Georgians. The media repeatedly reported his death, the last time the information sounded from the lips of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, in November 2014, but no official confirmation. Hmmmm........Seeing is believing......they killed him a few times as well in the past. Let's hope it's true.
#Baghdad can't confirm #USA DOD denial saying "rumours about the captures of #ISIS al-Shishani maybe true. Kurdistan is not cooperating" +
Chechen leader Kadirov: 'Polygamy is blessing, mistresses are evil'. (Interfax).
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has reaffirmed his staunch support for polygamy in Russia's Muslim-majority republics because it would be more honest than having lots of mistresses.
"Polygamy is permitted by our religion. It is not an obligation, but men have such an opportunity if they are sufficiently healthy and well-off," Kadyrov told Interfax on Thursday.
"Polygamy is needed in order to stop men from having mistresses, who cause them multiple problems both with their health and their family life because men have to lie and deceive their wives and children," he said.
Such men demand that their family members be "honest and decent, but they themselves have to lie throughout their lives," Kadyrov said.
"If a man has someone on the side, and if it is real love, this woman may become his second or third wife if they both want it," the Chechen leader said.
"Many people find this scary. And I say: give me at least one man who would not have several mistresses. There are no such men. And all of them lie to their wives. But I would never be able to lie to my wife.
That is why polygamy is very good, but having many mistresses is bad. If I speak out against polygamy, I am not a Muslim. I support the idea of a man having several wives if he needs them and if he is able to provide for them. This would help resolve the demographic problem in Russia," Kadyrov said.
When commenting on a recent wedding between a 47-year-old man and an underage girl in Chechnya, Kadyrov said: "A 17-year-old girl married a 47-year-old strong and healthy man in Chechnya. And you say that it is a tragedy, but, to my great regret, we largely keep silent on thousands of underage children being raped in other regions."
"In Chechnya men lead a healthy lifestyle, exercise regularly and really blossom after they turn 40. Recently our 93-year-old man married a 33-year-old woman and now they have a son. Under certain circumstances, in Moscow young girls are allowed to get married from the age of 16, in Bashkortostan from the age of 14, and in Chechnya from the age of 17 after they finish school," he said.
When asked how secular laws correlate with Sharia Law, the Chechen leader said that Chechnya "does not violate the laws of the Russian Federation."
"Only one marriage can be concluded at the registry office. Russia has a Muslim population of 25 million people, and polygamy should be permitted in regions such as Dagestan, the Chechen Republic and Ingushetia," he said. Read the full story here.
Belgian Police arrested 16 suspects during large-scale anti-terror action.(HLN).[GoogleTranslate].
During a large anti-terror operation 16 people were arrested in Belgium. It is mainly about Chechen's. Police this morning raided 21 locations within an investigation into two terror groups. Reported VRT.
The research focuses on two terror groups, who were in contact with each other. It involves a group from Ostend and nearby Bredene , the other is situated in Leuven. Police terror groups came them on track during an investigation into a Ostend residing ISIS fighter who returned from Syria . He returned after he was wounded in Syria, to Belgium for treatment.
The police concentrated alongside the returning Syria fighter also those on those from Syria, Chechnya and Afghanistan who fought in the terror group Al Nusra and the Caucasian Emirate.
The second study focuses on suspects from Leuven, they're also Chechen's. They would have been planning to commit an terrorist attack in Belgium .
Both groups used the popular Messages app WhatsApp . The federal prosecutor's office has worked closely with the US government to intercept these messages.
In total, this morning raids took place in 21 locations: 10 in Ostend, 2 in Bredene, 2 in Antwerp, 1 in Jabbeke, 5 in Leuven and 1 in Namur. In addition to 16 arrests were also made numerous seizures , says the federal prosecutor in a press release.
Prime Minister Charles Michel and the ministers are in their own words praised the actions of the police and judicial services in the fight against Chechen Muslim extremists morning. For the Prime Minister the operation proves "that the government is determined and fully committed to the incessant fight against terrorism.
" He recalls taking the extra measures taken by the government early this year surpassed. The Prime Minister also refers to the envelope of 200 million that was allocated in the last budgetary control.
Though it being only a small portion allocated to specific expenditures. At one point his cabinet include the security of Jewish buildings and institutions, but also on the people and additional material that the special forces were meanwhile already assigned.
"Yet again proves how necessary these investments", says Minister of Interior Affairs Jan Jambon back in operation today. Colleague Justice Koen Geens also wants to continue to focus on legislation that permits "to tackle this kind of serious crime with specific research methods."
YPG, YPJ Kobanê Command and peshmerga: 'Since 15 September 3,000 ISIS gang members killed'. (Firat).
At a joint press conference organised by the YPG, YPJ Kobanê Command and the peshmerga, information was provided regarding the latest situation in Kobanê.
YPG commander Dijwar Xebat said: "Since the attacks began around 3,000 gang members have been killed. The gangs have been seriously weakened. The YPG fighters and the peshmerga are inflicting serious blows."
YPG, YPJ and peshmerga commanders answered questions from local and foreign reporters at the press conference. Dijwar Xebat and Hebûn Derik spoke on behalf of the YPG/YPJ Commands and Ehmed Kurdî spoke on behalf of the peshmerga forces.
Dijwar Xebat gave information on the latest situation in the city, saying the initiative was with the YPG forces, that had inflicted heavy blows on the gangs.
Xebat answered a question regarding losses sustained by the gangs, saying: “around 3 thousand gang members have been killed since the commencement of the attacks," adding that the gangs have been seriously weakened by attacks carried out by YPG fighters and peshmerga forces.
Peşmerge representative Ehmed Kurdî drew attention to national unity amongst the Kurds, saying that they were ready to fight anywhere to defend Kobanê and to offer support to the YPG.
A YPJ Kobanê Commander, Hebûn Dêrik, said, in response to a question regarding the number of YPJ fighters in Kobanê, that: “we have a thousand women fighters and at this moment they are at the front. Our fighters carry out very effective actions. Our comrade Arîn Mîrkan is a good example of the brave, self-sacrificing fighters. We will continue our struggle in a determined way, as we remember her."
Dijwar Xebat replied to journalists' asking: “Is there a need for a humanitarian corridor to be opened to Kobanê," by saying: “This corridor is needed to defend civilians."
Peşmerge representative Ehmed Kurdî added that a corridor was also necessary for arms aid.
The commanders added that there was a need for an increase in the number of air strikes on ISIS, and for the necessary weapons assistance to be provided.
ISIS executes five local journalists in Mosul. (Rudaw).
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Islamic State (ISIS) has executed five local journalists in Mosul, according to a Rudaw source in the city.
Brothers Ahmed and Aitar Rafi, Mohandis Yasir, Yasir Alqaisi, and Modhas Adari were executed in the city’s southeastern Sumar district of Mosul on Thursday, the source told Rudaw.
The local resident identified the journalist as having worked for a Mosul-based television station, Shema TV, and said ISIS had killed them for “acting as spies.”
Since ISIS toppled Mosul in June, reports have emerged of kidnappings of journalists in Iraq’s second-largest city, with several raids reported in late October.
The news of these murders arrives only days after German agency DPA reported four journalists were killed on Tuesday, after 12 journalists were abducted in October.
It has proven difficult to confirm any of the deaths, because the group has driven most journalists out of the city or intimidated them into silence.
“It is currently very hard to get any reliable information from either Iraq or Syria,” Reporters Without Borders wrote in a press statement in October, after conflicting accounts emerged about the alleged murder of Mosul journalist Mohanad Al-Aqidi.
“This example of contradictory information demonstrates the difficulty or even impossibility for journalists to work,” it said.
While the videotaped murder of western journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff were orchestrated and publicized to provoke Western reaction, analysts believe that ISIS’s crusade against local journalists is motivated by the desire to cut off from the outside world, prevent intelligence gathering and consolidate the group’s control on public information.
The group issued a series of draconian guidelines to journalists in early October stating that they must declare allegiance to the Islamic State and obtain approval for all reports.
Senior Saudi Salafi Cleric: 'ISIS Is A True Product Of Salafism' HT: Memri.
"ISIS is a true product of Salafism, and we must deal with it with full transparency."
This statement was made not by liberal Muslim elements, who regularly criticize Salafism, but by Sheikh 'Aadel Al-Kalbani, former imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and a Salafi himself, hence its importance.
Al-Kalbani is not the first Salafi to come out against ISIS – other Saudis have condemned the organization's conduct and operations – but Al-Kalbani has gone farther in his criticism: he has come out against the principles of the Salafi perception from which ISIS and its ilk draw, and has called for a rationalistic approach to Islam's distant past and what it means for Islam today instead of a blind reenactment of it.
In two articles in the Saudi government daily Al-Riyadh, Al-Kalbani criticized elements in the Salafi stream for appropriating the truth and Islam and for permitting the killing of their opponents, and likewise criticized clerics and society that dared not come out against them.
He stated that the call to blindly reenact the path of the Prophet Muhammad and of the forefathers of Islam stems from a faulty grasp of the essence of this path, and that Muhammad himself had rejected blind adoption of the perceptions of the past and blind following of the path of his predecessors, choosing instead a rationalistic approach appropriate for a changing reality.
Al-Kalbani stated that clerics must take their heads out of the sand and move with the spirit of the times instead of rejecting and condemning any new idea.
This is not the first time that Al-Kalbani has challenged the mainstream Saudi clerics. He has harshly attacked suicide bombings, [1] published a fatwa permitting poetry,[2] and called for allowing women to drive cars.[3]
The following are translated excerpts from his two recent articles in Al-Riyadh. Read the full story here.
ISIS 'Foreign Minister': We declares war on Russia.(AWD).
Abu-Walid al-Kuwaiti, the self-proclaimed ISIS’ foreign Minster wrote in his twitter account that from now on, a state of war exists between the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Russian federation.
“I ask Allah almighty in his infinite mercy and benevolence to bestow his grace upon Mujahedeen, unite their ranks so the army of [Islam] can proceed toward Russia to liberate a very precious occupied Islamic territory which is Chechnya,” Iraqi news websites quote al-Kuwaiti as saying on Monday.
Al-Kuwaiti further noted to the strong relation between the Syrian government and Moscow and reasoned that Moscow’s close ties with Syrian government plagued all Middle-East in endless war.
When more than two month ago, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi emerged from the shadows of the Middle East to run ISIS, he vowed to ‘liberate’ all Islamic territories conquered by enemies including Chechnya which is under infidel Russians’ occupation.
“We shall raise the sacred black flag of Islam over Kremlin Palace and under the aegis of our great and valiant we will break the chains of Russian oppression which brought our Muslim Chechen brothers and sisters into excruciating pain for many years,” added Abu-Walid al-Kuwaiti, threating Russian government to end its help for Damascus and Baghdad.
Al-Kuwaiti made these comments as Russian religious leaders called on Chechen Muslims not to travel to Syria and Iraq, amid fears of jihadis fleeing the country to take part in Saudi-backed terrorism. Read the full story here.
Video - Why Chechen Militants wage 'Jihad' in Syria. HT: EAWorldView.
Fehim Taştekin, an analyst specializing in Turkish foreign policy and Caucasus, Middle East and EU affairs and founding editor of Agency Caucasus, explores why Chechen militants are fighting in Syria.
He notes that while the largest group of Chechen militants — the Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar or Army of Emigrants and Helpers, led by Abu Umar Al Shishani — has cooperated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Ash Sham, it has not sworn allegiance to ISIS and has been trying to find a way to break with ISIS for some time. The piece goes some way to explain a recent video statement by the second-in-command of the Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar, the Caucasian militant Seyfullakh, who announces that he has formed a new brigade independent of ISIS and Jabhat Al Nusra.
The report also explains one reason why Moscow is concerned about “foreign fighters” in Syria, and their connection to “Al Qaeda-linked groups”. Tastekin begins by asking why Chechens — who for centuries have fought a single enemy, the Russians — are joining the “global jihad” and turning up on the battlefield in Syria, when it has been generally accepted that unlike groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq, Chechen fighters are not motivated by a Salafist Jihadist ideology, but a Sufist ideology specific to the Caucasus.
So why have some Chechen militants turned to global jihad and why are they fighting in Chechnya? There have also been reports of some Chechen militants among those killed in Afghanistan.
According to Tastekin, the new phenomenon of Chechen militants joining the jihad in Syria is related to changes in the Chechen resistance that occurred during the Second Chechen War in 1999. The Caucasus Emirate, proclaimed in 2006 by Doku Umarov, initially transferred the war in Chechnya to other Caucasian republics. The struggle of Chechens turned into a multinational design, involving the participation of militants from different ethnic groups such as the Circassians, Karachays, Balkars, Ossetians, Nogais, Dargins, Lezgins, and Avars.
Eventually, the struggle left the borders of the Caucasus. Now this diversity is reflected on the Syrian front. Syria emerges as an important step in the integration of Caucasian militants into the global jihad.
Caucasian fighters in Syria soon found themselves at the forefront of the insurgency, with the Khattab Brigade formed by Abu Umar Al Shishani [the brigade eventually formed into the Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar, or Army of Emigrants and Helpers].
According to Taştekin, Al Shishani is a Kistininan [Kisty is an Georgian name for local Chechens] and like the Chechens living in the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia, speak a language from the Vainakh language group. The name of the Khattab Brigade comes from the Jordanian militant Emir Khattab — also known as Habib Abdul Rahman — who worked with Chechen mujahideen in the First and Second Chechen Wars after fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan. Khattab’s Salafist ideology had some influence on Caucasian militants fighting in Chechnya.
The Khattab Brigade — which later formed the Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar — fought in and around Aleppo with both the Free Syrian Army and Islamist faction the Islamic State of Iraq and Ash-Sham but according to Taştekin avoided swearing any oath to ISIS leaders.
Most of the group’s fighters have origins in the Caucasus, though it is not known how many are Chechen diaspora who settled in Syria in the 19th century.
What attracts Caucasian militants to Syria? Tastekin says the main reason is a sense of solidarity with global jihad, including the idea of creating an Islamic State. However, there are some unique reasons why Chechen militants are coming to Syria to wage jihad:
One main factor attracting Caucasians to fight in Syria is Moscow’s support for Syria and the Assad regime.
For many Caucasians, therefore, the war in Syria is a continuation of the war in Chechnya.
Some of the fighters are wanted by Russian security forces back home in the Caucasus, and see Syria as an escape route from the police and the security services.
Yet others are Caucasian refugees who had a hard time in Turkey, and came to Syria, some of them with their families.
One Caucasian, “Mohammad”, who is close to Chechen militants in Syria said:
“There were those who lived illegally in Istanbul for around five years, and for them Syria was the best way out. Chechen refugees, and about 50 or 60 people of Circassian origin, all members of the “Caucasus Emirate”, went to Syria. They settled in the liberated areas of Syria with their families since they couldn’t go back to Istanbul. They also couldn’t return to the Caucasus. In Syria, they have no need of a passport or to pay any rent. Security officials also don’t pursue them.”
“Mohammad” said that while Al Shishani does operate with the Islamic State of Iraq, he is trying to move away from its leader, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi.
Why? “Mohammad” said that Al Shishani believes that ISIS “have no respect for the language and culture. They enforce stringent rules for everything. In addition, they’ve looted factories . For example, they took a huge flour plant, delivered its equipment to Turkey and sold it…** The issue of declaring an Emirate has also led to protests in the ranks of the Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar. All those who are fed up with the actions of ISIS join Al Shishani . The number of militants in the Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar is 1.5 – 1.7 thousand people. Those who leave Al Baghdadi don’t go over to the Free Syrian Army, as it is secular in nature and it has no ideology. And there are only a few Caucasians in Jabhat Al Nusra.”
** Taştekin says that, in fact, it was Al Shishani who sold the flour plant’s equipment.
[Note --- the original piece is in Turkish, but was translated into Russian for the Kavkaz Press site. This English translation is taken
The Associated Press has spoken to the father of the two suspects, who lives in the Russian city of Makhachkala. He said: "My son is a true angel. Dzhokhar is a second-year medical student in the U.S. He is such an intelligent boy. We expected him to come on holidays here." A second uncle has also emerged, who spoke to the local CBS station and said his nephews were from Kyrgyzstan and came to U.S. 7-8 years
WPIX 11 in NY has a live remote from Watertown, where there furious police activity, happening as we speak. (It's streaming online.) Reporter say there was the sound of a loud explosion moments ago, and police have their guns drawn. Police yelling "Come Out!" on a bullhorn.
House to House Search being Conducted - Live updates here Good updating here.
Hmmm.....There has been always a connection between Chechnya and the Saudis even during the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, there's the number one link.
Chechen Muslim Terrorists, One Dead, One ID'd.HT: InfidelBloggers. Authorities shot and killed one suspect in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings and police were searching for a second suspect who was on the loose in Watertown, Mass., early Friday morning following a chaotic night that left one police officer dead and another critically wounded in the Boston suburbs.All public transportation was shut down in the greater Boston area Friday morning, for reasons of public safety, officials said.
Residents of Watertown and several surrounding suburbs were asked to stay inside, and businesses were instructed not to open.“This situation is grave. We are here to protect public safety,” Police Commissioner Ed Davis said. “We believe these are the same individuals that were responsible for the bombings Monday at the Boston Marathon” and the killing and wounding of the police officers overnight.
The mayhem began about 10:30 p.m. when an Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus police officer responded to a disturbance. That officer was found fatally wounded inside his vehicle on the campus in Cambridge, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office.The shooting launched a massive police response.
A short time later authorities received reports of an armed carjacking by two males nearby in Cambridge. Police immediately began a search for a Mercedes SUV that had beentaken at gunpoint by the two males and was later spotted in neighboring Watertown, the district attorney’s office said.Watertown police officers located the vehicle and after stopping it, exchanged gunfire with two men in a residential neighborhood. During the firefight, authorities said, multiple explosive devices were thrown from the vehicle and some exploded, which led to panic and concern in the town.A transit police officer was critically wounded in the firefight, authorities said.
Police fatally shot one suspect during the firefight, the district attorney’s office said. He was taken to Beth Israel-Deaconness Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, doctors there said.
