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Caucasus
Arabs involved in Ingushetia violence
2004-06-24
Arab mercenaries participated in the rebel groups which attacked Ingushetia in the early hours of June 22, an Ingush law enforcement source told Interfax on Thursday. "There were Arab mercenaries among them. It was an attack of international terrorism," the source said.
"Arabs! In Chechnya!? Quick, Ethel, my pills!"
He said that several suspects had been detained in Ingushetia. "We have already detained suspects who had equipment, grenades and military uniforms. Most of them lived in the republic under the disguise of refugees," the source said. "The majority of rebels hightailed it left for Chechnya" after the attack ended, he said. The source denied media reports claiming that rebels had been growing active lately in Ingushetia. "They seem to have forgotten the situation Ingushetia had several years ago - it was a transit point for rebels who freely abducted and executed Ingush policemen. The incident on Tuesday morning is a result of the inertia of the past. A great deal has been done in Ingushetia to provide for order, and many are dissatisfied with that."
Posted by:Dan Darling

#1  Hmmm. Interesting. I'd love to hear from some of the military strategists on Rantburg:

Looks like Asia is pretty much entangled in this WoT, choice or not: NE Asia (Korea), SE (Malaysia, Thailand), south (Afghanistan, Iran, India/Pakistan), SW (Iraq, Sudan, Algeria, Egypt, etc), W (Ingushetia/Chechnya, Kosovo).

What is going to happen long-term, do you think, with Russia, China, India, and Pakistan? And what about Japan--I haven't heard much about Japan in this WoT and would like to learn more.

Even though they have a huge backbench of martyrs waiting to replace "lost souls", does it look like the Islamicists might be spreading themselves a little thin here?



Posted by: jules 187   2004-06-24 1:34:36 PM  

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