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2014-09-08 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

A year after Umarov's death, Caucasus insurgency sputters

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Posted by ryuge 2014-09-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 September 7 marked the first anniversary of the death from poisoning of Doku Umarov

Poisoning toppled the insurgengency? Seems to be an effective counterinsurgency/anti-terror technique. Who poisoned him?

Posted by JohnQC 2014-09-08 07:51|| 2014-09-08 07:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Human rights watchdog Memorial attributes the marked decline to the exodus of insurgents from the area to fight in Syria.

Hopefully the local jihadis are exiting other battlefields as well, heading instead for the excitement of being killed in Iraq and Syria. Even if those who survive will have more skills than they arrived with.

Posted by trailing wife 2014-09-08 16:09|| 2014-09-08 16:09|| Front Page Top

#3 A revitalization of the Chechen or pan-Caucasus insurgency is another reason why the ISIS must be destroyed as an organized polity + movement, not just isolated or contained i.e. rendered impotent.

* SIDNEY MORNING HERALD [Australia] WIPING OUT ISIS "IMPOSSIBLE": [Aussie FM] JULIE BISHOP.

ARTIC > FM BISHOP = the ISIS is an IDEOLOGY [movement], NOT JUST A MILITARY FORCE, iff the West cannot defeat or destroy AL-QAEDA ["Core" AQ andor Affiliates] how can it defeat or destroy the ISIS???

* WORLD NEWS > [SCMP] "ISLAMIC STATE" GAINING THE YOUTH VOTE IN SOUTH ASIA, AS AL-QAEDA SEEN AS "TIRED".

AL-QAEDA = "Stale, Tired, + Ineffectual".

Aka "OLD MEN"??? AYMAN has too many white or grey hairs on his beard for the Kiddies to like.

Yokay, I'll say it, "STAAAALLLLLEEEEE"!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-09-08 22:55|| 2014-09-08 22:55|| Front Page Top

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