Rebel makes Moscow threat
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February 7, 2011, Monday
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THE Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov claims to have sent a young man on a suicide mission to Moscow and has threatened more deadly attacks if Russia does not give up its Caucasus region.
Speaking in an undated video posted on a Chechen rebel website this weekend, Umarov makes no direct reference to the January 24 suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport which killed 36 people and wounded 180.
No one has claimed responsibility for that attack, but suspicion has fallen on militants from the Caucasus region in Russia's south, which is gripped by an Islamic insurgency. Investigators said the bomber was a 20-year-old man from the Caucasus, but have not released his name.
Umarov said the man standing beside him in the shadowy video was being sent on a special operation aimed at "waking up" those who quietly accept the policies of Prime -Minister Vladimir Putin.
"If that is not enough, then other blows will follow," Umarov said. "I am 100 percent confident in telling you that if it is the will of the Almighty, if the mercy of Allah will be with us, then we will make this year for you the year of blood and tears."
Umarov, who seeks to create a Caucasus emirate independent from Russia and governed by Shariah law, said he could call on 50 to 60 suicide bombers if necessary.
The Chechen rebel website said it was unknown when Umarov filmed the video posted on Saturday.
Speaking in an undated video posted on a Chechen rebel website this weekend, Umarov makes no direct reference to the January 24 suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport which killed 36 people and wounded 180.
No one has claimed responsibility for that attack, but suspicion has fallen on militants from the Caucasus region in Russia's south, which is gripped by an Islamic insurgency. Investigators said the bomber was a 20-year-old man from the Caucasus, but have not released his name.
Umarov said the man standing beside him in the shadowy video was being sent on a special operation aimed at "waking up" those who quietly accept the policies of Prime -Minister Vladimir Putin.
"If that is not enough, then other blows will follow," Umarov said. "I am 100 percent confident in telling you that if it is the will of the Almighty, if the mercy of Allah will be with us, then we will make this year for you the year of blood and tears."
Umarov, who seeks to create a Caucasus emirate independent from Russia and governed by Shariah law, said he could call on 50 to 60 suicide bombers if necessary.
The Chechen rebel website said it was unknown when Umarov filmed the video posted on Saturday.
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