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Russian troops occupied the springboard for the assault of Kodori

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:09:04 GMT

Georgian sources reported urgent news that severa hundred Russian soldiers were deployed in the lower part of the Kodori Gorge on the night of July 19. This information has been reported by a source inside the power structures of the Gali district. "The deployment of additional soldiers is the paratroopers. They are fully equipped, there is also their military vehicles. There were already a part of Russian paratroopers in this area, a newly arrived soldiers joined them. These forces led by fairly experienced senior military persons", - said the source. According to source, the Russian military is coordinating by a former commissioner of president of Georgia in the Kodori gorge Emzar Kvitsiani, who is wanted by authorities in Georgia. The source also noted that the authorities of Abkhazia and the Russian side in the case of capture of the upper Kodori gorge promised Kvitsiani freedom of action throughout the gorge. "It is clear that Russian forces are preparing for storm of the upper Kodori Gorge. However, the projected date of the assault is not mentioned, but the population of border villages are very anxious because of this", said the source. Let us recall that earlier Russian gangs of "Pskov 76 and Novorossiysk 7th landing assault division" on Friday took a position at Roksk and Mamisonsk passes of the Greater Caucasus range on the border with Georgia. Transcaucasian highway (linking the occupied territory of the Caucasus Emirate with Transcaucasia) is located at Roksk pass.� Mamisonsk pass is located directly on the border of Georgia. "Landing assault regiment" from Volgograd was also deployed to Krasnodar region on Friday, which is going to be sent to the border of Abkhazia.

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Russian invaders block Ingushetia's Sagopshi village

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:22:46 GMT

According to sources from Ghalghaycho (Ingushetia) Province of the Caucasus Emirate, on Saturday morning large number of Russian invaders sealed off the village of Sagopshi. Troops and armored vehicles entered the village. All exits and entry into the Sagopshi shut down. Russian invaders said according to their data Mujahideen are allegedly in the village, who are planning attacks against occupation troops and their puppets. Local residents reported that military vehicles drive around the streets of the village. Russian invaders are conducting searches. The occupation command claimed that village of Sagopshi declared as the so-called "zone of counter-terrorist operation". People were asked not to outrage, stay at home and not to try do any protest actions. We would like to remind that on the eve late evening, mobile squad of Mujahideen ambushed convoy with invaders of gang "interior troops of MIA of RF" on the road between the villages of Gazi-Yurt and Barsuki. According to various data, during the ambush 1 Russian invader was eliminated 6 others were injured. There is not any information regarding casualties of Mujahideen.

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Zhovkhar got refugee status in Finland

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:39:21 GMT

The well known Chechen folk music singing group Zhovkhar applied for refugee status in Finland last September. Recently, the Finnish Refugee Authorities granted all 17 members of the group permanent residence status. When the group decided to ask for asylum, the puppet authorities in Chechnya reacted very harshly. The minister of culture of the puppet regime called personally to several members of the group asking them to come back, and he told publicly that the group had been fooled to ask for asylum. The main reason for these actions was the plan to arrange an "international" culture event in Dzhokhar (Grozny) with as much as 3.000 invited guests, and the Zhovkhar group was planned to have the main performance. Due to Zhovkhar turning aside, the whole event was cancelled. In Finland, almost all Chechen refugees are granted residence permit, getting also possibilities to the social and economical benefits. The chief of the Finnish Immigration Service has publicly announced, that a Chechen coming from Chechnya by definition is in need of protection, and will be granted refugee status and residence permit. Mikael Storsjo, who arranged the Zhovkhar group to Finland confirms this information. There is in our news media some information about Kadyrov's Potemkin villages, but it does not fool people who are informed. Chechnya is regarded as "the worst of the worst" regarding human right situation all over the world. Finland has recently accepted also to take care of some Chechen refugees from Poland, although the Dublin agreement allows Finland to send them back to Poland. Storsjo tells about the reason: Poland does not have the resources or will to take care of the refugees that have to escape Russian oppression. Finland gives the refugees a decent life; a roof, money to buy food and education for their children. I hope more Chechens would find their way to Finland, here you are welcome.� Mikael Storsjo was in June the major organizer of FINROSFORUM, the Finnish-Russian Civic Forum. Chechnya and Caucasus was one main topic of this meeting. Among the speakers were Anzor Maskhadov (the son of Chechnya's assassinated president), Mairbek Vachagaev (envoy of Maskhadov, nowadays a doctor and writer about North Caucasian issues), Magomed Yevloev (owner of web site ingushetiya.ru) and� Ruslan Badalov (chair of the Chechen Committee of National Salvation in Nazran). We had a very good conference. Many people of knowledge shared their experiences with us. It gave new inspiration to continue work for the decolonialisation of Caucasus. There were some doubts about Amir Dokka Umarov's proclamation of the Caucasian Emirate last year, and some odd people as Zakaev tried to do his best in saving his own position. Nowadays it seems for me that the idea of Caucasus as an entity under the leadership of the Amir is quite accepted, tells Storsjo. I am very sorry about the situation when "Chechens have to kill Chechens", as some former freedom fighters complain situation of today. On the other hand, I know that the freedom of Finland was built upon good Finns putting the bad ones aside. Marshal Mannerheim once said during our freedom war, that a people who can't get their freedom themselves is not worth freedom. I think this applies to the Chechen nation and all suppressed peoples in Caucasus as well. Don't wait for foreign help - do it yourselves! Department of international information,
Kavkaz Center

Caucasus Emirate Security agent interviews Zakhar Abukhanov

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:57:40 GMT

Kavkaz Center's source reported that special agent of The Caucasus Emirate Intelligence Service (Mukhabarat) has met with Zakhar Abukhanov the other day in Brussels, Belgium. Zakhar Abukhanov, former close friend of Ahmed Zakayev (former Foreign Minister of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, who lives in London, and who founded the unauthorized Chechen government "in exile"), had accused Zakayev and his financial sponsor [Russian exiled tycoon] Boris Berezovsky of planning to mastermind an anti-Chechen provocation in Europe. In his scandalous interview Abukhanov accused his ex-friend of treason, attempts to mastermind terrorist acts on the European soil and assassinate Berezovsky's rivals, as well as of planning to liquidate Berezovsky himself. Zakhar Abukhanov claims that Zakayev had addressed to him with the proposal to kill Boris Berezovsky, who has a stringent control over all Zakayev's actions, and who is financially supporting the former Chechen foreign minister, his family and his circle of members of the so-called "London Criminal Group". Zakhar Abukhanov has also related the real underlying motive of the story with the "nuclear briefcase", which Boris Berezovsky used to talk about. There was a time when Berezovsky told Western media that he personally notified the ringleader of the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service, former KGB) Patrushev that "Chechens are preparing a nuclear terrorist act". (According to the official version of both Moscow and London, the Kremlin regime and the KGB are at odds with Boris Berezovsky). KC's source reported that Zakhar Abukhanov gave a detailed testimony to the investigator from the Caucasus Emirate concerning the accusation against Ahmed Zakayev. The entire testimony was recorded on audiotape. From the report by KC's source it is not clear whether Zakhar Abukhanov provided any documentary evidence to back up the accusation against Zakayev. Earlier on, Abukhanov stated that he was willing to produce the mentioned documentation to the London Court, whose audience he has been seeking. KC's source also reported that Zakhar Abukhanov's testimony has been recorded and filed. From the report it is unclear whether Abukhanov's testimony will be filed with the Zakayev case as part of the investigation of democratic anti-government mutiny and treason, or will be used to launch a new prosecution case. KC's source reported that Plenipotentiary Representative of the Caucasus Emirate in Europe, Buhari Barayev, took part in the meeting as well. Mr. Barayev was present when Zakhar Abukhanov was giving the official testimony and being interviewed. Kavkaz Center

''Kadyrov put his foot in the front to make me lick it and ask for mercy''

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:21:41 GMT

On photo: One of former hostages who survived by a miracle in Kadyrov's personal prison in Hosi-Yurt Islamic preacher Muhamadsalah Masayev told in his interview to New Gazette ("Novaya Gazeta") about how he ended up in Kadyrov's torture chambers after his sermon in one of the mosques in the city of Gudermes, Ichkeria. In spite of any possible retaliation, he stated that he would like everybody to know about the fate of those who are not pleasing to the ringleader of Chechen pro-Russian apostates (whom we call murtadin) or to Kadyrov's "religious leaders". "Just tell about what happened to me, and don't tell about my companions. It's me to have made this choice, and I don't want to get them endangered", he said in his interview to the Russian periodical. "I'm a preacher. I teach people to respect the law and authority, to keep peace and believe in the One God. I'm 42 and I was born in the Chechen settlement of Itum-Kale bordering with Georgia. I had my two-year service in the Army. Then I studied one year at the Moscow Road Institute. And then I decided to dedicate my life to religious service.�� On 27 September I and two my friends, we came to Gudermes. We spent a few hours in a local mosque: I prayed and preached the good to the Muslims. However, a local mufti, a guy of 10 years younger than me, took my speech aggressively. Then we went to the Central City mosque and introduced ourselves to the mufti. He smiled during the meeting...but the night of 27/28 September we spent in a local "police station". We had been detained right in the mosque. In the police station one of the officers hit me "professionally" on my ear and then he began to tear my beard and shouted that if I don't wear moustache and wear only beard, that means I am a Wahhabite. He also checked if I wore boxers. I'm no Wahhabite, I'm a preacher.� ... we were released on the morning 28 September. Two days later, people in camouflage stopped us again on our way to the mosque and they told us we had to accept invitation by the Chechen mufti Sultan Mirzayev. We could not resist it. So we went on that "visit" being accompanied with armed people. We passed a lot of roadblocks, but our motorcade was never stopped. On the contrary, the guards greeted the camouflaged people accompanying us. Then we passed a big gates looking like that built in Moscow in commemoration of the Victory at the war of 1812. On one side of the gates there was a bas-relief of an animal looking like a wolf, while on the opposite side there was a bas-relief seeming like a lion. In the middle, there was a portrait of Putin. We were told to leave the car and pass into a bus in which they told us they would take us to the mufti. For the next month that bus became to be our prison. We had to make water into a plastic bottle, and once a night we were allowed to go to stool. If you can't keep it up till night, no problem, any corner of the bus was yours. It was very cold at night. There we stayed more than a month. We were not even told why we were kept hostages, they only humiliated us. Once, they took us to the forest and pretended to be going to shoot us. Then they laughed and took us back. One day, ... the commander of some regiment came to see us. He bashed me and shouted at me some humiliating words. Some day the guards took us to show to Ramzan Kadyrov. Kadyrov extended his foot, as if he wanted us to lick it and to ask for mercy.�� When it became too cold, we were passed to a local prison. In the cells next to ours there were people too. Once Ramzan Kadyrov called one of them with his nickname Maly (Shorty). Shorty was a guy of about 30. He was tall and thin. That way we learnt that the faulty followers of Ramzan Kadyrov were kept in that prison too. Did I see representatives of the Russian special services on that base? Yes, I did. My pals, one of whom comes from a very influential stock, were searched for by their relatives. Kadyrov swore to them that the guys were not in his prison. But the relatives managed to get the truth somehow. So they had to let my friends go. It was in December 2006. And I was told "it's too early for you to get at large". Kadyrov added as if mocking at me "Stay here for more and teach my people to preach". The last month of staying there I was allowed to move around the base freely and I slept in the general barrack. That's how I learnt that was a territory of some cantonment.�� Ramzan Kadyrov let me go 21 January 2007. That day he invited me to have some tea with him, at his home. I asked who had arranged my kidnapping to his place. He said that was done by order of the Chechen Mufti Sultan Mirzayev. When letting me go, he said something meaning that from now on he would be my best friend. *** As for Chechen Mufti, one may add one document to his portrait: ...I resolve: To appoint Mirzaev Sultan to be the chair of the Supreme Sharia Court of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, releasing him from the position of Imam in the National Guard..." That document was signed by Maskhadov." Department of Monitoring, Kavkaz Center

Russia sends 700 tanks and armored vehicles to Georgian border

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:21:15 GMT

The command of the Russian invaders reported that gangs of "commandos" stationed in Pskov, Russia have now been dispatched to the Georgian border as part of the so-called "military training exercises". At the same time assistant of the ringleader of the Russian gang called "Land Troops of the Russian Federation", some "colonel" Igor Konashenkov especially stressed that "the deployment of the units of the Pskov Division is not being done in this particular region of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict". "Transfer of commandos is carried out by IL-76 aircraft of military transportation fleet of Russia's Air Force along the Pskov-Mozdok airlift. A total of five IL-76 are involved. At the present time two aircraft with personnel, conventional armaments and equipment are already up in the air. After landing in Mozdok the commandos will conduct a multi-kilometer march in their military vehicles to the area of the exercises in the mountainous terrain located at the altitude of about 2,500 meters," Konashenkov said. He also said that in Volgograd (Central Russia) members of another gang called "Landing Assault Regiment of 20th Motorized Infantry Division" are now being loaded into a military train along with weaponry and military hardware. "The train will deliver the servicemen to Krasnodar Region, from where they will start heading for the area of the maneuvers in their vehicles," as the deputy ringleader mentioned. Russian media reported that according to the "legend of the training exercises", Russia's enemies "are trying to set up a number of bases and camps on the territories of the mountain regions of the North Caucasus to train sabotage groups in order to destabilize the situation in Southern Russia". The enemies are also "attempting to break through the State Border of the Russian Federation". The main objective of the maneuvers is "to assess the military command's capability of joint cooperation in the conditions of a terrorist threat in Southern Russia. Issues of solving the peacekeeping problems in the zones of armed conflicts will be practiced during the exercises as well," Konashenkov announced. During the exercise "practical actions on preparation and carrying out of special operation on searching, blocking and liquidating illegal armed formations in foothill and mountain areas of the North Caucasus will be practiced as well," deputy ringleader said. Yet he forgot to specify that Russia has been "searching and blocking" the above-mentioned "formations" for the past nine years, but so far the attempts have been unsuccessful. This fact, as well as the fact that the Russian troops have been dispatched to the Abkhazian borders, and that Russian Black Sea Fleet, air defenses and Air Force are involved in the "exercise" point out that Georgia is the target. Over 700 tanks and other armored vehicles have been brought to Abkhazian borders. 30 aircraft are involved. In this connection many commentators point out that Georgia is aware of the fact that Russia will launch a military aggression in the month of August. Also, another military training exercise involving the U.S., Azerbaijan, Armenia and Ukraine, where 1,200 US Marines are taking part as well is now being conducted near Georgian capital Tbilisi. Kavkaz Center

Taliban crosses into Tajikistan

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:53:33 GMT

CA-News reported referring to its sources inside Tajikistan's power structures that units of the Taliban have crossed the border of Tajikistan and attacked the border guard outpost. The Mujahideen have entered a Tajik village and have been retaining the village under their power for over several hours. It was also reported that the village is located in Shuroabad District of Hatlon Province. According to the report, 1 Tajik soldier from the so-called "State Committee of National Security of Tajikistan" was killed and several wounded. No casualties among the Taliban have been reported. This demonstrative attack by the Taliban on a base of the border guards in neighboring Tajikistan has occurred right in the middle of the increase of Taliban attacks in Afghanistan. Western media reported that US troops have left the territories in North Eastern Afghanistan, where 24 US servicemen were killed and wounded three days ago. Even though the US has been trying to play down the importance of the retreat, the commentators point out at the obvious successes of the Taliban, under whose attacks the US troops withdrew from the region. Meanwhile the Taliban has liberated four districts in the Province of Kunar. According to Jalalluddin Jalal, an official of Karzai regime, the Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan have total control over the districts of Bargi Matal, Ghaziabad, Langham and Chappa Dara. According to Karzai regime, the Taliban launched their attacks on July 8. Local Karzai formations were unable to oppose them. They reported to Kabul about Taliban attacks and requested backup, yet they did not receive any response, as puppet officials said. Karzai gangs had to flee. In the neighboring province of Nuristan clashes between Karzai gangs and the Taliban have been going on for five days. According to the reports, Mum District has also been liberated by the Mujahideen. Late at night on July 13 to early morning of July 14 the Taliban Mujahideen attacked the US military base in Nuristan Province, northeastern Afghanistan, using "surface-to-surface" rockets. As a result, according to the official reports by the spokesmen of NATO occupation command, nine American soldiers were killed and another fifteen were wounded. Earlier, in one of the central provinces of Afghanistan a powerful explosion occurred killing dozens of people. Situation in the Province of Helmand is getting more and more aggravated.�According to Karzai puppets, well-armed Taliban fighters have been arriving to the area recently. Karzai officials are concerned that the Taliban are virtually in the immediate vicinity of the Afghan capital. Kabul might be surrounded, as NATO officials as well as Afghan puppets have to admit. According to the reports, groups of Mujahideen have been moving around unimpeded near Kabul as well as in the provinces of Loghar, Maidan Wardak, Kapisa, Parwan and Laghman. Local commentators indicate that the ranks of the Mujahideen have been continuously increasing. In eastern provinces of the country two new formations have already appeared and joined the Taliban: "Jamaatul-dawa-al-suna" and "Ahadis". The groups consist mainly of Uzbeks and Arabs. Karzai puppets believe that the leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Tahir Yuldashev is the one behind these groups. Kavkaz Center

People yell out ''May Allah help you!'' to leaving Mujahideen fighter

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:39:21 GMT

On photo: Commander of Ingushetian Mujahideen Amir Isa (became a Shaheed/Martyr, inshaAllah, in 2006) Eyewitness of the gun battle in Ingushetia's capital Nazran, which took place Monday near the city market, has related some details to Kavkaz Center news and information agency. According to the eyewitness, there were two Mujahideen fighters. During a fierce firefight one of them became a Shaheed/Martyr (inshaAllah, God Willing). His companion-in-arms stood tall and started walking towards one of the groups of pro-Russian accomplices (murtadin/apostates), who were blocking the approaches to the scene of the clash. From time to time the fighter would open fire at the hiding puppet policemen. Despite the intensity of the shooting, the fighter did not even think to accelerate his pace. The eyewitness claims that many pro-Russian apostates were hiding behind the onlookers gaping at the clash and were shooting at the Mujahideen fighter. The fighter, however, did not shoot back for fear of hurting any peaceful civilians. The pro-Russian apostates did not dare pursue the fighter and the fighter quietly left the scene of the clash unimpeded. According to the eyewitness, the people were yelling out to the leaving Mujahideen fighter in Ingushetian language, "Dal attuv boakhalb shun!" ("May Allah help you!"). After the fighter left, hundreds of pro-Russian apostates and Russian invaders (kuffar/infidels) surrounded the bullet-riddled car which the other dead Mujahideen fighter was in. For a long time they were scared of approaching the Martyr. The people saw how cowardly the puppet policemen and the Russian invaders were acting, when they were scared of even a dead Mujahideen fighter. The reports claiming that 1 Mujahideen fighter was allegedly captured turned out to be false. KC's source reported that an innocent unarmed bystander was captured instead. By the way, this incident was also reported by Ingushetian opposition to current puppet president (Russian KGB/FSB colonel Zyazikov) as well. The Ingushetian political opposition reported that Russian kuffar (infidels/invaders) and their pro-Russian accomplices (murtadin/apostates) captured a native of the village of Surhohi, Ilyas Aushev, who was visiting his uncle in Nazran. Mr. Aushev and his uncle were taken away Monday night when the mobsters broke into Aushev's residence. The local apostates told the family members of the kidnapped victims that "investigation is underway". We would also like to remind our readers that a fierce clash between two Mujahideen fighters and gangs of local pro-Russian apostates and Russian kuffar took place in downtown Nazran at around 6:30 PM. Puppet sources and media of the Russian invaders have released discrepant reports about that clash. First it was reported that three Mujahideen were allegedly captured. Later on this information was refuted. Pro-Russian apostates lost 4 puppet policemen in that firefight - 1 was killed and 3 wounded. Earlier on, the Caucasus Armed Forces (Mujahideen) carried out a special operation in the village of Orjonikidzevskaya and in Ingushetian capital Nazran, when several pro-Russian accomplices were killed and wounded. Kavkaz Center

Russia and the United States get ready for war in Georgia

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:00:02 GMT

The United States is concerned by the recent violation of Georgian airspace by Russian military aircraft over the rebellious Georgian region of South Ossetia, Sean McCormack, spokesman for the US State Department says. "The United States is concerned by the recent escalation in violence in the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and calls upon all sides to return to direct negotiations and resolve their differences peacefully," McCormack said. "We are deeply troubled by Russia's statement that its military aircraft deliberately violated Georgia's internationally recognized borders, over the rebellious Georgian region of South Ossetia". McCormack said that such "activities raise questions about Russia's role as peacekeeper and facilitator of the negotiations" and also "threaten stability throughout the entire region". In this connection the US "urged all members of the international community, including Russia, to support Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders." The United States fully supports the Friends of the Secretary General process and believes that the efforts of the Friends group will lead to a settlement of the conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. We would like to remind that yesterday president of Georgia Saakashvli in his interview with British media urged the West to immediately intervene and stop the forthcoming aggression by Russia against Georgia. The President of Georgia has accused Russia of deliberate provocations in Abkhazia and South Ossetia and urged the West to confront Russia to prevent another conflict from breaking out in the Caucasus: "I have been hearing that both sides should be exercising restraint. That doesn't look good to me". The West is in sympathy with Tbilisi, but yet it believes that "time is unfortunate for harsh positions". This Georgian leader made this statement in his interview to The Times during a conference under the name of Yalta European Strategy (YES) at the Levadia Palace, where the wartime allies Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in 1945 to partition Europe after Germany's defeat. Mikhail Saakashvili said that some elements in Russia were intent on provoking trouble in Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and compared Europe's response to the failures to the appeasement policies of the 1930s. "The situation is precarious and the things they [Russia] are doing are outrageous. Unfortunately, they are not opposed by the Europeans and other players," Mr Saakashvili said. "The West needs to react to it. For some time I have been hearing that both sides should be exercising restraint. That doesn't look good to me. It reminds of some examples from the last century." Asked if he believed conflict would break out, Mr Saakashvili replied: "The point is that every day we are waking up with some surprises and when sometimes I think it can't get any worse, then it does get worse." The Washington Post, in turn, has published an editorial appealing to the US government and European states to prevent the conflict. "Many in the West are tempted to look the other way. This crisis is, after all, inconvenient... Critical principles, including sovereignty and territorial integrity, are at stake. Russia is seeking to redefine the rules of post-Cold War European security to its advantage. And as Georgia is considered America's project, US prestige is on the line... "There is one way to stop this Russian power play for Georgia: solidarity. Working with our allies in Europe, we can draw a clear line and tell Moscow that there will be real consequences in its relations with us if it does not stop its aggressive course", Washington Post writes. According to Georgia's defense ministry, 1,200 US soldiers, some 800 Georgian servicemen, as well as soldiers and officers from Azerbaijan, Armenia and Ukraine are engaged in the Immediate Response -2008 maneuvers. The military training exercises will be held at the Vaziani military base near Georgian capital Tbilisi July 15 to July 30. To counterbalance the joint exercises of NATO and Georgia, Russian kuffar (infidels/invaders) are now conducting large-scale exercises under the symbolic name of "Caucasus-2008" in the occupied territories of the Caucasus Emirate, as Russian media report. "In connection with the worsening situation in the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-Ossetian conflicts, the issues of participation of the troops [of North Caucasus Military Circuit] in the special operations to compel the areas of armed conflict to peace will also be worked out. Some 8,000 servicemen are taking part in the exercises", said Colonel Igor Konashenkov. Gangs of North Caucasus Military District are now being involved in the exercise. Kavkaz Center

Lawyers release Guantanamo video

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:07:47 GMT

Lawyers for a young Guantanamo detainee have released video footage of his interrogation at the US prison facility in Cuba. The video, released on Tuesday, shows Omar Khadr, a Canadian accused of killing a US soldier in Afghanistan, crying as agents of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) question him. In the tape, apparently shot from a ventilation shaft, Khadr is asked what he knows about al-Qaeda and questioned about his Islamic faith. The footage from February, 2003� covers seven and a half hours of questioning over three days of Khadr, who was just 15 years old when he was captured in Afghanistan in 2002. At times, Khadr weeps uncontrollably and pulls at his hair in despair. A 10-minute tape was initially posted on the internet and a complete version was due to be issued later on Tuesday by Khadr's lawyers, following Canadian court orders. At one point, an interrogator tries to calm Khadr, who is clearly distraught, saying he needs to get a "bite to eat" and adding: "I understand this is stressful." When Khadr complains his compatriots have not helped his case, an interrogator replies: "We can't do anything for you." The 10-minute video shows no beating or physical abuse of Khadr. But he is seen showing his interrogators wounds he claimed were sustained on being tortured. In the video, Khadr is heard screaming at one point: "Kill me, Kill". 'Softened up' Khadr, now 21,� remains behind bars at Guantanamo. The video's release comes after Canadian media reported that government documents showed Khadr was forcibly deprived of sleep by his US captors in Guantanamo to soften him up for questioning.�� Citing government files released by court order, Canadian media said Khadr was moved to a different cell every three hours to make him more amenable to talking in what US authorities described as their "frequent-flyer programme". "At three-hour intervals he is moved to another cell block, thus denying him uninterrupted sleep and a continued change of neighbours," said the report from the foreign intelligence division of Canada's foreign affairs department, quoted by Canadian television and newspapers. Khadr is the youngest detainee in the US "war on terror", accused of throwing a hand grenade that killed a US soldier in a clash in Afghanistan. Khadr's mother and sister have publicly pleaded his innocence in Canada but another brother Abdullah is in a Toronto jail fighting extradition for conspiring to kill US forces in Afghanistan. The father of the family Ahmed Said was an alleged al-Qaeda financier who died in a shootout with Pakistan forces in 2003 the same year another brother Abdurahman was released from Guantanamo. Human rights groups have demanded Khadr be released because he was only 15 at the time of his capture. But just last week the Canadian prime minister told reporters he would not ask the US government to repatriate him. Khadr's lawyers say they hope the video will shame Canadian politicians into action. Source: Al Jazeera and agencies Kavkaz Center

Fierce clash in Ingushetian capital

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:15:14 GMT

Sources in the Province of Ingushetia, The Caucasus Emirate, reported that early morning of Rajab 11, 1429 (July 14, 2008), a special operative unit of Ingushetian Sector of the Caucasus Front attacked a residence of another high-ranking pro-Russian accomplice, a ringleader of the Russian criminal investigations gang, Gurazhayev. Local sources reported that the house belonging to the apostate (a murtad) was completely destroyed. The collaborator and his family ran away right after the very first shots were fired. Meanwhile on Monday during the day a special operative unit of Ingushetian Sector of Caucasus Armed Forces attacked a car with a member of the puppet police gang on board in the village of Orjonikidzevskaya. The pro-Russian apostate was killed in the attack. Two hours after the operation in Orjonikidzevskaya was successfully accomplished another unit of the Caucasus Armed Forces opened fire at a car with members of organized crime unit of the puppet police gang in downtown Nazran. Two gang members were seriously wounded as a result of sudden and daring actions of the Mujahideen. Both of the pro-Russian apostates (murtadin) were reportedly hospitalized unconscious. A fierce clash between a mobile unit of Mujahideen fighters and gangs of local pro-Russian apostates took place in downtown Nazran at around 6:30 PM. Puppet sources and media of the Russian invaders have released discrepant reports about that clash. Some of the reports claim that 1 Mujahideen fighter was killed and 3 captured during the clash. Among the pro-Russian apostates, 4 puppet policemen were wounded. However, the report about capturing 3 Mujahideen fighters has never been confirmed. Also the report released by some Russian media that 1 fighter was allegedly captured was refuted as well. Other reports claim that 1 Mujahideen fighter died and the rest of the group managed to break out of the encircled perimeter and leave. Only several local civilians were arrested, who happened to be in the zone of the clash. According to the third version of the events, a firefight took place near the city market. For one hour in a row two Mujahideen fighters were confronting an outnumbering gang of pro-Russian apostates and Russian kuffar (infidels/invaders). One Mujahideen fighter became a Shaheed/Martyr (Insha Allah), and the other one got out of the surrounded perimeter while firing shots at the enemy. Meanwhile according to the sources of Russian invaders, the Caucasus troops (Mujahideen) shot a member of a Russian special police gang (OMON) near the railway station in Ingushetian capital Nazran. The pro-Russian accomplice (murtad/apostate) sustained serious injuries and was taken to the hospital where he later died. Kavkaz Center

Ahmadinejad: Iran to 'cut hands' off any attacker

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:00:58 GMT

Iran would "cut off the hands" of any enemy that attacked the country, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned on Sunday, amid increasing tensions with the West after recent missile tests. "Before the enemies touch the trigger, Iran's armed forces will cut off their hands," Ahmadinejad said, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. His comments came after Iran intensified tensions in the nuclear standoff by conducting two days of missile tests, which included the firing of a missile that it says can reach Israel. "This is only a small part of Iran's defence capabilities and in future we will unveil more of our defence capabilities if it is needed," Ahmadinejad said. The United States and its regional ally Israel have never ruled out a military attack to end Iran's controversial nuclear work, which the West fears could be used to make weapons -- a charge vehemently denied by Iran. There has been concern an attack against Iran could be imminent after it emerged Israel had carried out manoeuvres in Greece that were effectively dry runs for a potential strike against Iranian nuclear facilities. Iran has always warned of a ferocious response to any attack. A military official said on Saturday that Iran would target "the heart of Israel" and 32 US bases in the event of any attack. Tehran said on Wednesday that it test-fired its Shahab-3 missile -- the longest-range weapon in its arsenal -- and eight other missiles. It said it fired more missiles on Thursday in land manouevres at night and naval war games by day. But diplomatic efforts to end the crisis have also continued, with world powers proposing a package offering Tehran technological incentives if it suspends sensitive uranium enrichment. Iran's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili is to meet EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana -- who leads the talks on behalf of world powers -- in Geneva on July 19 in their latest effort to break the deadlock, Iranian officials said. Hopes of a breakthrough rose in recent weeks after Ali Akbar Velayati, the top foreign policy advisor to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said it would be in Iran's interests to accept the package. But Ahmadinejad on Sunday bluntly said that Velayati "has no involvement in nuclear issue decision making". "Mr Velayati is an esteemed person. He has opinions and he states his opinion. Everyone in the Islamic Republic of Iran is free to state their opinion." Ahmadinejad has repeatedly vowed that Tehran will never suspend enrichment as demanded by world powers, which fear Iran could use the process to make a nuclear weapon. "Some people wanted to organise a celebration and say that Iran had stepped back but their celebration did not last long," said Ahmadinejad. "The government is in charge of the nuclear issue... taking into account the positions of the supreme leader," he added. But a leading Iranian reformist newspaper wrote in an editorial that the current exchange of threats and muscle-flexing on both sides could be aimed at saving face before reaching a compromise deal. "One can see that the military threats by the two sides have an aspect of prestige to show their strength to domestic and foreign public opinion," the Etemad daily said. "On the other hand, talks are taking place which can act as water over fire and quieten the hostilities if they reach an acceptable point," it added.

Source: AFP

Kavkaz Center

2 pro-Russian accomplices eliminated in Elbrus District

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:14:56 GMT

Sources from the United Province of Kabarda, Balkaria and Karachai (KBK) reported that early morning of Rajab 10, 1429 (July 13, 2008) a mobile unit of Caucasus Armed Forces (Mujahideen) liquidated two apostates from a gang of pro-Russian bodyguards. Personal weapons were taken from the puppet policemen. According to the sources of the Russian invaders, additional formations of pro-Russian apostates and Russian kuffar (infidels/invaders) have been brought to Elbrus District of KBK. Checkpoints have been set up on highways. Kavkaz Center

Amir Dokka sends Kadyrov a note and two cartridges

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:23:14 GMT

Sources in Kadyrov's circle reported that brother of Amir Dokka Umarov, Ahmad Umarov, escaped from Ramzan Kadyrov's prison about 3 weeks ago. After "voluntary surrender" and "amnesty" Ahmad was being held in Kadyrov's prison cells of Hosi-Yurt. About 2 years ago Ahmad Umarov was being shown on all Russian TV channels and the stories were being told that brother of Dokka Umarov "voluntarily laid down arms and decided to return to peaceful life". Ever since then nothing was known about the further fate of the "amnestied one". The rumors that Ahmad Umarov escaped were indirectly confirmed when in the month of June about one thousand Kadyrov's collaborators and Russian invaders were scouring the nearby woodland of Hosi-Yurt for 10 days in a row. Back then the media released a report about some "military exercises" being conducted. This was supposed to be the third escape of Commander Umarov's brother. KC's editorial staff has no further information on Mr. Umarov's fate. Meanwhile sources inside Kadyrov's circle related the story about the underlying motive of why Ahmad Umarov decided to escape. According to these sources, if they are to be trusted at all, back in early June Ramzan Kadyrov discovered a note from Commander Dokka Umarov in his house. The note said, "Either kill my brother or let him go. To confirm how serious my warning is, I am sending you two cartridges that you will find in your toilet." The sources claim that Kadyrov really found two cartridges in his toilet. After that incident he replaced the entire security of his home. Several days after the note was received Ahmad Umarov supposedly escaped. So far it is not clear whether there is any connection between Commander Umarov's message to Kadyrov and the escape of Ahmad from the Hosi-Yurt prison. Meanwhile there is much uncertainty and anxiety predominating in the camp of Kadyrov's pro-Russian accomplices. The signals that new ringleader of the Kremlin, Medvedev, has not been favoring Kadyrov much have been coming more and more often. The Yamadayev brothers (Kadyrov's rivals among pro-Russian collaborators, who have withstood the fight against Kadyrov) have been adding even more fuel to the fire of the unpleasant hearsay. Hearsay has been going on in Chechnya that Ruslan Yamadayev allegedly made a public statement that "soon Medvedev will put an end to Kadyrov's destiny". In private conversations the brother of Sulim Yamadayev was also bragging that they are supported by Russian defense minister Serdyukov, as well as Sergei Ivanov. A big minus for Kadyrov was the widely-publicized story with two former Yamadayev's commanders nicknamed Hunter and Sherkhan, who went over to Ramzan Kadyrov and thus betrayed Sulim Yamadayev. In late June, after June 20, units of pro-Russian accomplices (murtadin/apostates) under Hunter and Sherkhan were surrounded by the Caucasus Armed Forces (Mujahideen) in the mountains of Chechnya. Reportedly, they were asking help from Kadyrov's collaborators, but Kadyrov virtually left the Yamadayev's thugs alone. Nothing has been known about the fate of these two commanders ever since. The story with them has become a graphic example for the rest of Yamadayev's commanders and rank-and-file apostates from the Vostok ("East") gang, who have now allegedly severed all contacts with Kadyrov's collaborators. Meanwhile the situation in the mountains of Chechnya has most likely been getting more and more tense. According to both Yamadayev's and Kadyrov's sources, the Mujahideen shot down to Russian helicopter gunships last month. Another KC's source told that on June 26 two units of murtadin (apostates) were shooting at each other in Vedeno District of Ichkeria. The source reported that the pro-Russian accomplices started heading for the woodland in two parallel groups in order to surround the supposed base of the Mujahideen. The Mujahideen, in turn, somehow managed to wedge in between them and attack both of the groups. As a result of this "provocation", the apostates were fighting each other for an hour and a half. 10 to 15 puppet militants were killed in the fierce clash. This story was told to KC by one of the relatives of a collaborator killed in that clash. Additional information on killing two hostages on June 28 was also forwarded to KC's editorial staff. The hostages were a man and a woman, relatives of one of the Mujahideen, native of Urus-Martan District. The hostages were brought to the scene of the meeting with a group of Mujahideen, who were supposed to surrender to Russian kuffar. Back then the Mujahideen eliminated two high-ranking commanders of pro-Russian accomplices, including the notorious sadist and ringleader of one of the pro-Russian police gangs nicknamed Ahdan, well known all across Chechnya. The man and the woman were brutally murdered. The murder of the woman was especially sadistic. KC's sources reported that her body was mutilated so much that the relatives were both physically and mentally unable to wash it before the funeral. The brother of that woman had to wash the dead body. Another KC's source related some details of the clash in the village of Goity on July 2, when a gang of pro-Russian accomplices headed by notorious criminal Mutsayev was trying to capture one of the Mujahideen. The eyewitnesses of the events told that Mutsayev's gang broke into the home of a local resident when they found out that the young men, who had recently left for the mountains, was visiting his family. Yet the suddenness of the raid did not get the young fighter confused. He opened fire point-blank and made the apostates retreat from the front yard immediately. During the combat the Caucasus Mujahideen fighter eliminated 1 apostate and wounded several more. The eyewitnesses reported that the pro-Russian accomplices could not even stick their heads out until the fighter left the village unimpeded. After that incident the puppet mobsters tortured the parents of that fighter several times, while demanding that they make their son surrender to the Russian kuffar. Kavkaz Center

Blast near building of one of the puppet gangs

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:18:26 GMT

Sources of the Russian invaders reported from the Province of Ichkeria, The Caucasus Emirate, that last Saturday afternoon a bomb went off near the building of one of the puppet gangs of the local pro-Russian accomplices (whom we call murtadin/apostates). The command of the Russian invaders has been releasing pretty scanty reports about the incident. It was only mentioned that the bomb (or a grenade, as other reports claim) was planted inside a garbage can at the entrance into the building. Sources of the pro-Russian puppets, however, announced that two juveniles were allegedly injured in the blast. Kavkaz Center