Shamil knows one of two things will happen this month when he crosses from Azerbaijan to Chechnya to wage jihad: either the Russian infidels will leave his native Chechnya or he will join Allah in trying to force them out. He is one of a 6 000-strong Chechen diaspora in limbo in Baku.
Suspected arms dealer Hemant Lakhani’s deal of a lifetime was doomed from the start. Posing as a buyer from Somali, an undercover FBI agent led Lakhani into an elaborate sting operation that ended on Tuesday with his arrest.
Russia yesterday began beefing up security measures around the capital after Saturday’s suicide bombings, as President Putin cancelled an overseas trip to try to deal with the fear gripping the city’s 10-million inhabitants.
The black sheeting looked like bin liners as paramedics yesterday tried to cover up the shredded remains of the 20 dead from the first suicide bombing to hit Moscow.
Putin’s silence after blasts
This week’s lavish, seven-day long party, which began on Tuesday, will portray Russia’s cultural capital at its best for its third centenary. But last week the local administration burned to the ground a dozen garden sheds where locals grow subsistence crops, lest signs of real life in Russia disturb the foreign guests.
At least 14 people were reported dead in Chechnya last Wednesday when a second suicide bombing narrowly failed to kill the Moscow-backed head of the local administration. The bombing came as Colin Powell, the United States Secretary of State, held talks with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow on Iraq and international terrorism, and […]
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/ 27 January 2003
One of the most popular themes on the placards of anti-war demonstrators across the US and Europe is that the looming confrontation is primarily about oil. The US and British dismiss such a charge, and instead argue that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has to be dealt with.
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/ 28 October 2002
Chechen gunmen shot and killed one of the hundreds of hostages being held at a Moscow theatre, Russian news media reported. A female hostage held by Chechen militants in a Moscow theatre was executed by her captors. A TV report showed a stretcher with a body being taken out.
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/ 28 September 2002
Diplomats from the ”big five” powers, which call the shots at the United Nations, are bracing themselves for a fresh round of intensive negotiations on Iraq.
when the US tables its draft resolution at the Security Council, the doors will close again as diplomats work round the clock to agree a final text.
The FBI receives many complaints about these services, but others insist ”e-mail brides” are driven by more innocent desires and simply prefer the life and manners of Western men