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Why Russia is the jihadists' prime target

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Russia demands Moscow airport owners pay damages in 2011 attack

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The leader of an al-Qaida-affiliated group in Russia's North Caucasus region was killed in a counterterrorism operation.

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Islamist website: Leader of Caucasus Emirate is dead

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Outside View: Russia's terrorist attack and the message for China

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Investigation into Volgograd bombings focuses on Chechen insurgent

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I won't tell you there are hundreds of us prepared for jihad. But 50 or 60, God willing, we will find
Chechen leader claims Moscow airport blast Feb 08, 2011

Second Chechen War

Doku (Dokka) Khamatovich Umarov (Chechen: Iумар КIант Доккa; Russian: Доку Хаматович Умаров; also called by the Arabized name of "Dokka Abu Usman") (born April 13, 1964) is a major Chechen Islamist terrorist leader in Russia. He is responsible for numerous terror attacks on civilians, earning himself the nickname "Russia's Osama Bin Laden".

Between 2006 and 2007, Umarov was the underground President of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI). He subsequently became the self-proclaimed Emir of the Russian North Caucasus, which is an unrecognized Islamic state known as the Caucasus Emirate. He is currently a high value criminal in Russia for the alleged crimes of kidnapping, homicide and treason. He is one of the major rebel leaders in Russia and has claimed responsibility for numerous terror attacks, including the 2010 Moscow Metro bombings and the 2011 Domodedovo International Airport bombing. The attacks killed 40 and 36 civilians respectively, and injured hundreds.

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