'Chechen bin Laden' likely killed in air strike

[Prapor]

Terrorist leader Doku Umarov most likely destroyed in air strike

29.03.2011

Doku Umarov, the leader of North Caucasus gunmen has most likely been killed in a special operation conducted in the republic of Ingushetia. Umarov was reportedly the primary target in the operation.

The process to identify the killed terrorists began on Tuesday morning. Russian news agencies reported that there were people from Umarov's team among the killed gunmen. "This gives us a reason to presume that Doku Umarov has been killed in the battle as well," a source from law-enforcement agencies of Russia's North Caucasus told Interfax. The identification has not been completed yet, and it is too early to officially confirm the death of the notorious warlord.
"It has been extremely difficult to capture and destroy Umarov because of peculiarities of the local area - mountains and forest. Umarov has been constantly changing his whereabouts as well. We hope that Umarov has been killed," the source told the Rossiiskaya Gazeta newspaper.
The head of Ingushetia, Yunus Bek Yevkurov, stated that there were indeed terrorist leaders among those gunmen killed during the special operation. However, the death of Doku Umarov has to be confirmed by investigators, he added.
"The whole group, as we hope, has been destroyed. We hope that no one escaped," Yevkurov said.
The special operation was conducted in the area near the borders of Ingushetia, Chechnya and North Ossetia. The area is said to be the location for the headquarters of the south-western sector of the so-called Imarat Kavkaz - a training camp for suicide bombers.
The death of 17 terrorists has already been confirmed officially. They have not been identified yet, but members of the special operation say that emir Khamzat, the head of the terrorist training camp, could be among the killed as well.
Nikolai Sintsov, an official spokesman for the National Anti-Terrorist Committee of the Russian Federation, stated Monday night that aviation of the Russian Air Force killed 17 terrorists in a pinpoint strike in Ingushetia. The special operation was conducted within the scope of the investigation of two explosions in the Moscow subway on March 29, 2010, which killed 40 people.

http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/crimes/29-03-2011/117367-doku_umarov-0/

They say they've been tracking him and timed the operation specifically for the anniversary of the Metro attacks.

On TV they said KA-50 'Black Shark' and KA-52 'Alligator' choppers were used to attack the terrorist camp

Those are two awesome machines. The Black Shark is a legend, like Black Hawk for Americans

 

[Metin]

All terrorists should be 'neutralized', but what do they try to do? What is their point? Free Chechenistan or something?

 

[Prapor]

All terrorists should be 'neutralized', but what do they try to do? What is their point? Free Chechenistan or something?

No. They want a Islamic Emirate, all through North Caucasus, with Sharia law and all that.

See, there was once a man in Chechnya, one I had great respect, even admiration, for.

His name was General Jokhar Dudaev

In the Soviet Union, he was a Air Force General-major. In the 90s, he became leader of a de-facto independent Chechnya, which his forces quickly captured. My family is from that whole region, and I've actually met his wife, Alla, an amazing woman

Born Alla Kulikova, yes, ethnic Russian woman, wife of Dudaev. Speaks for itself. All the propaganda was b******t. Dudaev did not hate Russians, he was not an Islamist, or a terrorist. He fought for his people, period. And he did it with the honor of a true officer. Back then, there were no Beslans, no airport or train bombings. Jokhar abhored violence against defenceless civillians. "Only Godless, honorless, worthless jackals would fight a war against women and children", he said that. He punished brutally any of his men who plotted attacks on non-military personnel or targets. Once, when a group of his fighters shot at a Orthodox Church, he forced them to repair all the damage, apologise to the priest, and then had them executed, by firing squad, as an example to others.

In 1999, the Federals murdered General Dudaev. Hit his car with a 'smart' missile. Alla was with him till his last moments in the Grozny hospital. He died in her arms

After that, starting in early 2000s, the Isalmists came. The North Caucasian Khaliphate. Al Qaeda. Shamil Basaev, Aslan Maskhadov, etc. Beslan, Moscow Theatre, Domodedovo. Thank you, Putin, you son of a *****. (He, as Prime Minister, ordered the attack on Dudaev's motorcade. Yeltsin had so little brain cells left from all the drinking by then, he could barely speak, let alone think for himself).

Today, Alla Dudaeva lives in exile in Georgia. She spends much of her time painting, mostly portaits of Jokhar