Last month, he vowed to take the Islamist battle to Russia’s cities, and he says the attacks will continue:

Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov has claimed responsibility for Monday’s suicide bombings in the Moscow subway system.

Umarov, who leads Islamist militants in Chechnya and nearby regions of Russia’s North Caucasus, says he personally ordered the attacks.

In a video posted on the Islamist rebels’ unofficial Web site Wednesday, Umarov says the twin bombings were retaliation for Russian security forces killing civilians in the Caucasus.

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4 replies on “Chechen Militant Claims Responsibility for Russian Subway Bombings”

  2. The best part is when the Russians said they would “poison the terrorists like rats”.

    I like a country that doesn’t dick around…

  3. Perhaps it would be instructive for Putin to read a little about how this sort of thing went so poorly for George III – like back in 1776.

  4. King George had a massive body of water between him and the rebels. The Russian-Chechnian situation is not comparable for that reason.

    We’re not very far from having a similar situation with our right wing extremists, except that it won’t be regionally isolated.

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