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Fighter Who Participated in 1999 Attack on Dagestan Surrenders CHECHNYA – A fighter who participated in Basayev’s fall 1999 attack on villages in the Novolaksky District of Dagestan has voluntarily turned himself in.    Interfax.ru reports that the former fighter (born in 1975) who quit the NVF after he was wounded in 1999, voluntarily surrendered to the OVD for the Leninsky District in Grozny today.  The fighter was a member of the “Akhmada” group. His name has not been released to the media. (08-May-2008 Thursday) Fighter Killed in Spetz-Operation INGUSHETIA – The website www.Ingushetiya.ru reports that a fighter identified as Isa Arsayev was killed in a spetz-operation in the village of Kantyshevo, Nazranovsky District, today.  Police had earlier reported that the NVF (of which Arsayev was a member) is planning to carry out a terror attack in the republic during tomorrow’s Victory Day celebrations (Utro.ru; IA Regnum)   (08-May-2008 Thursday) Police Attacked in Untsukulsky District DAGESTAN –   A 12:00 noon today, police in a forest outside the settlement of Balakhani, Untsukulsky District, came under suspected militant gunfire from two directions.  Gazeta.ru reports that no one was hurt in the attack.  Police immediately called in reserve police and military servicemen based in the Untsukulsky District to hunt down the shooters.   (08-May-2008 Thursday) Bomb Found on Railroad Tracks DAGESTAN – At 16:00 this afternoon, a bomb “in a canister with a detonating wire protruding from it” was found on the railroad tracks in the village of Saklskoye, Kizilyurtovsky District.  Transport police are currently at the scene investigating.  No other details have been reported.   (08-May-2008 Thursday) Fighter Captured in Makhachkala DAGESTAN – IA Regnum reports that police on 6 May arrested a fighter in the Sovetsky District of Makhachkala.  Twenty-five-year-old Abdurazakov (first name unknown) was taken into custody on Gagarina Street by UBOP police who found a pistol, two RGD-5 grenades, and three 9 mm rounds of ammunition on his person (IA Regnum).  (08-May-2008 Thursday) Chechen NVF Member Arrested in Volgogradskaya Oblast CHECHNYA –  A Chechen national has been arrested in the Volgogradskaya Oblast for being a NVF member.  Oblast FSB agents picked up a 40-year-old Chechen man who from 2002 to 2003 reportedly  participated in the “kidnapping of people, carried out armed attacks on civilians in Chechnya, and also participated in diversionary-terror attacks against Russian federal forces,” the oblast’s FSB press service told IA Regnum today.  The FSB has not released the suspect’s name “in the interests of the investigation.”   (08-May-2008 Thursday)

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06-Oct-2007 FORUM (Part IV) North Caucasus Militant Leadership --Last updated 12 January 2008

09-Aug-2007 FORUM (Part III) – NORTH CAUCASUS MILITANT LEADERSHIP--Last Updated 29 September 2007

To ensure that all material in this FORUM is archived, I have divided the FORUM into parts.  To find Parts I and II simply scroll down the page -the Administration.

29-Jul-2007 FORUM (Part II) – NORTH CAUCASUS MILITANT LEADERSHIP--Last Updated 20 Sep 2007

In order to ensure that all material in this FORUM is properly archived, I am dividing the FORUM into parts.  To find Part I simply scroll down the page until you find "FORUM (Part I) – NORTH CAUCASUS MILITANT LEADERSHIP" and click on it.—the Administration.

23-Jul-2007 FORUM (Part I) - NORTH CAUCASUS MILITANT LEADERSHIP-last update 27 July 2007

On 2 and 8 June RETWA published two lists (see below) of Chechen and North Caucasus militant leadership sent to us by anonymous readers.  Since both lists generated a good deal of comment and discussion, we thought this would be a good opportunity to open a discussion FORUM on this important subject.  We have since received other valuable FORUM postings (below) which we hope will be of value to our readers.

01-Aug-2006 RETWA Analysis Brief No. 10  

Russia’s Amnesty: A Sinister Russian Tactic or a Program Saving Lives?

 

One of our readers has asked RETWA to comment on the 27 July Jamestown Foundation article by Andrew McGregor which, the reader writes, “attempts to discredit Russia’s offer of amnesty to North Caucasus militants who lay down their arms as just (quoting from the Jamestown article) ‘a new Russian tactic’ to ensure ‘Russian rule in the North Caucasus.’ ” 

 

Unfortunately, McGregor’s article “The Amnesty Offensive: Breaking Down Basaev’s Network” does little to shed light on the genuine goal of the amnesty program--which is to save lives—nor the results yielded to date. So what RETWA would like to do in response to the reader's request is focus on the life saving value and the results of Russia’s 16 day old call to militants to lay down their arms in the aftermath of Shamil Basayev’s death on 10 July.

31-Jul-2006 RETWA Analysis Brief No.9

Report on North Caucasus Militants Who Were Killed, Taken Into Custody, or Voluntarily Surrendered in the Month of May 2006 (Copyright Paul Murphy 2006)

 

RETWA publishes an end of month summary of North Caucasus militants who have been killed, taken into custody, or voluntarily surrendered to police. This brief is the fifth of 12 installments containing statistics and other data drawn from RETWA’s daily reporting. 

Please note that this brief was earlier published in the news section, but not in the analysis section in order to give the excellent article on Sadaluyev's death and Umarov's ascendancy by Gordon Hahn the longest possible run time in the analysis window.

30-Jun-2006 RETWA Analysis Brief No. 8

SADULAYEV’S DEATH, UMAROV’S ASCENDANCY AND  IMPLICATIONS FOR JIHADIST TERRORISM IN RUSSIA (Copyright Gordon Hahn and RETWA, 2006)

 

RETWA welcomes short, quality analytical contributions from its readers.  The following article was written for RETWA by Gordon M. Hahn, a Senior Researcher at the Center for Terrorism and Intelligence Studies, Akribis Group, and author of Russia’s Revolution From Above (Transaction, 2002) and The Bear and the Crescent: Russia’s Unknown Jihad and Its Implications for International and U.S. National Security (forthcoming, Yale University Press, 2006).  RETWA would welcome further discussion and comments on this article which may be sent to us at the “Contact RETWA” link on the homepage or directly to the author at gordon-hahn@sbcglobal.net

 

27-May-2006 RETWA Analysis Brief No. 7

Report on North Caucasus Militants Who Were Killed, Taken Into Custody or Voluntarily Surrendered in the Month of April 2006 (Copyright Paul Murphy 2006)

 

RETWA announced at the beginning of the year that it would publish an end of month summary of North Caucasus militants who had been killed in police operations, taken into custody, or who voluntarily surrendered.  This brief is the fourth of 12 installments containing statistics and other data drawn from RETWA’s daily reporting.

07-May-2006 RETWA Analysis Brief No. 6

 Vachagayev’s Predicament (copyright Paul Murphy, 2006)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On 14 April, Mairbek Vachagayev, the former spokesman of the now deceased President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Aslan Maskhadov, spoke on the subject of “Chechen Resistance: New Faces, New Strategies” at a Jamestown Foundation conference held in Washington D.C..

23-Apr-2006 RETWA Analysis Brief No. 5

North Caucasus Casualties Resulting From Terror Attacks and Acts of Violence by Suspected Islamic Extremists in March 2006 (Copyright Paul  Murphy 2006)

 

The following figures drawn from RETWA’s daily reporting concern the number of people killed and wounded by roadside bombs, landmines, assassinations, ambushes, and other violent acts committed by suspected North Caucasus Islamic militants in the month of March 2006.  Casualties (except militant) resulting from police operations are also included.

 

The statistics presented below are broken down by republic with the following casualty categories: Civilians, Government Officials, Policemen, Russian Ministry of Defense Personnel, and Russian Interior Ministry Troops Servicemen. Note that militant casualties are not included here.  They can be found in RETWA Analysis Brief No.4.

22-Apr-2006 RETWA Analysis Brief No. 4

This analysis brief consists of two parts:  Part I is our regular monthly “Report on North Caucasus Militants Who Were Killed, Taken Into Custody or Voluntarily Surrendered” for March 2006.  Part II is our “Quarterly Report on North Caucasus Militants Who Were killed, Taken Into Custody or Voluntarily Surrendered” for January-March 2006. (Copyright Paul Murphy 2006)

 

PART I : North Caucasus Militants Who Were Killed, Taken Into Custody or Voluntarily Surrendered in March 2006

24-Mar-2006 RETWA Analysis Brief No. 3

Paris Trial Reveals Plot to Use Chemical and Bacterialogical Weapons Against Russia in France (copyright Paul Murphy, 2006)

 

Russia has long alleged the international connection of Chechen terrorists—allegations which more often than not have been dismissed by those in the West distrustful of Russia’s intentions.

 

For skeptics, evidence of international connections holds more credibility when presented in a non-Russian setting.  Such is the case in the evidence being presented this week in a Paris court room against members of an Islamic extremist group called the “Chechen Network” (sometimes also called the “Chechen Cell”)

18-Mar-2006 RETWA Analysis Brief No. 2

Report on North Caucasus Militants Who Were Killed, Taken Into Custody or Voluntarily Surrendered in the Month of February 2006 (Copyright Paul Murphy 2006)

 

RETWA announced at the beginning of the year that it would publish an end of month summary of North Caucasus militants who had been killed in police operations, taken into custody, or who voluntarily surrendered.  This brief is the second of 12 installments containing statistics and other data drawn from RETWA’s daily reporting.

12-Feb-2006 RETWA Analysis Brief No.1

 

Report on North Caucasus Militants Who Were Killed, Taken Into Custody, or Voluntarily Surrendered in the Month of January 2006(Copyright: Paul Murphy 2006)

 

RETWA announced at the beginning of the year that it would publish an end of month summary on North Caucasus militants who were killed in police operations, taken into custody, or voluntarily surrendered. This is the first of 12 monthly installments containing statistics and other data drawn from RETWA’s daily reporting.

 

21-Oct-2005 Conflict in Chechnya Direct Cause of Pre-natal, Infant and Childhood Illness

CHECHNYA - In a recent report by Amina Visaeva for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Ms. Visaeva states there is an alarming increase in severe illnesses to babies born in Chechnya. Historically in the former Soviet Union a child was not only an addition to the family but an addition to the work force. Health care in general and maternity wards were far superior and more accessible than today.

18-Oct-2005 “Russian 9-11 Prevented”

08-Sep-2005 Synopsis of Terror Activities in the Former Soviet Union from 1991-2004

08-Jul-2005 Makhachkala’s War on Terror - a City Under Siege.

10-Jan-2005 Terror in Russia: 2004 in Review by Paul Murphy, Ph.D.