A report published in the Washington Post concerning U.S. Marine intelligence Col. Pete Devlin assessing a dire state in al-Anbar governorate and prospects dim for improvement, is cited by the Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq in a statement issued on September 14, 2006.

Many adults in Russia believe their russian government should negotiate with Chechen mujahiddeen, according to a poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center. 68 per cent of respondents believe their country should attempt to begin peace talks.

According to reports from Chechnya,  Chechen State President Dokka Umarov’ own brother Ahmad “disappeared”  once again after infidels and apostates showed him on their TV, claiming that he had “voluntarily surrendered” to them as a former militant.