Eurasia Press & News
Commander of the Kabarda-Balkar sector of the Caucasus Front, Amir Sayfullah (Anzor Astamirov), tells about details of the preparation for the declaration of the Emirate of Caucasus. The commentary recorded in Shawwal 1428.
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January, 2008
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19 January
House of the chief of Zyazikov’s puppet government attacked in Nazran
According to sources in the Wilayah of Ghalghaycho (Ingushetia) of the Caucasus Emirate, 9 Muharram 1429 late in the evening (17 January 2008), around 10:10 pm local time, a fierce firefight with the use of assault rifles, machine guns and grenade launchers erupted in downtown Nazran.
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19 January
British side gives up cooperation with FSB
The British side has frozen ties with the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service)Â for the so-called “anti- terrorist cooperation”, British Ambassador to Russia Anthony Brenton said.
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19 January
Freedom House: Chechnya ‘worst of the worst’
There are two worst rated territories: Tibet (under Chinese jurisdiction) and Chechnya, where an indigenous Islamic population is engaged in a brutal guerrilla war for independence from Russia.” [Chechnya got the lowermost rating both in Political Rights and Civil Liberties.]
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19 January
Attack in Afghanistan Shows Shift in Taliban Tactics
This week’s bombing of the Serena Hotel signals a significant change in tactics by the Taliban.
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18 January
Israel “would not dare attack Iran”: Ahmadinejad
DUBAI – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that Israel “would not dare attack Iran”, after Israel said it tested a missile and warned against Tehran’s nuclear program.
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18 January
Blair urges NATO unity amid Afghan friction
TORONTO – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Thursday that NATO must challenge its enemies in Afghanistan firmly and in a united way, despite recent reports of friction among Western countries.
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18 January
Israel should freeze settlements for peace: Germany
BERLIN – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday that Israel should freeze the building of settlements if it wanted to achieve peace with the Palestinians.
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18 January
Canada places U.S., Israel on torture watch list
OTTAWA – Canada’s foreign ministry has put the United States and Israel on a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured and also classifies some U.S. interrogation techniques as torture, according to a document obtained by Reuters on Thursday.
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18 January
Five Palestinians die in Gaza as Olmert vows “war”
GAZA – Israeli air strikes killed five Palestinians, including a mother and child, in the Gaza Strip on Thursday as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed to wage a “war” to stop rocket attacks on the Jewish state.
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