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Kavkaz Center has received an e-mail signed by Information Council of Kabardino-Balkarian Islamic Jammat (War Council) 'Yarmuk'. The message says that the Mujahideen (Resistance Fighters) of Kabardino-Balkaria have formed Yarmuk military council, which is starting to carry out its assigned combat missions in accordance with the requirements of Jihad, -- against the invaders and the local puppet regime. The text of this statement is published uncut and unabridged.
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We are announcing that Fighters of Yarmuk were taking part in the latest combat operation in Chegem District of the Republic.
Information Center of Islamic Jamaat 'Yarmuk' is also authorized to make a special statement concerning the vile slander coming from Russian media against our Mujahideen – Rashid Khulamkhanov and Murat Zhabelov, who, Insha Allah (God Willing), became Shaheeds (Martyrs) in the battles in Chegem District.
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Putin’s Sochi Residence Targeted by Hijacked Russian Plane

DEBKAfile Special and Exclusive Report

August 25, 2004, 2:33 PM (GMT+02:00)
Updated 27 August:

Forty-eight hours after two Russian Tupolev airliners took off from Moscow airport minutes apart and crashed, killing all 89 people aboard, al Qaeda has finally come forward with a claim of responsibility, published by the Islamic Minbar website associated with the Islamist organization. The statement, signed by the “Islambuli Brigades” (named for the killer of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat) claims two groups of five men each hijacked the planes and promises to circulate soon a video clip showing the “martyrs” reading out their last wills and testaments. The statement adds that the attacks were the first in a series and there are more operations to come.
Russian investigators have not yet established whether or not the crashes were caused by terrorists – or else they are not saying. Some quote a denial by Chechen rebels. However the denial was oddly precise: “Achmad Zakayev has already said that Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov had nothing to do with the terrorist attack.”
No mention of al Qaeda in the denial.
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