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Russia is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency in the mainly Muslim North Caucasus President and Vladimir Putin has ordered authorities to ensure militants do not attack the 2014 Winter Olympics in the nearby Black Sea resort of Sochi.

More than a decade after troops defeated a rebellion in Chechnya, insurgents stage frequent attacks in nearby regions.

Two car bombs killed at least four people and wounded dozens on Monday, in one of the bloodiest attacks this year, in capital of Dagestan, a province bordering Chechnya to the east.

The Kremlin is worried about the spread of violence outside the region. In a suburb of Moscow on Monday, security forces killed two suspected militants alleged to have been plotting an attack in the capital.

The Caucasus Emirate group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport that killed 37 people in January 2011 and twin bombings that killed 40 people in the Moscow metro in 2010.

1 posted on 05/21/2013 6:26:13 PM PDT by cunning_fish
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To: cunning_fish

Well done, Ivan!


2 posted on 05/21/2013 6:30:35 PM PDT by stboz
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To: cunning_fish
"Russia says kills senior Islamist insurgent"

Roto-Reuters, did this headline really make it past your editors? Do you employ editors? Sheesh...I miss the days of writers actually being able to write.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

3 posted on 05/21/2013 6:40:07 PM PDT by wku man (Amnesty? No Way, Jose (No Se Puede!) by 10 Pound Test http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsTUQ8yOI2c)
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To: cunning_fish

Islamofascists are all over the republics neighboring Chechnya.


6 posted on 05/21/2013 11:07:41 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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