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2004-12-15 21:56 * RUSSIA * FSB * AL QAEDA * STATISTICS *
"FSB EXPOSES AL-QAEDA NETWORK IN RUSSIA"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "MOSCOW, December 15 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's FSB (Federal Security Service) has exposed a network of Al-Qaeda in its territory (the North Caucasian region), FSB director Nikolai Patrushev told the executives of the leading Russian media at a meeting in Moscow.
Members of the terrorist network have been established "and now we have to neutralize their activity," he said.
Mr. Patrushev noted that the FSB and other law-enforcement agencies had detained over 900 militants. The FSB has defined a number of them presenting the worst danger to Russia - Basayev, Maskhadov, Udugov, Umarov, Gochiyayev, Khalilov, Abu Havs, Abu Tari. "We have to fix their location and detain them," Mr. Patrushev said.
The FSB director noted that work of only his service is not enough for their efficient detainment and neutralization: all branches of power have to join in.
In 2004 the FSB service prevented over 200 acts of terrorism, fraught with grave effects for the country.
In addition, the Russian secret services have registered over 1,600 anonymous threats of committing terrorist and extremist acts. "About 300 anonymous authors have been established. On such acts 94 criminal cases have been initiated and 16 persons sentenced," he stressed.
On information from the security agencies, the court has closed branches of Russian National Unity in Tatarstan, the Kaliningrad and Kamchatka regions, banned the operation of the political party True Russian Patriots.
In Chechnya in 2004, the special operations of the FSB and other law-enforcement agencies neutralized over 200 militants."