[Angelus Errare]

I forgot to add that Abu Iyad appears to have been transferred to Iraq these days:

http://www.jihadunspun.net/intheatre_internal.php?article=52051&list=/home.php&

Last seen in the Pankisi Gorge:

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,366217,00.html

Destro, you're FR's ranking Chechen expert, are you familiar w/ the Kavkaz pic I'm talking about.

[Angelus Errare]

Fallujah connection is also interesting b/c this appears to be where a lot of Saudi money has been going of late:

http://frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=8387

[Destro]

I have not seen this Fox picture to compare. I do know that within 2 weeks before or after the fall of Saddam there were reports of Chechens fighting Americans. In fact Blair mentioned this to Putin as a way to get him to come aboard the Iraqi fight.