Terrorists from al-Chechen North Caucasus Join Terrorist Groups in Syria

Dressed almost entirely in black, terrorists from  Chechnya’s region declares an “Islamist” state is within reach.

Fellow militant from the brigade of foreign terrorists, he leads translate his Russian words into Arabic.

His recently distributed video highlights the role terrorists from the volatile North Caucasus region now play in Syria’s war.It also puts in focus the security risks they may pose for Russia if they return to the Russian region, which borders the area where Moscow plans to host the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.

“Jihad” needs very many things. Firstly it needs money. Much is dependent on money today for jihad,” said al-Chechen, his Nome de guerre, the leader of what terrorists and websites call the Brigade of Migrants, an opposition group of foreign fighters, Reuters reported.

“(We) have missed many chances, but truly today there is a chance to establish (an Islamic state) on Earth,” he said.

Syrian opposition groups confirmed separately that he is in Syria and the leader of the brigade. His real name was not clear.

While Moscow has been one of the Syrian government main protectors, members of an Islamist insurgency involved in daily clashes in Russia’s predominantly Muslim North Caucasus and their compatriots have trickled into Syria to join the terrorists.

“This is the first time that a mass number of Chechens have taken part in military actions abroad,” said analyst Mairbek Vatchagayev, based in Paris, adding that claims were made that Chechens had fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan or in Iraq, but no definitive proof had been given.

Syrian soldiers and analysts say there are dozens, and possibly 100, fighters in Syria from the North Caucasus, a region where terrorists wage daily violence to establish an extremist Islamic state, similar to the Taliban in Afghanistan.

The region is close to Sochi, the Black Sea and Caucasus Mountain resort city where Moscow will host the 2014 Winter Olympics, a sworn target of Russia’s Islamist insurgents, led by Russia’s most wanted man, Doku Umarov.

Although analysts say many of the terrorists who are battling the Syrian army troops have studied in religious schools outside Russia, others have gained skill and experience, something the Syrian terrorists praise them for, in fighting the separatist wars in Chechnya in 1994-96 and 1999-2000.

“They are very significant, in some areas they are leading the fighting and some of them are leaders of Brigades. They are experienced terrorists and also they are fighting based on ideological belief, so they do not want anything in return,” said a Syrian opposition source in touch with terrorists in Syria.

One Syrian opposition source said the Chechens are the second biggest force of foreigners after Libyans who joined the Syrian global war a. Terrorist’s sources said 17 fighters from the North Caucasus were killed in fighting outside Aleppo last month.

Foreign fighters were also present in Chechnya’s first war in the mid-1990s.

Source: Fars News

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