Sagestani allegiance to ISIS?

2014-12-31T21:46:43-05:00

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/12/jihadists_in_dagesta.php

Although many see some of the groups fracturing, it will be interesting to see how this relationship will develop. Maybe the Russians will take care of them for us?

Dagestani jihadist swears allegiance to Islamic State, invoking backlash | The Long War Journal

Ali Abu Muhammad, the emir of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate (ICE), has released a video criticizing one of his former commanders for swearing allegiance to the Islamic State. Earlier this month, Rustam Asilderov, a senior jihadist in Dagestan, released a video in which he pledged allegiance (bayat) to the head of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. Asilderov had been the leader of Vilayat Dagestan, which is the Dagestani province of the...