Russia Says Islamic Militants Trained In Georgia

[JoshuaD]

Russia says Islamist rebels are being trained in neighboring Georgia to launch attacks in Chechnya and other nearby regions.

Russian officials have previously said foreign training and funding has contributed to a surge in violence by Islamist insurgents in recent months in its volatile North Caucasus regions, including Chechnya, Ingushetia, and Daghestan.

Now, the state-run Russian news agency RIA is quoting Russia's deputy interior minister, Arkady Yedelev, as saying these militants are being trained at military bases in Georgia.

He is said to have made the comment in Vladikavkaz, a town in the Russian Caucasus. Yedelev didn't directly accuse the Georgian government of complicity, and did not identify the militants' instructors.

Russia has previously accused Arab fighters of training Chechen rebels, though not in Georgia.

http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_...a/1930071.html

[Supreme]

Well, it's certainly an excuse for Russia to invade- sorry, liberate- the northern Georgian regions.

[Chechnya]

just another lie spread by russia - chechens and gerogians have never been great allies

[Al-Indunisiy]

Well, it's certainly an excuse for Russia to invade- sorry, liberate- the northern Georgian regions.

Funny thing, we muslims usually refer to the early invasions of the Caliphs to be liberations.

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[Ummu Sufyaan]

^are you actually Muslim or just a troll with nothing better to do than trying to sow trouble.

['Abd Al-Maajid]

just another lie spread by russia - chechens and gerogians have never been great allies

How do you know it's a lie?

[Al-Indunisiy]

are you actually Muslim or just a troll with nothing better to do than trying to sow trouble.

Yes, I'm actually a muslim.

[The_Prince]

Funny thing, we muslims usually refer to the early invasions of the Caliphs to be liberations.

the countries or lands that Muslims attacked often times instigated the war with the Muslims first. for instance when the Muslims took over byzantine land, it was because the byzantine empire themselves had attacked the Islamic state first. furthermore many of the people living under Byzantine rule, openly accepted and welcomed the Muslims in .

other lands which Muslims also attacked were ruled by dictators and brutal leaders, and the Muslims came in, and did the people a favor. furthermore, when the Muslims did conquer a land, they didnt force the people to follow the Muslim way, many people were able to keep their own culture, religion, and the Muslims didnt turn the conquered lands into hell holes.

when Muslims conquered, they turned those lands into great places, the Islamic Golden age.

[Muezzin]

Just to nip a potential off-topic tangent in the bud: Let's try to stick to the news article in the first post, rather than talking about the Caliphs, whose discussion really belongs in a separate thread.

[Chechnya]

How do you know it's a lie?

because i keep in touch with events in north caucaus and russia lies regularly regarding the wars it starts

[deepfreeze66]

I would not trust anything rferl says. I could tell they were an anti-Islamic site when I browsed their Islam section back in February 2007; it's still biased against Muslims, and I think, does not report fairly when it comes to them.

[Clover]

Do they have any proof, like videos on terrorists admitting being trained there?