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Russia: Caucasus Emirate Militants Not Defeated Yet - Update

Feb 20, 2012 | 18:20 GMT

Explosion site in Makhachkala, Dagestan, on Sept. 22, 2011

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Summary

Fighters from the Caucasus Emirate insurgent group killed numerous Russian servicemen in fighting from Feb. 12 to Feb. 19 in the Russian Caucasus republics of Chechnya and Dagestan. Since 2010, Dagestan has become a more popular place of operations for Caucasus militants, but Russia's use of Chechen fighters in counterinsurgency operations in Dagestan could prompt a backlash.

The Caucasus Emirate militant group is still active in Russia's Caucasus republics of Dagestan and Chechnya....

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