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Russia: Caucasus Emirate Militants Not Defeated Yet - Update
Feb 20, 2012 | 18:20 GMT
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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.
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