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Akhmed Zakayev, an aide to Chechen seperatist leader has offered his perspective upon recent events

Chechen Separatists Say “Third Force” Behind Terrorist Attacks

Akhmed Zakayev, a special envoy to Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov has said that “a third force that brought Russian President Vladimir Putin to power” is behind all the terrorist attacks committed in Russia over the past two weeks. London-based Zakayev said this in an exclusive interview with the Caucasus Times newspaper, printed in Prague, Czech Republic.

Zakayev believes that the twin aircraft crash last week, the blast near Rizhskaya metro station on 31 August and today�s events in North Ossetia are links in the same chain and that �the same power that wants to destabilize the situation in the North Caucasus region� is behind them.

A militant Muslim group called the Islambouli Brigades earlier claimed responsibility for downing two passenger plains and for the bomb blast in Moscow. The legitimacy of the group and the authenticity of such statements have not been verified.

September 6, 2004 at 08:27 PM in Espionage - general | Permalink | TrackBack (42) | Top of page | Blog Home