North Caucasus Update
I shamelessly stole this detailed map from GlobalConflictAnalysis: Militant Activity in the North Caucasus. Karachay-Cherkessia? Kabardino-Balkaria? I don’t think I have ever seen these names in print...
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North Caucasus Map The news that Boston’s bombers were ethnic Chechens was a bit surprising to me, as the signature of the strike was closer to domestic right wing extremists. I wasn’t that surprised,...
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Doku Umarov, the most wanted Chechen terrorist in Russia, has made a direct threat against the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, which are to be held in Sochi on the Black Sea, an area once known as...
View ArticleLesser Syria, Greater Kurdistan, Armenia’s Mt. Olympus
Here in America it’s somewhat notable to meet up with someone who can identify all fifty of our states if presented with a national map that doesn’t have a legend. European weapons and European...
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