Posted on 10/02/03
At last, the connection between Chechnya and al-Qaeda
In his address to the United Nations Security Council last week, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said something that must have brought Russian Foreign Minister Ivan Ivanov to the edge of his seat. After claiming that Iraq harbours an al-Qaeda terrorist network headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a collaborator of Osama bin Laden, Mr. Powell dropped a little bombshell designed for Russia: "We also know that Zarqawi's colleagues have been active in the Pankisi Gorge, Georgia and in Chechnya, Russia. The plotting to which they are linked is not mere chatter. Members of Zarqawi's network say their goal was to kill Russians with toxins."
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