Chechen Terrorists Disavow Bombing Ties

Question lingers whether sleeper cells at work in U.S.

WASHINGTON – The Mujahidin of the Caucasus Emirate in the Province of Dagestan has disavowed any association with the Boston Marathon bombing perpetrated by two individuals who originally are from the Russian North Caucasus region, according to a report in Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin. 

While press reports say the two brothers who allegedly caused the bomb explosions – Tamerlan and Dzokhar Tsarnayev – were from Chechnya in Russia, they actually are from the neighboring province of Dagestan which, like Chechnya, has Islamist militants embroiled in intense fighting with Russian security services.

In Dagestan, there is a large ethnic Chechen minority.

In addition to Chechnya and Dagestan, yet another Russian province, Ingushetia, which similarly is predominantly Muslim, is fighting the Russian police and military.

Once the marathon bombers had been identified as being from the Chechen region, U.S. President Barack Obama had been in telephonic contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin seeking assistance on the possible Chechen connection.

Russian officials say they also are checking on the brothers’ links to the Chechen fighters in the Caucasus but haven’t found any evidence to date.

“At the moment, we have no credible information about the Tsarnayev brothers’ involvement with the Caucasus Emirate movement,” one Russian security source said.

In addition, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that intelligence to date hasn’t shown any links of the brothers to Chechen militants.

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