Think tank says Al-Qaeda funding Caucasus rebels
A leading Washington think tank says Al-Qaeda is providing growing support, including financial, to Islamic rebels in Russia's restive North Caucasus, Radio Liberty reported.
In its report, the Center for Strategic and International Studies said Al-Qaeda has played a key role in "proselytizing jihadism" to the mujahideen in Chechnya and the Caucasus.
The report's author, Gordon Hahn, pointed to a growing number of websites linked to the insurgency that are carrying statements of support from leading jihadists such as Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, who inspired Al-Qaeda in Iraq and is now in jail in Jordan.
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