Russia points finger on Georgia
Author: Story by Nina Akhmeteli
A militant killed in Dagestan by Russian forces worked under instructions from the Georgian special services, according to Russian FSB. As the Russian media reported, Makhmoud Mokhammed Shaaban, one of the organizers of the Al Qaida network in North Caucasus with the nickname Seif Islam, was wanted by Egyptian authorities for terrorism.
Seif Islam’s acts of sabotage, blowing up the railway tracks, electricity lines and oil pipelines, were claimed to have been ordered by Georgian secret services, the PR center at UFSB in Dagestan told Russian media.
According to RIA Novosti, the representative of the press center said that at the beginning of the 1990s Seif Islam had been active in Afghanistan and was also in Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Georgia.
Seif Islam also reportedly opened a center in Chechnya to train terrorists, the agency reported. Recently he was in charge of the most resonant terroristic acts and the “right hand” of Doku Umarov.
In October Seif Islam was sent to Dagestan to organize sabotage-terroristic acts and restore the channels of arms and explosive materials supply from Georgian secret services, told RIA Novosti reported.
The charge caused nothing but ironic smiles in Tbilisi because politicians are already accustomed to Russia’s claims that Georgia has links with terrorist organizations. However, some say it is time for Georgia to counteract the claims because even unbiased accusations might affect the image of the country.
Georgian officials said there is nothing new in Russia’s accusations, calling them propaganda and an attempt to justify Russia’s failures in the North Caucasus. The claims of Georgia’s links with terror groups in North Caucasus have frequently been cited by the Russian FSB. In December the Russian media reported that the FSB in Dagestan has information that the sabotage-terror groups are trained in Georgia for sabotage on energy and railway objects in Dagetsan.
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