oped: So Vlad what'cha gonna do? Hmmm how about my earlier suggestion?
SEE: http://sharlaslabyrinth.blogspot.com/2014/09/attn-president-vladimir-putinman-up.html
Moscow (AFP) - Islamic State
militants have issued a threat to President Vladimir Putin, vowing to
oust him and "liberate" the volatile North Caucasus over his support of
the Syrian regime.
The General
Prosecutor's Office of Russia demanded that access to the address, which
was posted on YouTube on Tuesday and features what jihadists say is a
Russian-supplied fighter jet, be blocked.
"This is a message to you, oh
Vladimir Putin, these are the jets that you have sent to Bashar, we will
send them to you, God willing, remember that," said one fighter in
Arabic, according to Russian-language captions provided in the video.
"And
we will liberate Chechnya and the entire Caucasus, God willing," said
the militant. "The Islamic State is and will be and it is expanding God
willing."
"Your throne has
already teetered, it is under threat and will fall when we come to you
because Allah is truly on our side," said the fighter. "We are already
on our way God willing."
In
the same video, several fighters, some dressed in traditional Muslim
robes, threaten Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad from atop the fighter jet.
"This is Russian equipment," says a voice, speaking in accented Russian, as the camera cuts to a close-up of the plane's cabin.
The Prosecutor's Office said it requested that investigators open a criminal probe into the video.
The
Kremlin fought two wars with separatists in Chechnya over the past 20
years. The unrest has since engulfed the entire North Caucasus including
Dagestan and Ingushetia where attacks on authorities are a regular
occurence.
The Kremlin, whose
attention over past months has focused on the Ukraine crisis, is one of
the main backers of the Assad regime, providing it with diplomatic and
military support in its fight against rebels.
The
Islamic State, a Sunni extremist group, has gained prominence in recent
months, declaring an Islamic "caliphate" in regions under its control
in Iraq and Syria.
The
militants stirred a global outcry last month when they beheaded US
journalist James Foley. The fighters said on Tuesday they had beheaded a
second US journalist, Steven Sotloff.
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