Ingush Leader Says Bin Laden’s Demise Weakens Local Rebels

The killing of Osama bin Laden will dent the Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus, Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Yevkurov said. “[His] elimination … will significantly reduce international terrorist activities in Russia and in particular, the North Caucasus,” said Yevkurov, who had survived an assassination attempt by a suicide bomber in 2009. Web sites loyal to the insurgency have reported on bin Laden’s death but not yet discussed […]