In a further indication of the extent to which the North Caucasus resistance has become internationalized and of the mobility of its members, a court in Adygeya has sentenced Fuad Saleh Maslamani, a 22-year-old citizen of Jordan -- presumably a Circassian -- on charges of joining an "illegal armed formation" in July 2008.
The armed formation in question is said to have been based in a mountain region of Daghestan, and to have numbered more than 15 people. Maslamani was responsible for the security of the group and its permanent base, and for teaching its members Arabic.
It is not clear when and in what circumstances he was apprehended, nor why the court sentenced him to only one year in prison.
The armed formation in question is said to have been based in a mountain region of Daghestan, and to have numbered more than 15 people. Maslamani was responsible for the security of the group and its permanent base, and for teaching its members Arabic.
It is not clear when and in what circumstances he was apprehended, nor why the court sentenced him to only one year in prison.