From RIA Novosti:MOSCOW, February 17 (RIA Novosti) - Al-Qaeda, the international terrorist organization, has not become weaker but gained in strength, while hundreds of similar extremist groups have emerged worldwide, a Russian presidential representative said on Tuesday.
"We said that al-Qaeda had been weakened financially and that a change of generations had taken place, that did not result in management loss, but in its perfection, reformation, and today we see... that the organization in some ways is more prepared for the current global situation," Anatoly Safonov, the presidential representative for international cooperation on combating terrorism and organized crime, said.
He added that hundreds of similar organizations to al-Qaeda have emerged in recent years with some of them operat
"We said that al-Qaeda had been weakened financially and that a change of generations had taken place, that did not result in management loss, but in its perfection, reformation, and today we see... that the organization in some ways is more prepared for the current global situation," Anatoly Safonov, the presidential representative for international cooperation on combating terrorism and organized crime, said.
He added that hundreds of similar organizations to al-Qaeda have emerged in recent years with some of them operat
"We said that al-Qaeda had been weakened financially and that a change of generations had taken place, that did not result in management loss, but in its perfection, reformation, and today we see... that the organization in some ways is more prepared for the current global situation," Anatoly Safonov, the presidential representative for international cooperation on combating terrorism and organized crime, said.
He added that hundreds of similar organizations to al-Qaeda have emerged in recent years with some of them operating in the troubled Russian North Caucasus.
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My Comment: Russia has always had an insurgency war against Islamic Groups since the revolution. This is nothing new.
He added that hundreds of similar organizations to al-Qaeda have emerged in recent years with some of them operating in the troubled Russian North Caucasus.
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My Comment: Russia has always had an insurgency war against Islamic Groups since the revolution. This is nothing new.