Omar al-Shishani, seen in a new Al Hayat Media Centre video released by the Islamic State(Joanna Paraszczuk/Twitter)

Islamic State Grooms Chechen Fighters Against Putin -- Bloomberg Businessweek

When the Islamic State commander known as “Omar the Chechen” called to tell his father they’d routed the Iraqi army and taken the city of Mosul, he added a stark message: Russia would be next.

“He said ‘don’t worry dad, I’ll come home and show the Russians,’” Temur Batirashvili said from his home in Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge, on the border with the Russian region of Chechnya. “I have many thousands following me now and I’ll get more. We’ll have our revenge against Russia.”

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My Comment: The Muslim insurgency in the Caucasus has been ongoing for years .... so having Chechen fighters showing up in Afghanistan, the Middle East .... this is nothing new. But Omar al-Shishani is a unique individual .... and probably a high priority target for Iraq/Syria/U.S./and Russia.

Here is a good post on Omar al-Shishani .... The Islamic State’s Anbar Offensive and Abu Umar al-Shishani -- Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, War On The Rocks