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Court In Adygeya Sentences Jordanian Citizen For Abetting Resistance

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April 10, 2009

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.

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by: Ali from: Republic of Adygeya
April 12, 2009 00:04
please give more information about Fuad Saleh Maslamani, a 22-year-old citizen of Jordan -- presumably a Circassian.
by: jordanian from: england
April 14, 2009 21:39
maslamani is not a circassian last name from jordan. It is a well known name in Jordan. I think it is palestinian last name.
by: AdygheFalcon
April 24, 2009 10:55
I agree with Jorandian, and i am a Jordanian Adyghe, Maslamani is not a Circassian family at all!! there root belong to Syria, and they were Christian and they converted to Islam on an earlier stages, but how the Adyghea Republic allowed for him to enter the North Caucasus without checking his origin! i am fear that any one can enter Circassia and claim to be Circassians!! even from Somalia !!

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Written by analyst Liz Fuller, the "Caucasus Report" blog will offer the sort of in-depth analysis that was the hallmark of the "RFE/RL Caucasus Report." It also aims, to borrow a metaphor from Tom de Waal, to act as a smoke detector, focusing attention on potential conflict situations and crises throughout the region.