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Caucasus Emirate

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Caucasus Emirate ( ( IK ); Russian: Кавказский Эмират Kavkazskiy Emirat ), also known as the Caucasian Emirate or Emirate of Caucasus , was a terrorist Jihadist organisation active in rebel-held parts of Syria and previously in the southwestern region of the Russian Federation .1 Its intention was to expel the Russian presence from the North Caucasus and to establish an independent Islamic emirate in the region. Caucasus Emirate also refers to the state that the group seeks to establish. Partially a successor to the secessionist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria , it was officially announced on 7 October 2007, by former President of Ichkeria Dokka Umarov , who became its first emir .2 By late 2015 the group no longer had a visible presence in the North Caucasus region, as most of its members defected to the local ISIL affiliate, Vilayat Kavkaz .3 From Chechnya to Syria . Russian and Eurasian Politics . 7 April 2017 .4

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“terror” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 30. Read the current article and compare.
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terror00100
militant11000
jihad02233
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

militant jihadist organisation active in southwestern russia

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terrorist jihadist organisation active in rebel-held parts of syria and previously in the southwestern region o

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