“It is the mujahidin who are fighting America which is supporting Israel and are fighting their way to get through to Israel, and the ones that are standing in the way of the mujahidin and fighting Israel is the Arab states. Allah has blessed the mujahidin from ahl as-sunnah to strike rockets at variant times at Israel under the instruction of Shaykh Usama.”“Q&A with Shaykh Adil al-Abbab,” Inspire Magazine 4 (2010): 22.
Adil al-Abab, Former Chief Religious Cleric, Winter 2010
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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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