It's a shame that they couldn't just put this guy and a Russian guy in an arena to fight it out as gladiators.
In Syria, Russia may fight an Islamic State commander it’s battled before
September 17, 2015 at 6:25 PM EDT
Abu Omar al-Shishani, an Islamic State military commander in Syria, is an ethnic Chechen who fought against Russia as part of the Georgian army in 2008. How did he become one of the top figures in IS? Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner speaks with Mitchell Prothero of McClatchy Newspapers, who has just written an exhaustive profile of Shishani.
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GWEN IFILL: New reports surfaced today that the U.S. and Russia will begin military-to-military talks about Syria, even as Vladimir Putin moves to bolster his old ally Bashar al-Assad. But will Russia also be fighting a man they have battled before?
Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports.
MARGARET WARNER: The man is Abu Omar al Shishani, the Islamic State military commander for the Northern District of Syria, seen here last August as the group pursued its lightning march across Northern and Central Iraq.
ABU OMAR AL SHISHANI, Islamic State (through interpreter): It is time for the sons of the Islamic State to defend the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham and defend our imam, who the world gathered against with all its strength.
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In Syria, Russia may fight an Islamic State commander it's battled before
In Syria, Russia may fight an Islamic State commander it’s battled before
September 17, 2015 at 6:25 PM EDT
Abu Omar al-Shishani, an Islamic State military commander in Syria, is an ethnic Chechen who fought against Russia as part of the Georgian army in 2008. How did he become one of the top figures in IS? Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner speaks with Mitchell Prothero of McClatchy Newspapers, who has just written an exhaustive profile of Shishani.
SEE PODCASTS
TRANSCRIPT
GWEN IFILL: New reports surfaced today that the U.S. and Russia will begin military-to-military talks about Syria, even as Vladimir Putin moves to bolster his old ally Bashar al-Assad. But will Russia also be fighting a man they have battled before?
Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports.
MARGARET WARNER: The man is Abu Omar al Shishani, the Islamic State military commander for the Northern District of Syria, seen here last August as the group pursued its lightning march across Northern and Central Iraq.
ABU OMAR AL SHISHANI, Islamic State (through interpreter): It is time for the sons of the Islamic State to defend the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham and defend our imam, who the world gathered against with all its strength.
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In Syria, Russia may fight an Islamic State commander it's battled before
