Russians Held in Chechen's Killing

[Vagabond]

Qatar has arrested and charged two Russian agents with murder in the car-bombing death this month of a Chechen separatist leader in the Persian Gulf state, authorities in Qatar said Thursday.

Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, 51, died Feb. 13 when a bomb attached to his car exploded while he was returning from Friday prayers at a mosque in Doha, Qatar's capital. He had been near the top of Russia's most-wanted list for years, and Moscow had long fumed about Qatar's refusal to turn him over.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9410-2004Feb26.html

[CaptainClark23]

1. curious

From the limited descriptions of this hit, it really sounded like a predator drone operation. This is the first I've heard of a bomb being attached to his car.

Western military and intellignece (and predator drone technology)are all over Qatar like flies on shit...so why/how could two russian agents walk right in and plant a car bomb? Wouldn't they use a local asset? seems too much a risk using nationals, Putin is an old spook and knows better...


Are these two russians simply bagmen being hung out?

Granted, if it WAS a predator op as a favor to Putin, I do not have an inkling of what the payoff would be.