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'''Brigade 055''' was an elite [[Muslim]] terrorist force funded by [[Osama Bin Laden]] which operated in [[Afganistan]] in support of the [[Taliban]].  It was recruited from veterans of the U.S. supported  fight against [[Soviet]] occupiers of Afganistan in the 1980s.  In the 1990s the Brigade sent men to Chechnya to battle [[Russian]] forces.  Members of Al Qaeda and of Brigade 055 were trained in [[chemical weapons]] in a secret Chechen stronghold in the Pankisi gorge.  Brigade 055 carried out many atrocities against Russian targets.  The Brigade suffered heavy losses fighting against [[U.S.]] forces in Afghanistan in 2001.  Survivors fled into [[Pakistan]].[http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10084]

'''Brigade 055''' was an elite [[Muslim]] terrorist force funded by [[Osama Bin Laden]] which operated in [[Afganistan]] in support of the [[Taliban]].  It was recruited from veterans of the U.S. supported  fight against [[Soviet]] occupiers of Afganistan in the 1980s.  In the 1990s the Brigade sent men to Chechnya to battle [[Russian]] forces.  Members of Al Qaeda and of Brigade 055 were trained in [[chemical weapons]] in a secret Chechen stronghold in the Pankisi gorge.  Brigade 055 carried out many atrocities against Russian targets.  The Brigade suffered heavy losses fighting against [[U.S.]] forces in Afghanistan in 2001.  Survivors fled into [[Pakistan]].[http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10084]

[[Category:Terrorism]]

[[Category:Terrorism]]

[[Category:Russia]]

[[Category:Russia]]