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| 300 hard boyz, 4 al-Qaeda leaders killed in Chechnya in 2005 |
| 2005-12-16 |
| Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said more than 300 militants were destroyed when resisting arrest in Chechnya this year, including their leaders Maskhadov, Avdorkhanov, Daudov and Chitigov. Al Qaeda representatives in the North Caucasus Abu-Dzeit, Abu Omar, Abu Jarah, Jaber and organizers of underground extremist groups operating in various parts of the region - Abubakarov, Debeshev, Madayev, Tambulatov and Eskiyev - have also been destroyed, FSB director Nikolai Patrushev said at a meeting with media representatives on Friday. In Dagestan, law-enforcement neutralized gang leaders Makasharipov and Ismailov. "We've established that some gang leaders, such as Abu Havs' deputy Jaber - involved in terrorist attacks on the Untied States on September 11 - and Abu Dzeit, involved in the Beslan hostage-taking raid and Abu Omar, who helped al Qaeda leaders in Iraq, received money from abroad," Patrushev said. In November, authorities in Chechnya talked so-called brigadier Khachukayev into laying down arms. Khachukayev urged other militants operating in the North Caucasus to surrender, according to the FSB director. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |