Khattab

Khattab died in March 2002, reportedly poisoned by a letter sent by the Russian secret services.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

Khattab died in March 2002, reportedly poisoned by a letter sent by the Russian secret services.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

Nor does it appear that Basayev and Khattab needed any encouragement.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

Khattab set up camps in Chechnya to train militants, and sold gruesome videos of the execution of Russian soldiers over the Internet.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

In May 1998, Wahhabis associated with Basayev and Khattab occupied several mountain villages in Dagestan, hoisting green flags above the government building, forcing out the local police and creating a “Chiapas-like revolutionary enclave.”

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

By the summer of 1998, Basayev had joined Khattab and the Wahhabis in open confrontation with Maskhadov and the Sufis.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

The violence in Zarqa began when a crowd of Salafis rallied in front of the town's Omar ibn Khattab Mosque, listening to speeches by Salafi leaders denouncing Jordan's ties to the United States and calling for rule by Islamic Shariah law in Jordan.

Dozens wounded as protesters clash in Jordan 2011

For one, they've killed some prominent leaders of the Islamic underground movement in the region: Khattab, Abu-Dzeit, Basayev and many others.

The Roots of Moscow's Chechen Problem Elena Milashina 2011

During the first war, Chechen links to Al Qaeda had been tenuous—a Saudi-born guerrilla and Afghan war veteran, Emir al Khattab, turned up to lead an Arab battalion—but later the contacts increased.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

The central authorities blamed Chechen and Wahhabi militants associated with Basayev and Khattab, but the lack of clear evidence and the strange events in Ryazan—where what looked like a similar bomb was found in an apartment building, having been planted there by FSB agents who then said it was part of a “training exercise”—left many unsure just who was responsible see Chapter 3.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011