Nickname or 'nom de guerre': Ibn-ul-Khattab, also known as Khattab

Real name: Undisclosed

Position: Ameer (Commander) of the Foreign Mujahideen Forces in the Caucasus
Born: 1970
Nationality: GCC Member State in the Arabian Gulf
Languages spoken: Arabic, Russian, English, Pushto
Birthplace: Arabian Gulf
Experience in Jihad: 12 years
Lands of Jihad visited: Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Chechnya
"If you would have told me in Afghanistan that a day will come when we will be fighting the Russians
INSIDE Russia, I would never have believed you."[Ibn-ul-Khattab]

Born in the Arabian Gulf, Khattab was brought up in a relatively wealthy and educated family. He
grew up to be a brave and strong teenager, who was known to be daring and fearless. After
mastering the English language, he obtained a place in an American High School in 1987. 1987 was
the peak of the Afghan Jihad against the invading army of the (then) Soviet Union. Youngsters from
all over the Muslim world were flocking to Afghanistan after responding to the calls of Jihad made
by Islamic personalities such as Sheikh Abdullah Azzam (assassinated 1989), Sheikh Tamim Adnani
(died 1988) and Usama bin Ladin. Miraculous accounts of heroic feats and daring displays of valour
against the World Superpower were reaching the ears of the Muslims. As the time approached for
him to leave for a new life of education in the U.S., Khattab decided to follow many of his friends
and relatives to Afghanistan for a short visit. Since the day he waved good-bye to his parents and
family, at the end of 1987, he has never returned home since.
One of the Mujahideen describes the young teenage Khattab who arrived at his first training camp
in Jalalabad, Afghanistan:
"The training camp near Jalalabad was full of brothers coming and leaving almost every day. We
were preparing for a large operation against the Russians and those brothers who had completed
their training were packing their bags and leaving the camp to go to the front-line. As we were
preparing to leave for the front-line, a group of new recruits arrived. It was then that I noticed a
young teenage boy amongst the new recruits: 16-17 years old, with long hair and a beard that had
not yet begun to grow fully yet. Immediately, he went to the commanders of the training camp and
starting pleading with them to let him go to the Front-line. The commanders obviously refused to
send a young untrained boy to the Front without any training. I went over, greeted him and asked
him his name. He replied, 'Ibn-ul-Khattab'"
Khattab completed his training and then went to the Front. One of his trainers was Hassan AsSarehi, the Commander of the famous Lion's Den operation in Jaji, Afghanistan, 1987. [Hassan AsSarehi has been imprisoned in Ar-Ruwais Concentration Camp, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia since 1996 on
allegations of a crime whose accusees have already been executed.] Over the next six years, this
young boy was to turn into one of the bravest and most formidable Mujahideen commanders that
the world has known in the 20th Century. He was known for his refusal to duck from oncoming fire
and his refusal to show pain after an injury. From ambushes to operations to raids, he fought the
Soviet Regular and Special Forces, being present in all the major operations in the Afghan Jihad
between 1988 and 1993, including the conquests of Jalalabad, Khost and Kabul. He escaped death
on a number of occasions, as it his time had not yet arrived.
One of the Mujahideen describes how Khattab was once shot in the stomach by a 12.7mm Heavy
Machine Gun bullet in Afghanistan. (12.7mm ammunition is used to pierce armour and to break
through fortified positions: it makes mincemeat out of human flesh, as any military expert will
testify.):
"During one of the operations, we were sitting in the room of a small house in the Second Line. It
was evening time and the fighting on the Front Line was very tough. A few moments later, Khattab

entered the room; his face was looking pale, but other than that he seemed to act normal. He came
in, walked very slowly to the other side of the room and sat down next to us. Khattab was unusually
quiet, so the brothers sensed that something must be wrong, even though he did not even flinch once
nor show any signs of pain. We asked him if he had got hurt; he replied that on the Front, he had
received a light injury, nothing serious. One of the brothers then went over to him to see the injury.
Khattab refused to let him see, adding that the injury was nothing serious. This brother forced
Khattab to let him see and then felt his hand on Khattab's abdomen. He saw that his clothes were
soaked with blood and he was bleeding heavily. We then immediately called a vehicle and rushed
him to the nearest field hospital, during which he was complaining all the time that the injury was
light and nothing serious."
It was in Afghanistan that Khattab lost two fingers of his right hand whilst attempting to throw a
homemade grenade. The grenade exploded in his hand and two of his fingers were severed by the
explosion. His fellow Mujahideen tried to persuade him to go to Peshawar for medical attention, but
Khattab refused, insisting that putting some honey on the wound (like the Sunnah of the Prophet
Muhammad SAWS) and bandaging it will do the job and that there is no need to go all the way to
Peshawar. His fingers have remained in a similar bandage ever since that day.
As the Soviet Army withdrew from Afghanistan and the Communists were defeated by the
Mujahideen, Khattab and a small group of friends heard about the war against the same enemy, but
this time in Tajikistan. He then packed his bags and went over to Tajikistan in 1993 with a small
group of brothers. Two years they stayed there fighting the Russians in snowy, mountainous terrain
with a lack of proper weapons and ammunition.
After two years in Tajikistan, Khattab returned with his small group to Afghanistan, early in 1995. It
was at this time that the war in Chechnya had just begun and everyone was confused as to the
religious inclinations of the Chechens and the religious significance of this war.
Khattab describes his feelings when he saw the news about Chechnya on satellite television one
evening in Afghanistan:
"When I saw groups of Chechens wearing headbands with 'La ilaha illalah...' (There is no god but
Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger) written on them, and shouting takbeers (Allahu-Akbar), I
decided that there was a Jihad going on in Chechnya and I must go there."
From Afghanistan, Khattab travelled with a group of eight of his fellow Mujahideen, direct to
Chechnya, arriving there in the Spring of 1995. The next four years were to make Khattab's exploits
in Afghanistan and Tajikistan look like games in a nursery playground. According to official
Russian statistics, more Russian soldiers were killed in three years of the war in Chechnya than
were killed in the entire ten-year Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.
Khattab was joined by a few more of his fellow Mujahideen from Afghanistan and they set about
training the local Chechens in both military warfare and Islamic knowledge. They carried out a
number of daring operations against the Russians inside Chechnya (Khartashoi, 1995; Shatoi, 1996;
Yashmardy, 1996) and Russia itself (Dagestan, 1997 and now, 1999).
One of his most daring operations was the Ambush of Shatoi on 16 April 1996, in which he led a
group of 50 Mujahideen to annihilate a convoy of 50 Russian vehicles leaving Chechnya. Official
Russian military sources said that 223 Russian soldiers were killed (including 26 senior officers)
and every single vehicle was destroyed. This operation led to the sacking of two or three senior
Russian Generals in Moscow and Boris Yeltsin announced news of the operation to the Russian
Parliament. Five of the Mujahideen were martyred in that operation. The entire operation was
filmed and clips and photographs of it can be seen at http://www.azzam.comin the Photo Library
section.
A few months after that, his group carried out a raid on a Russian Army barracks, destroying
Russian helicopter gunships with AT-3 Sagger wire-guided anti-tank missiles. Again, this entire

operation, including the destruction of the helicopters was filmed.

A group of his fighters also participated in the famous Grozny offensive of August 1996, led by
Shamil Basayev.
He also came to the scene on 22 December 1997, in which he led a group of 100 Chechen and
Foreign Mujahideen 100km inside Russian territory and attacked the headquarters of the 136
Motorised Rifle Brigade of the Russian Army. 300 Russian vehicles were destroyed and scores of
Russian troops were killed. Two Mujahideen were killed in this operation, including one of
Khattab's senior most commanders from Afghanistan, Commander Abu Bakr Aqeedah.
After the withdrawal of the Russian troops from Chechnya in the Autumn of 1996, Khattab was
proclaimed a national hero in Chechnya. He was presented with a medal of courage and bravery by
the Chechen Government and assigned an official rank of General, in a ceremony attended by
Shamil Basayev and Salman Raduyev, the most brilliant commanders of the Chechen war. Before
General Jawhar Dudayev was killed, he held Khattab in the utmost respect. This was a respect
earned by his actions, not by his words.
Khattab believes in the Jihad of media. He was once reported as saying: "Allah orders us to fight
the disbelievers as they fight us. They fight us with media and propaganda, so we should also fight
them with our media." For this reason, he is insistent on filming each and every one of his
operations. It is said that he possesses a library of hundreds of video cassettes from Afghanistan,
Tajikistan and Chechnya. He believes that words alone are not enough to answer false claims of the
enemy's media: video footage must answer those claims. He has also taken extensive video footage
of the destruction of the Russian forces in the recent Dagestan operation, August 1999, which shows
hundreds of Russian dead, several times more than the 'official' Russian figure of 40 soldiers killed.
This video can be found in the Jihad in Chechnya section of Azzam Publications's web-site.
Khattab has been likened by many Muslims as the 'Khalid bin Waleed of our times'. He firmly
believes that his death will only come at the time written and appointed by Allah, not a minute
earlier and not a minute later. He has escaped death and assassination attempts on many occasions,
the closest of which was when he was driving a four tonne Russian truck, which was bombed by the
Russians. The truck was blown to pieces as was his passenger, but Khattab survived without a
scratch.
He is intelligent, brave and has a strong personality. He is well-liked by his soldiers, but known as
someone you cannot play games with. He regularly checks upon his soldiers, solving any personal
problems they have and giving them money from his own pocket to go and spend in the shops. He
has a team of highly-trained and experienced commanders, each one of whom is capable of taking
over his role were he to be killed.
In an advice to the Muslims around the world, he once said:
"The main thing that prevents all of us from coming to Jihad is our families. All of us who came
here, came without our family's permission. If we had listened to our families and gone back home,
who would carry on this work that we are doing? Every time I telephone my mother, even now she
asks me to come home, even though I have not seen her for the last 12 years. If I was to go back to
visit my mother, who would continue this work?"
Khattab's ambition is to carry on fighting the Russians until they leave every piece of Muslim land,
from the Caucasus to the Central Asian Republics. He once said:"We know the Russians and we
know their tactics. We know their weak points; and that is why it is easier for us to fight them than
to fight other armies."
False media propaganda has accused Khattab of carrying out terrorist acts around the world.
Anyone who has read this article with an unbiased mind will know that Khattab's nature is to
confront the enemy face to face. And if fighting soldiers and armies who destroy your peoples'
lives, turn your women into widows and your children into orphans, amounts to terrorism, then let

history bear witness that Khattab is a terrorist.

In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Twenty years on, there is no Soviet Union, and
what remains of it is being invaded by the Mujahideen forces created as a result of that invasion,
which was perhaps the biggest mistake ever made by a Government in the 20th Century.
"A small group. They are the ones who carry ambitions for the Muslim Ummah. And an even
smaller group from this small group. They are the ones who sacrifice their personal worldly
interests in order to act upon those ambitions. And an even smaller group from this elite. They are
the ones who sacrifice their souls and their blood in order to bring victory to these ambitions and
convictions. So, they are a small group within a small group within a small group." [Shaheed Dr
Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, assassinated 1989]
Azzam Publications, August 1999
LINKS:
1) Azzam Publications. Photographs, video clips and information about Khattab's operations inside
Chechnya. Home Page: http://www.azzam.com
2) Zionist Freeman Center for Strategic Studies. Article about Mujahideen in Chechnya by Yossef
Bodansky, refuted by Azzam Publications. http://freeman.io.co...ky/chechnya.htm
Moderator
YaNabi Team
If you want to understand the Qur'an you go to Ahlul Bayt, if you want to understand Ahlul Bayt
you go to the Qur'an.
Exclusive Interview with Khattab
Question 1: Some people are of the opinion that you are terrorists and rebels, whilst
others are of the opinion that you are standing up for an Islamic and humanitarian
cause. What is your reply to that?
Answer 1: These opinions and labels do not concern us one little bit. We are fully
aware of our obligation and our target. We are faced with an Islamic obligation
before a humanitarian concern and this obligation is to come to the support of our
Muslim brothers in every place, in person and with wealth, as Allah (SWT) said:
"And if they ask you for assistance in the religion, then you must go to their aid?"
[Quran 8:72].
Question 2: What do you think about the rumours that the Chechen fighters and
their helpers are on one side and the Chechen people on another? And why are the
Chechen people looking to the Russians and the outside world to help them from
this calamity?
Answer 2: Praise be to Allah that the majority are certain of the victory from Allah
and yearning for martyrdom in the Path of Allah. The Caucasian people are fully
aware of who the Russian forces are and who the Russian people are. As for the
ordinary people, there is no doubt that they do not want war. They are either looking
towards the Russians being enemies who hate them and have destroyed their
houses and killed their children. Or they are looking to the West to come to their aid.
Question 3: What is your opinion about the Russian Army? What about the Russian
soldier on the battlefield?
Answer 3: Perhaps this question should be asked to the Russian prisoners who

surrendered themselves to us. They are present with us now and they will tell to you
that the soldiers are in a very bad state and about the rough dealings of the Russian
officers towards them. It is a fact that any army that fights without a target and
without an ideology or belief, they will have nothing to fight for.
Question 4: How do you perceive the state of the Western and Muslim countries?
Answer 4: As for the Western countries, they do not act except when it is in their
interests and neither do they condemn the Russians much during their oppression
of the Muslims. The previous affairs of the Muslims (Bosnia, Kosova, etc.) bear
witness to that. As for the Muslim countries, especially the Arab countries, then I am
sorry to say that their stance is nothing except fighting against those Muslims who
stood by their Muslim brothers in the previous calamities to befall the Muslims.
Question 5: What is the current situation from a military point of view? What is the
reality of the Chechens giving up their land? And what do you think the final
outcome will be?
Answer 5: The Russian forces are entering the Chechen Republic from three
principal directions: West, East and North. The Russian forces have used a new
strategy in their encirclement of several principal towns before they enter them. As
for our expectations, then it is possible for the Russians to enter Chechnya but it is
impossible for them to remain there. The end of Russian will be in the land of the
Caucasus, with the Permission of Allah.
Question 6: Do you need any support? What support in particular do you need?
Answer 6: The Chechen Republic has been surrounded from all sides. However, the
Russian Army is prepared to sell everything for a price. As for previous affairs of the
Muslims, one would always find Islamic charities and organisations present. I am
sorry to say that there is not a SINGLE Islamic charity or organisation active inside
Chechnya at present. Only the Red Cross is present in the Chechen towns and
cities. Therefore, we advise the Muslims and the Muslim countries to take a sincere
stand with the Mujahideen in the land of the Caucasus.
The Muslim and Arab world is under the grip and influence of the deceiving and
lying Western media. Therefore the Muslims are under the impression that the
situation is that of an internal Russian affair. The situation demands that the sincere
Muslims in the Muslim World stand by their Mujahideen brothers in the land of the
Caucasus. Previously, the Muslim World, in particular the Arab countries, were not
able to help the Mujahideen in the land of the Caucasus due to the difficulties in
finding out the reality of the situation. As for now, however, the Muslim World and
others besides them know full well what is happening in the land of the Caucasus.
Question 7: Has the cutting off of gas and electricity had an effect on the sick,
wounded, children and women?
Answer 7: There is no doubt that this has affected the children and the women.
However, Praise be to Allah that the land of Chechnya is a land rich in oil and
mineral resources. I say that the Russians did not cut off electricity and gas in the
1994-96 war. This is evidence that the Russian Government wishes to obliterate all
the Chechens as a race and not only the Mujahideen as they are claiming in the
media.
Question 8: Do you have a last word or an appeal, and to whom do you direct this?
Answer 8: I direct this appeal to the Muslim World and in particular, the scholars
and the generous Muslims.

"I say that the Caucasian people are honest in their religion and their return to Allah
(SWT). The Western World is supporting Russia to wage war against the Muslims
once again, even if they are claiming the opposite to that. The offensives that the
Russian forces undertook (such as in Dagestan) were against towns that
announced the implementation of the Islamic Shariah. Indeed this is Christian war
and crusade against Islam and its people and it is an obligation upon the Muslims,
especially the great scholars, to support their Mujahideen brothers in the land of the
Caucasus."
And Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds
Moderator
YaNabi Team
If you want to understand the Qur'an you go to Ahlul Bayt, if you want to understand Ahlul Bayt
you go to the Qur'an.
Shaykh Sayyid Muhammad bin Yahya Al-Ninowy Al Husayni
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Question 1) What is the accurate number of casualties on both the Russian side and the Mujahideen
side, during the Dagestan operations in the months of August and September 1999? Please give
some background to the Jihad in Dagestan.
Question 2) What is the reality of the Russian bombing campaign against Chechen civilians?
Question 3) Everyone is accusing you and Shamil Basayev of masterminding the explosions in
Moscow. What do you have to say about this?
Question 4) Rumours are circulating that you have received $25 million from Usama Bin Laden. Is
this true?
Question 5) What are the difficulties that have made by neighbouring countries to Mujahideen
supply routes?
Question 6) What message do you have to say to the Muslim world, especially in the West?
Question 1) What is the accurate number of casualties on both the Russian side and the
Mujahideen side, during the Dagestan operations in the months of August and September
1999? Please give some background to the Jihad in Dagestan.
Answer 1) The Jihad in Dagestan started after the invasions of the Russian forces into some
Muslim cities in Dagestan where the Shariah was implemented. These cities broke apart from the
authority of the Dagestani Government back in 1998. The names of these cities are Karamakhe,
Shabanmakhe and some cities in the Soumada region. It is well known from the history of the
Caucasus region, that Chechens and Dagestanis are the same people, with the same Iman, having
the same history, who have been living together and fighting together against their main enemy:
Communist Russia.
In the last few weeks before the Jihad In Dagestan, the Russian Government strengthened their
special police force (it is like a military police force, trained and heavily armed) in order to fight
against the Muslims in the Caucasus region, especially those who were returning to their Deen and
to the implementation of the Shariah, as in Karamakhe, Shabanmakhe and in other Dagestan region
such as Soumada, Gimkhe...etc. This Dagestani military police started surrounding and putting
checkpoints in these cities and regions. On top of that the Dagestani Government made an official

request Russia to send Russian troops to help them in surrounding these cities and regions. Russian
forces thus moved into these areas. Then, the Mujahideen from the Caucasus, especially the
Dagestani Mujahideen, requested the Dagestani Government, using all legal and official means to
stop this situation. Nobody listened to their calls. On the contrary, the Dagestani and the Russian
government decided not only to place checkpoints and surround these towns but also began
bombing with heavy artillery and air strikes. That is exactly what the Russian Army did.
Weeks after the bombing, the Mujahideen gathered and decided to divert the attention of the
Russian forces who were located in those regions, under the general leadership of Shamil Basayev,
who is the overall commander in the battle field; I being the Military commander of the operations.
After some planning, we entered the Botlikh region of Dagestan, confronting the Russian forces in a
severe battle.
Russian and Mujahideen casualties in the region of Botlikh (Dagestan)

The Russian forces suffered many losses at the hands of the Mujahideen. We destroyed 5-7
helicopter gunships, two planes. We damaged more than 18 Army vehicles (BMP, BTRs, etc....). We
killed, with the help of Allah, more than 400 soldiers and injured a tremendous amount of Russian
soldiers. We destroyed a helicopter in which there were three senior Russian generals, and many
high-ranking officers from the Russian Air Force. Most of these casualties were filmed by Russian
television. These facts are not hidden by the Russian media and Government. Despite these huge
Russian losses, the Russian forces were unable to take even a single metre from Mujahideen
territory. Due to sustained heavy bombing and continuous air strikes by the disbelievers against the
Mujahideen, permanent reinforcement of ground soldiers with army vehicles and a lack of
Mujahideen ammunition and supplies, we decided to withdraw from those areas in the Botlikh
region.
We suffered very light losses. Some of our vehicles were too damaged to be brought back. 38
brothers were shaheed, may Allah accept them among the martyrs. About 25 brothers received light
injuries, 15 received injuries that need a bit of time to recover from. In those operations, the Vice
Military Commander, Hakeem Al-Madani, was martyred as well as Sheikh Abu Musab (Arabian
Peninsula).
The Russian forces used all kind of weapons against the Mujahideen, ranging from air strikes, tank
shells, heavy artillery and Napalm bombs to mortar, military vehicles and so on. They virtually
flattened all towns that were occupied by the Mujahideen. The inhabitants of these towns fled their
homes due to the daily bombing by the disbelievers.
Once more Karamakhe (Dagestan) was besieged by the Russian forces. After 19 days in Dagestan
we withdrew, realising that to actually stay in Dagestan on a permanent basis and confront the
Russian Army, which is the biggest army in the world, is virtually impossible, except by the Will of
Allah. The kind of strategy more appropriate to the Mujahideen is to strike and move, hit army
convoys, attack army bases and command posts etc... just like in the Chechen Jihad. Three Days
after we left Dagestan, the Russian forces besieged Karamakhe once more. Karamakhe was one of
the towns in Dagestan that was implementing the Shariah. This town and its inhabitants never got
involved in any Dagestani internal affair or any fight against the Dagestani military police forces. At
12 o'clock midnight, the Russian Army launched an unprovoked bombing campaign against
Karamakhe. Once more the Mujahideen and Muslims of the region made official requests to the
Dagestani Government to stop these bombings. No-one listened to them. Therefore, it was our duty
to go and help our Muslim brothers once more in Dagestan against the Satanic forces, as we did
previously in the Botlikh region.
Jihad in Nolak (Novaloskye) region of Dagestan
We entered into the Nolak region of Dagestan, once more facing the Russian Army and forcing
them into a terrible fight. The Russian forces suffered many losses. We destroyed more than 30
Army vehicles and we took about 15 Army vehicles as war booty, some of them being too damaged

to be brought back to base. Altogether, 50 Army vehicles were either destroyed, damaged or taken
back as war booty. We also damaged several Russia helicopter gunships. There was fighting inside
Dagestan (Karamakhe) as well as at the border (Botlikh and Nolak). The battles in Karamakhe
proves very well that the Jihad in Dagestan is not a matter of Non-Dagestani Mujahideen who want
to fight inside Dagestan. In Karamakhe, there are no Chechens or foreigners. This proves that the
Jihad in Dagestan is a clear war between the Russian forces and Mujahideen: forces of Satan versus
Allah's soldiers in the Caucasus.

Russian and Mujahideen casualties in Nolak region (Dagestan)

In the Nolak battles against the Russian army, about 30 army vehicles were destroyed. If you
calculate that there are at least five soldiers in each army vehicle, that means that at least 150
Russians were killed in those vehicles. In one operation, the Russian Air Force was shooting at their
own soldiers that were running away from the Mujahideen. Allah blinded the pilots. They killed
about 20 of their soldiers and injured many more. In others operations, about 30 Russians were
killed and many were seriously injured. We can say for certain that at least 200 Russian soldiers
were shot dead and that a tremendous amount of Russian soldiers were badly injured. This is only
from our side. But there were also about 600 Mujahideen fighting near Khasavyort (Nolak region),
Dagestan's second biggest town. The fighting there was also very severe. We can confidently say
that the overall Russian casualties in the Nolak region amount to several hundred dead and over a
thousand injured. From our side, in all about 60 brothers were shaheed, may Allah accept them
among the Martyrs, and about 80 were injured; the majority having light injuries. We stayed for a
week in the Nolak region, then all the Mujahideen pulled out and returned safely to their bases.
Number of Mujahideen during the Jihad in Dagestan (Botlikh and Nolak regions).
In Botlikh, the total number of Mujahideen was about 500, but in the Nolak there were about 1200
Mujahideen with about 2000 Mujahideen in reserve, waiting in Chechnya. Russian reports claiming
that there were 5000 Mujahideen of which 1000 were killed are fabrications. The truth will always
come out against falsehood, with the Help of Allah.
Question 2) What is the reality of the Russian bombing campaign against Chechen civilians?
Answer 2) The Russian forces are using two methods of bombing on Chechen villages to kill
women and children. Firstly, they are continuously bombing the Chechen villages situated at the
Dagestani border using heavy artillery. Secondly, they are using air strikes against Chechen towns
and villages all around Chechnya. By 27 September 1999, about 400 civilians had been killed and
700 injured, mainly women and children. Hundreds of people have fled the bombing areas. About
15 to 20 towns and villages have been bombed, 4 villages being completely flattened, house by
house. Until today the bombing campaign continue in many part of Chechnya, adding more civilian
casualties. May protests have been held in Grozny, some of them led by the President of Chechnya,
Aslan Mashkadov. But who is listening to these protests? This state of war is not new to the
Caucasus people in general and to the Chechen people in particular. Most of the people of the
region are used to fighting against the Communist Russia. Everybody here is ready to fight against
the oppressive Russian regime, insha-Allah.
Question 3) Everyone is accusing you and Shamil Basayev of masterminding the explosions in
Moscow. What do you have to say about this?
Answer 3) Before we talk about the explosions in Moscow, let me ask you few questions.
Firstly, where was the world media when the Dagestani military police forces and the Russian
forces besieged the towns of Karamakhe, Shabanmakhe and the Soumada region, bombing them
with air strike and heavy artillery, only because these cities were implementing the Shariah of
Allah? Those towns and regions never got involved in any Dagestani internal affair, nor had any

trouble with the Dagestani or the Russian Governments.

Secondly, how come the world media kept quiet when more than 500 women and about 1000
children were prevented from leaving those towns during the heavy bombing of those places? Many
got killed and injured during the Russian bombing of those towns.
Thirdly, why does all the world refuse to stand up and condemn the daily bombing of Chechen
villages? The casualties until now have reached over 400 killed and 700 injured, with several
thousand fleeing their homes. 15 to 20 villages and towns are either completely destroyed or
partially damaged.
Finally, why does the world and the UN refuse to put pressure on the Russian Government to
implement the accord signed between Russia and Chechnya after the war in Chechnya, in 1996?
Why is Grozny Airport not open to international traffic? Why are the Chechen borders still closed?
Why is Russia is making an embargo to Chechen trade and supply. We as Muslims and Mujahideen
are fighting only against the disbelieving soldiers. It is not permissible for us to kill women and
children. This is part of our religion. Those atrocities are committed by the Russian Forces on
Chechen civilians because they are not able to defeat the Mujahideen on the battlefield, although
they possess the biggest army in the world.
The Martyred Commander, Ibn al-Khattab's Nice Concise Advices, found in his will,
which was released today by his brother Maaher.
1) Do not make the one who does not befriend you, an enemy to you.
2) Do not involve yourself in peoples personal matters, except to better them.
3) Fighting is [only] with the clear kufr.
4) Jihaad cannot be established anywhere, except if its people adopt it [as a way].
5) Always consult the noble scholars, and the people of widsom, and the people of experience,
and avoid personal ijtihaad before any action.
6) Read about your enemy, and do not underestimate him, and always examine his reaction,
firstly.
7) Use the principle of suprising [the enemy], and take advantage of his weaknesses.
8) Seek help from the people of power, then your friends; after making reasonable
preparation.
9) Avoid partisanship, and sectarianism, and follow the sunnah and leave alone extremism and
work to give victory to this deen.