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A Profile of Mahmud Mansur Nidal: The Alleged Dagestani Connection to Boston Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev
May 3, 2013
In connection with the tragic events in Boston, some Western journalists have started pursuing sensational angles to the story concerning the purported ties between the alleged elder Boston Marathon bomber, Tamerlan Tsnarnaev,...
Analyzing the Role of the Top LeT Ideologue: A Profile of Amir Hamza
June 30, 2012
Maulana Amir Hamza is one of the most important leaders of the Pakistan-based Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) terrorist group after its emir Hafiz Mohammad Saeed. He is a fiery speaker and a prolific writer. These two skills enabled him to...
A Profile of Tarkhan Gaziev: The Third Man in Chechnya’s Rebel Troika
May 31, 2011
Tarkhan Gaziev is one of the most notable field commanders in Chechya’s interminable rebellion against the Russian state. At various times during the second military campaign since 1999, he held a number of top military positions...
Amir Muhannad: The Last of Chechnya’s Arab Volunteers
April 29, 2011
The late Amir Muhannad, the North Caucasus’ recently killed Arab militant leader, hailed from the Medina area in Saudi Arabia’s western Hejaz region. Muhannad, born in 1969, was reportedly shot to death in a clash with security...
A Portrait of Chechen Rebel Commander Hussein Gakaev
January 31, 2011
Background Hussein Vakhaevich Gakaev (a.k.a. Amir Mansur) was born on July 8, 1970, in the village of Kalinovskaya of the Naur district of the Chechen Republic bordering Mozdok, North Ossetia. His identification card states that...
A Profile of Chechen Militant Commander Aslambek Vadalov: The Rising Star of Chechnya’s Separatist Movement
December 22, 2010
Chechen rebel commander Aslambek Vadalov, better known as Amir Aslambek, who was briefly named as the leader of the North Caucasus rebels this past summer, is becoming a rising star of the Chechen separatist movement due to his...
The Gubden Wolf: A Profile of Dagestan’s Late Magomedali Vagabov
August 27, 2010
Since the end of 2009, reports coming from the republic of Dagestan in Russia’s North Caucasus region have mentioned the name of the Gubden-based rebels’ leader, Magomedali Vagabov, more often than ever before. ...
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