Abu l-Walid
Abu l-Walid al-Ghamidi ( Arabic أبو الوليد الغامدي, DMG Abū l-Walīd al-Ġāmidī orعبد العزيز بن عمر, DMG ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿUmar ; Russian Абу аль-Валид аль-Гамиди Abu al-Walid al-Gamidi ; * 1967 in Saudi Arabia ; † April 16, 2004 in Chechnya ) was a Chechen general.
Born in Saudi Arabia, he acted as his successor and leader of the Islamist separatist movement against the Russian armed forces in Chechnya after the death of Ibn al-Khattab . He was seen as the financial linchpin between the Chechen rebels and donors from the Middle East.
In the summer of 1999, Abu I-Walid participated in the drafting of plans of attack for the Dagestan War and initiated the explosions in Moscow and Volgodonsk. The Russian General Prosecutor's Office declared him and Ibn Al-Khattab to be the main masterminds behind these acts of terrorism. In April he led the attack on the convoy of the 51st Airborne Regiment of the 106th Russian Airborne Division, in which 16 Russian soldiers were killed.
literature
- Anna Politkovskaja : Chechnya. The truth about the war . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt / M. 2008, ISBN 978-3-596-17929-9 .
- Tanja Wagensohn : War in Chechnya . Hanns Seidel Foundation, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-88795-206-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Как ликвидировали Абу аль-Валида (подробности спецоперации ГРУ). In: Pravda.ru. April 19, 2004, accessed January 10, 2020 (Russian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abu l-Walid |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abu l-Walid al-Ghamidi, Abu al-Walid; Abd al-Aziz ibn Umar; أبو الوليد الغامدي (Arabic); عبد العزيز بن عمر (Arabic); Абу аль-Валид аль-Гамиди (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chechen resistance fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saudi Arabia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 2004 |
| Place of death | Chechnya |