The assassination of Yandarbiyev, for which Russian Intelligence agents were accused, was brought to Qatari courts. Still, these assassinations failed to end the resistance in Chechnya, which is continuing in different places and at different times. External funding was one of the most important mainstays that the Salafi-Jihadists used to recruit fighters.
Yet the killing of Abu Al-Walid and the policy of assassinations are not expected to have any great implications on the Chechen resistance as a whole, especially the nationalist movement fighting the Russian troops in separation from the Salafi-Jihadists. This continues to make radicalism and resistance, in any form, the alternative for many young Chechens who have lived in war and destruction from It is also noteworthy that the policy of assassinations has failed to put an end to the Chechen resistance in general, because even if the Salafi-Jihadist strain of resistance would be killed along with its leader, the Chechen resistance will persist since it is not part of the Salafi-Jihadist way.
If anything, the resistance is likely to become more localized and uncontrollable following the assassination campaign of its leaders. Op-ed S. The National Interest , July 9, Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell and S. Analysis Svante E. Prelin, a retired KGB colonel who worked for nearly 40 years in Soviet foreign intelligence. Russian history is rife with episodes of poisoning.
Ivan the Terrible is thought to have poisoned two of his wives. Rasputin was poisoned, but the mad monk who advised the imperial family of Nicholas II finally had to be shot and drowned too before he died.
In the Stalin era, the KGB had a special laboratory to produce poisons for the purpose of assassination, tested on unwitting convicts to determine which were the most effective. Perhaps the most famous case in recent times was the assassination of Georgy I.
All Sections. According to one report, it was five minutes after he opened a poisoned letter given him by a trusted aide two weeks ago. The second report says that he was given poisoned food in a private party about a month ago. The last time Samir called his family was three months ago. He had visited Saudi Arabia only twice since he decided to go to Afghanistan in Samir was an ambitious child who had dreams of owning a castle with "a garage big enough for five cars".
He also wanted all family members to live together and was concerned about the welfare of all family members and used to weep for the slightest reasons. He was loved by all. No one remembered him seeing angry. He loved jokes and used to play with children. Samir, who was born in an Arar, a northern border city in Saudi Arabia in , was a brilliant student who scored 94 percent in the secondary school examination.
Unlike other family members, he used to evince more interest in Islamic periodicals and tapes. He was very much impressed by the history of the second Caliph Umar ibn Al-Khattab may Allah be pleased with him and therefore accepted the title Khattab.
He joined a training course conducted by the Aramco. He planned to continue his studies in the United States. He used to be very kind and helpful to others. Once he found a stranger, a Sudanese expatriate, asking for a lift on the airport road. The man said his car broke down and he was afraid he may not reach the air[port in time. The man was, apparently, worried about leaving his car on the road.
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