Shamil Salmanovich Basayev was a Vice-President of the internationally unrecognized separatist government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Islamist guerrilla leader, self-admitted terrorist and a national hero for many Chechens. He led guerrilla campaigns against Russia for years as well as launching several mass-casualty attacks against Russian civilians with his goal being the withdrawal of Russian soldiers from Chechnya. Wikipedia
... mass-media nicknamed as "Basayev's shot-firer", might be behind the bus explosion in city of Togliatti, Samara Province of Russia. ... EVENTS U.S. lack cannon fodder [1.11.... www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Shamil Basayev. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamil_Basayev
Despite the tough living conditions, Basayev aims to end what he calls "the genocide of the Chechen people" by Russia. abcnews.go.com/Nightline/International/story?id=990187&pa...
Investigation began yesterday of the body thought to be that of terrorist Shamil Basaev, killed Monday in Ingushetia. Part of the terrorist's skull has been sent to a special laboratory. Experts at a forensic morgue in Vladikavkaz are working on his torso kommersant.com/page.asp?id=689415
PRAGUE, June 28, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Chechen Republic Ichkeria President and resistance commander Doku Umarov named Shamil Basayev on June 27 as his vice president and as government chairman, chechenpress.org reported. rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/06/1268E721-8E8C-4A17-AA1D...
..., the Military Amir Abdallah Shamil Abu-Idris (AKA Shamil Basayev) has officially thanked the Iraqi Mujahideen for elimination of a group of Russian diplomats the spies in Bagdad, the Kavkaz Center has learned. In ... www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2006/07/10/4938.shtml
