Khattab was buried like a dog. How the terrorist of the Khattab was poisoned How the Khattab was killed

Special services reported details of the operation to destroy Khattab

The organizer of the explosions of residential buildings in Moscow, field commander Khattab, was destroyed in Chechnya on March 19, 2002. His elimination was probably the most successful special operation since the assassination of Dzhokhar Dudayev during the first Chechen war. Kommersant's correspondents managed to find out some details of how the Chekists dealt with the Black Arab. In any case, the version proposed by the intelligence officers looks very plausible.

The Russian special services began to hunt for Khattab back in 1996, after in April of that year he and a small group destroyed from an ambush a column of the 245th motorized rifle regiment near the village of Yarysh-Mardy in the Argun gorge. Then 53 soldiers were killed and 52 were injured. However, the Black Arab, sentenced to death by the Ministry of Defense and the FSB, like Allah was on the shore, somehow managed to avoid ambushes set up by special forces and even missiles that the federals aimed at his satellite phone in an incredible way.

Khattab also survived after being seriously wounded in 1999, when his and Shamil Basayev's detachments entered Dagestan. The end in the biography of the terrorist, who received the nickname Hairy from the operatives (they call Maskhadov Ushasty, and Basayev - Khromy), the leadership of the Russian special services decided to put in the autumn of the same year - even then it turned out that the explosions of residential buildings in Moscow, Volgodonsk and Buinaksk were organized and funded Black Arab.

Along with the first troops to enter Chechnya, there were fighters of the famous special groups "Alpha" and "Vympel" of the FSB anti-terrorist center, special forces of the GRU and the "Vityaz" detachment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, before whom the command set a specific task: to find, capture or destroy the leaders of the resistance. One of the first numbers on this list was Khattab.

The commandos say that several times a terrorist field commander literally escaped their hands. The FSB managed to recruit a person who was part of the Khattab detachment. The secret service learned from him that the Black Arab had surrounded himself with a triple ring of guards. And the Arabs from his inner circle do not allow anyone to approach Khattab himself. Even some of the warlords with whom he fought during the first Chechen campaign.

Nevertheless, a militant agent once managed to smuggle an electronic "beacon" into the Khattab camp located in the Nozhai-Yurt district, with the help of which it was possible to quite accurately determine the whereabouts of the field commander. But the already scheduled operation to capture the Black Arab failed for purely technical reasons: the device's batteries lasted only half an hour of work, and during this time the special forces search group, which was in the mountains, simply did not manage to get to the desired point. Having made several more attempts to capture Khattab, which failed, the FSB decided to use the experience of 30-40 years, when the Soviet special services actively used poisons to eliminate people they disliked. The poison, however, was replaced with the most modern poisonous substance. He processed a letter sent from Saudi Arabia to Khattab and intercepted by FSB agents. Any contact with the message was fatal, and the effect of the poison increased significantly from time to time. The entire chain through which the letter was then sent to the addressee was doomed. The only difference is that the recipient who opened the message will die immediately, and the rest will die after a while.

Kommersant's sources claim that the letter killed not only the Black Arab, but at least ten people and couriers close to him. One of the couriers, the Dagestani Wahhabite Magomedali Magomedov, as Kommersant has already reported (see the issue of May 25 of this year), was sorted out by the Chechens themselves, who were conducting their own investigation into the death of the field commander. But as it turns out now, the Russian special services used Magomedov and other intermediaries in the dark - they did not know that the letter had been poisoned and that they themselves had already received a lethal dose of poison.

Having understood the lethal force of the letter, the Chechens, according to Kommersant's sources, decided to use it in the fight against the federals themselves. By order of Shamil Basayev, the message sealed in polyethylene was thrown into a cache with weapons near the village of Gorny Alleroy, Nozhai-Yurtovsky district, information about which the militants, through acquaintances of Chechen police officers, reported to the federal forces. Schron was discovered by army intelligence - the sergeant who found and examined the letter, and the commander of the battalion in which he served, were killed. And while the army authorities were looking into the circumstances of their death, the letter was sent to the FSB as a possible source of information about the militants, which is most important for the federals. How many more people could have ruined this message is anyone's guess. But just at that time an FSB specialist was on a business trip in Chechnya, who participated in the development of the liquidation of Khattab. Before being sent to Russia, they brought him a letter. They say that as soon as he saw the familiar envelope, the officer grabbed the special communications receiver and began to call for an ambulance helicopter. The poisoner was saved - he became disabled. The letter that killed Khattab and many other people was destroyed.

Dossier on Khattab
Khattab (Khabib Abdul Rahman), aka Black Arab, aka Ahmed One-armed, aka Emir ibn Al Khattab

Origin

Date of Birth
Several options: 1963 or 1965 or 1970
Place of Birth
According to some sources - Saudi Arabia, according to others, Jordan (although Jordan assures that the terrorist Khattab has nothing to do with it)

Education

In 1987 he graduated from high school and was already admitted to one of the American colleges, but went on vacation to Afghanistan. There he met with bin Laden and became imbued with the ideas of jihad.
Graduated from the Military Academy in Amman (Vremya MN)
Family status
He is married to a Darginka from the Dagestan village of Karamakhi. Has a daughter.
The main stages of the biography
He served in the "Circassian Guard of King Hussein".

Fanatical adherent of Wahhabism.

Expert in explosives and all types of light weapons, as well as sabotage operations. Has experience in military and terrorist activities since 1982.

He fought in Afghanistan, Iraq, Tajikistan, according to some sources he was involved in terrorist attacks in Israel.

1992-1993 - fought as part of the Arab commandos.

In 1993, in the battles for Kabul, Khattab was seriously wounded.

1993 -1995 - headed the "special unit" in Tajikistan.

In Tajikistan, from a grenade explosion, he lost several fingers, for which he received the nickname Akhmed One-armed.

1994 - 1995 began to form two groups of commandos, mainly Egyptians and Saudis, for the Chechen war.

He arrived in Chechnya in 1994 as part of a group of militants who arrived in Russia from the Middle East.

In April 1996, he organized an ambush and shot a caravan of federal troops near the village of Shatoi.

At the end of 1997, he attacked a part of the 136th motorized rifle brigade in the city of Buinaksk (this action served as a kind of test of strength before future aggression in Dagestan).

After the first Chechen war, he announced that he would continue the jihad until the complete victory over the infidels.

He created a network of specialized terrorist training camps in the mountainous regions of Chechnya. The main base was located in the area of ​​the village of Serzhen-Yurt.

In mid-1998, he found a "common language" with Basayev on the basis of a joint dream - the creation of an Islamic imamate in the entire North Caucasus (before that their relations were very strained).

In September 1999, together with Basayev's militants, Khattab's “fighters” invaded the territory of Dagestan.

In January 2000, he told Reuters that the militants would not only not stop resisting, but were also ready to sabotage Russian territory.

In March, he set up an ambush near Zhani-Vedeno (according to various sources, from 25 to 40 riot policemen died).

In December 2000, Khattab announced on Arab Al-Jazeera television that he would help the Palestinian people.

In February 2001, according to the FSB, he took part in the kidnapping of American Kenneth Gluck.

According to the Prosecutor General's Office, Khattab is the customer of the terrorist attacks committed on March 24, 2001 in Minvody, Yessentuki and Cherkessk.

Additional Information

Height is average. One of the hands is missing the index and middle fingers. He speaks Russian with an accent ... Khattab has ancestral roots in Chechnya. 9 years ago he went to fight in Afghanistan. Then - to Tajikistan. Everywhere he created mobile terrorist groups of 100-150 people ... Emir Khattab is an implacable enemy of Russia. Mine warfare professional. Very religious. In total, Khattab has been fighting for about 15 years. In Afghanistan - against the USSR. In Iraq - against NATO and Israel. In Chechnya - against Russia. ("Rossiyskaya Gazeta", 1999)

He dreamed of becoming a scientist, physicist or mathematician. However, instead of a prestigious university, he decided to fight the "infidels" until they were completely destroyed.

He speaks Arabic, Russian, English and Pashtun.

Khattab not only does not hide, but, on the contrary, even flaunts his pathological cruelty. He personally deals with the prisoners, killing people exclusively with cold weapons. Violating all the commandments of Islam, he more than once mocked corpses, cutting off their ears, noses, genitals, removing scalps. This is confirmed by numerous video and photographic materials. They are spreading in Russia and abroad, not only with the aim of exerting psychological pressure on Russian military personnel, but also to enrich criminal groups. ("Independent Military Review", Moscow, 1999)

"For a month you have been taught the art of sabotage, bribery, spreading rumors. Your task is" to sow mortal terror among those who sold Allah. Every hour they should feel the cold hand of death ... "From Khattab's speech to the graduates of the sabotage school in 1997. (" Star of Altai ", 1999)

On each car of the Wahhabis, Khattab ordered to install black flags - signs of the "holy war" with the infidels. In his recent speeches, he calls Dagestan the next front where Gazzavat will deploy. Khattab is a key figure in securing financial flows from Saudi Arabia and Jordan to expand the influence of the Wahhabis in the North. ("Soviet Russia", 1999)

From an interview with Khattab. “I'm a pretty poor man. And I'm not doing my job for money. Helping a fellow is the duty of every Muslim. And we, in turn, are helped by Muslims. Not necessarily entire states. Individual people. In addition, the work of our center does not require special costs. It's just that for three months we teach the brothers Islam, the use of weapons, mines, and so on. And after a three-month training course, young people undergo practical training on the territory of Russia - in the republics adjacent to Chechnya. More often in Dagestan. But not against his peoples, but against the Russians. The sacred duty of every Muslim is jihad. " ("Komsomolskaya Pravda", 1999)

Only President Vladimir Putin and literally a few people in the FSB of Russia know about TOM, how the international terrorist Khattab was "soaked". A complex, almost gem-quality intelligence operation to destroy the chief financier of the war in Chechnya this time ended successfully.

For the past six months, Khattab, like a beast driven into a cage, apparently felt his death and prayed fervently. He practically did not go on the air, he only received messages from especially close persons. Five or six Arabs knew about his movement and were always nearby. He did not take part in major operations, assigning himself the role of commander-in-chief.

The "Black Arab" was hiding in remote mountainous places in the south of Chechnya. For this, several caves were dug by the hands of Russian prisoners of war (since the first Chechen war). To keep their whereabouts a secret, soldiers and officers were shot and buried nearby. Even a close friend, one-legged Shamil, did not know about the schedule of movement of the "one-armed" from caches to caches, places of overnight stay.

Now the militants in Chechnya have lost their main cashier. All financial flows going to Chechnya went through his hands. In two Chechen wars, on the blood of a soldier, he became a multimillionaire. Some crumbs from the lord's table fell to other mercenaries.

To fight the infidels, Khattab drew up a firm estimate: the murder of a Russian soldier - $ 100, an officer - 300, an exploded truck - 800, a burnt armored personnel carrier - 1500. At a special price, helicopters are the main workers of the war. For the downed military transport Mi-8, they paid from 3 to 5 thousand dollars (depending on the number of passengers), the combat Mi-24 cost, even by ordinary standards, a lot of money - 10 thousand. There were fixed prices for special services, for example, for the explosions in Argun, Volgodonsk, Buinaksk, Moscow, where the bill went to tens of thousands. The money was distributed by Khattab himself. In one person, he played the role of a kind of bank of terrorism, in which the "Muslim brothers" from the Middle East, the countries of the Persian Gulf and Pakistan invested. Maskhadov was not allowed to this box office.

At one of the stages of the special operation, the Chekists got hold of a professional digital video, dated March 15, 2002, in which the "emir" is still alive. This was filmed by Khattab's personal cameraman as a report for the Muslim Brotherhood. The cassette at the address did not have time to leave: on March 19, Khattab was destroyed. A day later, the same cameraman filmed his funeral on the same tape. The location of the grave is still unknown. As a result of the operation, one more information from the special services was confirmed: Khattab was never a Jordanian. This version, apparently, was thrown into the media specifically to send the special services on the wrong track if they suddenly began to take an interest in his relatives.

In 1999, one of the militants captured in Chechnya, a native of Saudi Arabia, confirmed that he knew Khattab well as a child. "Black Arab" gave out the characteristic accent of a Saudi. Subsequently, this information was confirmed by specialists in the Arabic language.

Ordinary Chechens, who were mortally tired of the war, were openly happy when they heard about the death of the "foreigner."

Saudi terrorist Amir ibn al-Khattab was one of the leaders of the armed formations of Ichkeria and an ardent follower of the idea of ​​a holy war of Muslims, jihad. The latter he put into practice even before the war in Chechnya. The son of a Bedouin from Saudi Arabia, Khattab served Allah so faithfully that he was widely known far beyond the borders of his homeland and was considered one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world.

Khattab took part in almost all armed conflicts in which Muslims were implicated. He was fluent in various types of weapons. He not only led Chechens into battle, but also personally trained suicide bombers for secret operations. In the Russian special services he was known under the nicknames "Hairy" and "Black Arab". For his "special services" in Chechnya, Khattab became the object of close surveillance and, as a result, was eliminated.

Operation to eliminate Khattab

There was a lot of conflicting information about Khattab in the press. Rumors about his death also appeared periodically. The real facts about the elimination of the terrorist, confirmed by the FSB service, were made public only on April 11, 2002.

Russian special services began to approach the terrorist since the end of 2001. A number of successful operations were carried out to clear the territories in which units under his command were deployed. In early 2002, a secret intelligence-combat operation was carried out, which was confirmed by Defense Minister Ivanov and presidential adviser Yastrzhembsky.

Potent poison

Khattab was poisoned. For obvious reasons, the FSB does not cover how exactly this was done. According to the first version, the Russian special services intercepted a personal letter to Khattab from relatives in Saudi Arabia. The pages of the message were treated with a potent poison, after which it was transmitted to Khattab through a bribed messenger.

The recipient of the letter just opened the envelope, took a breath and died in a matter of seconds. According to the Muslim tradition, the Chechens washed the body of their commander, read prayers over it, then buried it in a secret place in one of the mountainous Chechen regions. A video of the burial ritual was filmed for the relatives.

The poison with which the letter to Khattab was processed was extremely strong. As a result of his actions, not only the terrorist himself died, but also the couriers who delivered the letter. According to rough estimates, there were at least a dozen of them.

According to the second version, the Russian special services bribed Khattab's personal chef, a Dagestani Ibragim Alauri. The terrorist trusted the latter unconditionally, which led to his death. The poison could not be added directly to the food, as this could raise suspicions on the cook. The poison was in dry rations - canned food, biscuits, chocolate - which were popular with the Chechens. Together with Khattab, everyone who dined with him then was poisoned.

Khattab suffered from the effects of the poison for several weeks, asked his comrades-in-arms to relieve him of pain and shoot him. But they all hoped that the commander would recover. Khattab died around March 19-20.

According to rumors circulating in the Joint Group of Forces in the North Caucasus, Khattab died not as a result of a special operation, but as a result of poisoning with expired stew of beef sold to the militants shortly before that by a warrant officer from a Russian food warehouse.

Maskhadov's spokesman, Mayrbek Vachagaev, did not acknowledge the fact of the murder of Khattab by the Russian FSB. He argued that the Chechen commander died due to natural causes, old battle wounds. Khattab would not have faked his own death and hid from persecution. Jihad was the meaning of his life, for which the "Black Arab" was ready to lay down his head.

Saudi terrorist Amir ibn al-Khattab was one of the leaders of the armed formations of Ichkeria and an ardent follower of the idea of ​​a holy war of Muslims, jihad. The latter he put into practice even before the war in Chechnya. The son of a Bedouin from Saudi Arabia, Khattab served Allah so faithfully that he was widely known far beyond the borders of his homeland and was considered one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world.

Khattab took part in almost all armed conflicts in which Muslims were implicated. He was fluent in various types of weapons. He not only led Chechens into battle, but also personally trained suicide bombers for secret operations. In the Russian special services he was known under the nicknames "Hairy" and "Black Arab". For his "special services" in Chechnya, Khattab became the object of close surveillance and, as a result, was eliminated.

Operation to eliminate Khattab

There was a lot of conflicting information about Khattab in the press. Rumors about his death also appeared periodically. The real facts about the elimination of the terrorist, confirmed by the FSB service, were made public only on April 11, 2002.

Russian special services began to approach the terrorist since the end of 2001. A number of successful operations were carried out to clear the territories in which units under his command were deployed. In early 2002, a secret intelligence-combat operation was carried out, which was confirmed by Defense Minister Ivanov and presidential adviser Yastrzhembsky.

Potent poison

Khattab was poisoned. For obvious reasons, the FSB does not cover how exactly this was done. According to the first version, the Russian special services intercepted a personal letter to Khattab from relatives in Saudi Arabia. The pages of the message were treated with a potent poison, after which it was transmitted to Khattab through a bribed messenger.

The recipient of the letter just opened the envelope, took a breath and died in a matter of seconds. According to the Muslim tradition, the Chechens washed the body of their commander, read prayers over it, then buried it in a secret place in one of the mountainous Chechen regions. A video of the burial ritual was filmed for the relatives.

The poison with which the letter to Khattab was processed was extremely strong. As a result of his actions, not only the terrorist himself died, but also the couriers who delivered the letter. According to rough estimates, there were at least a dozen of them.

According to the second version, the Russian special services bribed Khattab's personal chef, a Dagestani Ibragim Alauri. The terrorist trusted the latter unconditionally, which led to his death. The poison could not be added directly to the food, as this could raise suspicions on the cook. The poison was in dry rations - canned food, biscuits, chocolate - which were popular with the Chechens. Together with Khattab, everyone who dined with him then was poisoned.

Khattab suffered from the effects of the poison for several weeks, asked his comrades-in-arms to relieve him of pain and shoot him. But they all hoped that the commander would recover. Khattab died around March 19-20.

According to rumors circulating in the Joint Group of Forces in the North Caucasus, Khattab died not as a result of a special operation, but as a result of poisoning with expired stew of beef sold to the militants shortly before that by a warrant officer from a Russian food warehouse.

Maskhadov's spokesman, Mayrbek Vachagaev, did not acknowledge the fact of the murder of Khattab by the Russian FSB. He argued that the Chechen commander died due to natural causes, old battle wounds. Khattab would not have faked his own death and hid from persecution. Jihad was the meaning of his life, for which the "Black Arab" was ready to lay down his head.