Muhannad

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Muhannad
(Arabic: مهند)
Predecessor Abu Hafs al-Urduni

Muhannad (مهند), also known as Abu Anas (ابو أنس), Turkish transliteration Ebu Enes, is a Mujahid Amir (commander) fighting in Chechnya. After the death of Abu Hafs al-Urduni on November 26, 2006, he assumed leadership of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya,[1] the battalion of Mujahideen created by Khattab.

Muhannad is reported to be from the Arabian/Persian Gulf region and aged in his thirties.[2] The Russian Interior Ministry reported his full name as Khaled Yusef Muhammad al-Emitat [3] which might indicate that he's from the United Arab Emirates, but it's unsure if this is true.

Contents

[edit] Militant activity

According to the London based Arabic daily Asharq Al-Awsat, during Second Chechen War Muhannad followed the first commander of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya, Ibn Al-Khattab, who was killed in April 2002.[1]

On June 7, 2007, KavkazCenter reported that Muhannad is the current Deputy Military Commander of the Chechen separatist forces.[4] On July 19, 2007, Muhannad was confirmed to be first deputy commander to Magomet 'Magas' Yevloyev of the Chechen separtist forces.[5]

In February 2008 He was reportedly killed by officers of the Russian Interior Ministry during a search operation near the village of Arshty in Ingushetia. Interfax refuted Muhannad's death the same day, saying it was a different militant [6] Dokka Umarov later appeared on video with Muhannad to refute statements of his death, calling them lies and propaganda.[7]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ KavkazCenter; Commander Muhannad Assumes the Leadership of Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya
  2. ^ http://siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications234006&Category=publications&Subcategory=0 SITE Institute; The Commander Muhannad Assumes the Leadership of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya Following the Death of Abu Hafs al-Urduni
  3. ^ Successor of militant Abu Khavs killed in North Caucasus - InteriorMinistry
  4. ^ KavkazCenter; New clashes in Chechnya
  5. ^ The Jamestown Foundation's Chechnya Weekly: Magas: Shamil Basaev’s Ingush Successor
  6. ^ ВИЛАЙЯТ Г1АЛГ1АЙЧЕ. Близ Аршты погиб моджахед
  7. ^ Amir Abu Uthman: Refuting Lies of Kuffar About Muhannad

[edit] External links


v • d • e
Russian-Chechen Conflict
Main events Specific articles Federals Separatists

Wars

Notable battles

Other

Second Chechen War

Combatants:

Key leaders :

Combatants:

Key leaders:


This Middle Eastern biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Languages