Another proud warrior joins Karwaan e Shuhadaa - Khattab martyred

[Waqqas]

Inna lillahe wa inna ilaehe rajeoon
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Khattab’s martyrdom confirmed
2002-04-29 17:33:22


Kavkaz
29 April 2002

The Chechen resistance has confirmed the widely-reported death of the prominent guerrilla leader, Khattab.

The death of the Chechen Commander has been officially confirmed in a message relayed to Kavkaz by the Command Headquarters of the Chechen Mujahideen.

Amir Khattab was poisoned on March 19 by a letter that was brought to him by a messenger. Khattab knew the messenger who brought the letter. No mention was made about the fate of the messenger but according to some reports he is now with the Russians.

The report further said that Amir Khattab was buried in the mountain regions of Chechnya known to only a narrow circle people who were close to him.

The Command Headquarters of the Chechen Mujahideen reported that the news was kept secret for some time in order not to encounter any obstacles while burying Amir Khattab and to avoid possible defiling of his grave by the invading Russians. The report also pointed that the sub-units that Khattab was in charge of, are now headed by his assistant Amir Abu-Walid.

Kavkaz-Center Agency has also received more detailed information about a meeting between Amir Khattab and President Maskhadov, about which our agency reported earlier referring to the sources in Chechen Leadership. On April 12 an audiotape with Khattab's speech was forwarded to Shamil Basayev, where he briefed Basayev about the meeting. These clarifications were made by Shamil Basayev himself, who reported it to Kavkaz-Center Agency through a mediator.

Biography of Khattab

Amir Khattab was originally from Saudi Arabia. His father is a Saudi Arabian who belongs to one of the oldest clans of Arabia. His mother is a native of Turkey.

Khattab has many relatives. In his homeland his family is known to be respectable and quite affluent. Khattab has eight brothers. When he was 15 years old, his family decided to send him to study in the US. However, Khattab left home to take part in the Jihad on Afghanistan.

Even though his older brother tried to talk him out of it, Khattab went to Afghanistan as a volunteer. For several years he fought against the Soviet invaders. He was wounded during this time.

After Soviet troops withdrew, Khattab returned home. However, he left for Afghanistan again, where he started to help Tajik and Uzbek refugees. According to Khattab himself, in December 1994 he found out about the war in Caucasus from CNN reports. Before that, he knew nothing about Chechnya except stories about Imam Shamil, the legendary 19th century warrior-saint who also fought against Russia and is buried in Medina.

Khattab said that he made a decision to go to Chechnya when he saw on TV Chechen Mujahideen proclaiming "Allahu-Akbar" (God is Great!). Khattab arrived in Chechnya with his companions in 1995.

From March 1995 until March 2002 Amir Khattab was an active participant in combat operations against the troops of the Russian invaders. In 1996 he was appointed the Chief of the Military Training Center of the Central Front of Chechen Armed Forces by the President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. He was also appointed to become Military Amir of the Council of the Mujahideen of Ichkeria and Dagestan, the Deputy of Shamil Basayev, Amir of Majlisul Shura. Commander of the Islamic International Brigade. Honored by the highest awards of the Chechen State. Amir Khattab's wife is a Darginian, native of the village of Karamakhi, Dagestan. Khattab left two children.


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Today I heard on the local TV that the Russians are claiming to have killed Shamil Basayev also. No confirmation of this yet.

May Allah shower his blessings on those who fight for his cause in Chechnya, Kashmir, Palestine and other places.

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For some interesting reading on Imam Shamil, the great Chechen guerilla leader, check out this link:

http://www.amina.com/hist/jihad_imamshamyl.html


At last, when only two Murids remained alive, Shamyl emerged, to imaugurate a reputation for heroism in combat which would resound throughout the Muslim Caucasus. As a Russian officer described the incident:

It was dark: by the light of the burning thatch we saw a man standing in the doorway of the house, which stood on raised ground, rather above us. This man, who was very tall and powerfully built, stood quite still, as if giving us time to take aim. Then, suddenly, with the spring of a wild beast, he leapt clean over the heads of the very line of soldiers about to fire on him, and landing behind them, whirling his sword in his left hand, he cut down three of them, but was bayoneted by the fourth, the steel plunging deep into his chest. His face still extraordinary in its immobility, he seized the bayonet, pulled it out of his own flesh, cut down the man and, with another superhuman leap, cleared the wall and vanished into the darkness. We were left absolutely dumbfounded.

[Rafaqat]

Inna lillah he wa inna alehe rajioon.

[Shoaib]

Inna lillah he wa inna alehe rajioon ... Russians are very mistaken if they belive this will weaken the jihad ... inshALLAH the mujahedin will succeed!!!


Nusrat miin-allah he
wa fathun qareeb

[AkramIshaqKhan]

may he rest in peace....
And may he find his rightful place in Janat, with the other respectable shahudah.
JK.

[Saad Hasan]

Yeh shahadat Gah-e-Ulfat main qadam rakhna hai
Loge asan samajh tay hain musalman hona

[hassany]

To Allah we belong and to Him is our return.

I hope the time is near when ALL muslims will have the courage to identify the mujahedeens as mujahedeens and not shy away from that due to western propoganda and its obsession with 'islamic terror'. The only solution to places like chechnya, kashmir, and palestine is through a combination of diplomacy backed-up by fierce resistance, the latter of which can only be offered by people like Khattab, they are a different breed from the rest of the muslims.

[Waqqas]

"The only solution to places like chechnya, kashmir, and palestine is through a combination of diplomacy backed-up by fierce resistance"

Very true. Jihad is the ONE aspect of Islam that worries the kuffar. They understand that Muslims can NEVER be beaten until their spirit, especially the Jihad aspect, is intact. Why do you think the qadianis denounce jihad?

As for the Chechens, they have been fighting the Russian kafirs for the past 400 years. They have the faith, will and strength to keep it going until the day of judgment. Every man is an Imam Shamil, Khattab or Shamil Basayev.

Noor e khuda hai kufr ki harkat peh khanda zan
Phoonkon se yeh charaagh bujhaya na jae ga

http://www.khurasaan.com/s_content.p...002-04-29-0723

http://www.khurasaan.com/s_content.p...002-04-28-3217

[Mubashar]

Such warriors are our pride....

Inna lillah he wa inna alehe rajioon.....

i've seen Khattab in Action....how he and his mujahedeen brothers fought russians.....very brave guys......ALLAH HO AKBAR....

We still have some great warriors in Kashmir and Afghanistan....

As our PROPHET (PBUH) said: "Islam will continue to Qayamat...and there will always be a group of muslims who will fight in the name of ALLAH against the enemy."

another Hadees: " those who never dream of shahadat or have been in jihad will die as a munafaqs"

regards

[ahmerin]

Source: http://www.arabia.com/news/article/e...195022,00.html

Khattab, the man who died for the cause of Chechnya

Born in a northern border city in Saudi Arabia in 1969, was a brilliant student who scored 94 percent in the secondary school examination

By Mowaffaq Al-Nowaiser
May 04, 2002, 02:12 PM
JEDDAH

— Mansour Al-Suwailem, elder brother of the leading Chechen fighter Khattab, who was recently assassinated by Russians, said it was an old Chechen woman who inspired Khattab to fight for the Chechens.

Khattab’s real name is Samir Saleh Abdullah Al-Suwailem. In his early youth he wanted to study in the United States. Mansour shed light on several aspects of Khattab’s personal life in an interview with Arab News. The interview was conducted at his father’s house in Alkhobar in the Eastern Province.

Mansour said Khattab used to call their mother in Saudi Arabia before he carried out attacks against the Russians. Last week, Russian state television broadcast pictures of Khattab’s body and said he had been killed on March 19-20 after a yearlong operation by Russian special forces. The station said he did not die in a battle but did not elaborate on how he died. Khattab is the most important Mujahedeen commander killed since Russian troops launched their latest campaign against the Chechen freedom struggle two and a half years ago.

Mansour said there were two differing reports of how his brother had been killed. 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 1987.

"He called our parents whenever he had a chance and specially called our mother before carrying out any operation," he added. 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.


A screenshot taken from the official Internet site of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, 28 April 2002 shows the Arab-born Chechen guerilla commander Khattab

Samir, who was born in an Arar, a northern border city in Saudi Arabia in 1969, 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. After taking him to the airport, Samir went back to the car and towed it to a workshop for repairs. When the Sudanese man came back he was surprised to find his car repaired. Samir refused to accept the cost of the repair. There are several other instances of selfless service to others.

Mansour could not give any specific reason for Samir’s sudden change of mind about his plan to go to the United States for studies. He joined the Afghan Arabs fighting the Russians at the age of 17 in 1987. The young boy refused to come home even after his father promised to buy him a house. He did not visit the Kingdom in the past 14 years except two times, the last one in 1993. He was gravely wounded four times and the most serious of them was when he set foot on a land mine. He was the lone survivor when his truck exploded, it was reported.

Mansour explained how Samir got the idea of going to Chechnya after watching a news broadcast on the Afghan TV. The news broadcast showed several Chechen groups wearing headbands with "No God But Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger" written on them. They shouted Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. Samir felt curious about the jihad going on in Chechnya and decided to go there. But he did not know how to go there and the map he bought did not show Chechnya. So he set out to Baku in Azerbaijan which is close to Chechnya.

While he was making inquiries about how to reach Chechnya, he received a letter from Fathi Abu Sayyaf, a Chechen of Jordanian origin describing about the land of which he wrote, "a man who enters it is lost and one who gets out of it is like a reborn."

Somehow or other, he managed to reach Chechnya where he first went about as a TV reporter meeting with people and inquiring about the common man’s attitude toward the jihad. His proficiency in Arabic, Russian, English, and Pashtu helped him mix with all kinds of people. In his travels he also met with Shamil Basayev.

It was about this time that he met an old Chechen woman who stressed the need for jihad against the Russians. She told him confidently: "We want them to quit our land so that we can return to Islam." When he asked her how she would help in a jihad against Russians, her reply was that she possessed only a jacket and she would donate it for the cause of Allah.

Suwailam said his brother had sobbed until "his beard became wet with his tears" when he spoke to the woman, and that the meeting had been a turning point in his life.

Khattab’s actions were based on certain strong principles drawn from the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Prophet. They can be summed up as follows: The objective of jihad should be the establishment of the religion of Allah, there is no negotiation with the enemy, the fight should not end until the enemy’s threat was totally removed, jihad does not depend on the life of a leader, leadership does not mean comfortable position, unity is the most important requisite for fighting against Russia. He also stressed the need for treating civilians gently and not doing any harm to them.

Samir had been seeking martyrdom for the past 14 years, Mansour said. He failed to achieve it in Afghanistan, then he sought it in Tajikistan. He was again disappointed, so went to Chechnya where finally Allah granted it to him, the brother said with pride.

Samir was married to a Dagistani woman and has three children.

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