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Abu Kuteiba's document dump
 "The FSB successfully retrieved personal archives of Abu Kuteiba, who financed terrorist activities on the Russian territory from abroad," announced head of FSB press service, Colonel Sergei Ignatchenko. He said that the archives contained financial reports pointing out to the itinerary of terrorist financing. "Including records of weapons purchasing, payments to terrorists, purchases of vehicles," Mr. Ignatchenko stated. "The archive also contains reports of couriers who delivered the money to terrorists." Mr. Ignatchenko pointed out that, according to FSB data, regular terrorists did not earn a lot of money, and the accounts of detained terrorists confirm this fact. "Actual perpetrators of terrorist acts earn about $200 per act, maximum. Meanwhile, those who order and organize these acts receive large sums of money and transfer them on accounts in foreign banks," the head of FSB press service emphasized. Abu Kuteiba Jammal, Saudi Arabia national, an Arab born in 1960, was killed by Russian spetsnaz on July 1, 2004 in the town of Malgobek in Ingushetia. The FSB established that Abu Kuteiba organized and led bandit groups on the territory of Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria. He was directly involved in the preparation of the terrorist assault on a series of locations in Ingushetia early on June 22. During the war in Yugoslavia, he fought on the side of Islamists. He was also an emissary of various foreign Islamic centers. Abu Kuteiba financed international terrorist leader Abu Al-Valid and his bandit groups. He first set foot on the Chechen soil in 1995 together with Khattab. Abu Kuteiba personally led terrorist groups operating in the Vedeno and Nozhai-Yurt districts of Chechnya. He was a member of the Supreme Military Majalis-Shur (Council) and was responsible for propaganda support of terrorist actions. He also had the exclusive right to post on the Internet the information received from Arab mercenaries in Chechnya. Before the start of the counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya, he was a demolition instructor and participated in the attack on Dagestan in 1999. Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-01-20 |
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