| Internationally wanted Arab terrorist Abu al-Valid has been killed, said Major-General Ilya Shabalkin, a representative of the regional operative headquarters directing the anti-terrorist operation in the Northern Caucasus. "During a special operation, the federal troops killed Abu al-Valid, an Arab mercenary and functionary of the international terrorist organizations Muslim Brothers and al-Qaeda, in mid April 2004.Operative information collected by the special services and information from other sources indicates that he has been replaced with a different Arab mercenary, Abu Khavs," Shabalkin said. |