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| This small (probably 20 to 50 members at any given time) group was first founded by Shamil Basayev in October 1999 as a "special battalion to carry out acts of ]" in retaliation for the ],<ref>, ], 29 October 1999</ref> and in February and March 2003 was designated by the ] and consequently by the ]<ref>, NewsRu.Ru (in Russian)</ref> as a ] organization. In 2005 it was reportedly disbanded by Basayev under pressure from the Chechen separatist leader ], as a condition for Basayev to enter the official leadership of the separatist government. In any case the group did not display any activity after ] and Basayev himself was killed in 2006. | This small (probably 20 to 50 members at any given time) group was first founded by Shamil Basayev in October 1999 as a "special battalion to carry out acts of ]" in retaliation for the ],<ref>, ], 29 October 1999</ref> and in February and March 2003 was designated by the ] and consequently by the ]<ref>, NewsRu.Ru (in Russian)</ref> as a ] organization. In 2005 it was reportedly disbanded by Basayev under pressure from the Chechen separatist leader ], as a condition for Basayev to enter the official leadership of the separatist government. In any case the group did not display any activity after ] and Basayev himself was killed in 2006. | ||
| Riyadus-Salikhin took responsibility for many suicide attacks in ] and ], including the ] which destroyed the Chechen Republic's government headquarters in Grozny and killed over 80 people in 2002, the truck bombing of Chechnya ] headquarters in ] which killed more than 50 people in 2003, the truck bombing of a Russian military hospital in ] in the Russian republic of ] which killed at least 50 people the same year, and a series of "Operation ]" bombings (many of them ]) which have killed more than 200 of Russian civilians in ] and elsewhere, including 90 killed in the ] over two Russian regions in 2004. It also took responsibility for the involvement in the ] and ] hostage crises which have resulted in more than 500 hostage fatalities in 2002 and 2004. | |||
| In early 2009 the leader of ] ] ] reactivated the group as '''Riyad-us-Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs'''.<ref>, ], 17 February 2010</ref> Later in the same year a wave of multiple "special operations" (suicide bombings) in Chechnya and the neighbouring republic of ] killed scores of policemen and several civilians, and critically injured the Ingush president ] according to reports in Russian press . | |||
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Riyadus Salihiin Reconnaissance and Sabotage Battalion of Chechen Martyrs (Russian: Риядус-Салихийн, also transliterated as Riyad-us Saliheen, Riyadus-Salikhin, Riyad us-Saliheyn or Riyad us-Salihiin), later also known as Islamic Brigade of Shaheeds, was the name of a small '"martyr" (shahid) force of Chechen suicide attackers. Its original leader (amir) was the Chechen commander Shamil Basayev.
This small (probably 20 to 50 members at any given time) group was first founded by Shamil Basayev in October 1999 as a "special battalion to carry out acts of sabotage" in retaliation for the Grozny missile attack, and in February and March 2003 was designated by the United States and consequently by the United Nations as a terrorist organization. In 2005 it was reportedly disbanded by Basayev under pressure from the Chechen separatist leader Sheikh Abdul Halim, as a condition for Basayev to enter the official leadership of the separatist government. In any case the group did not display any activity after September 2004 and Basayev himself was killed in 2006.
See also
References
- RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 3, No. 211, Part I, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 29 October 1999
- Following the United Stated, the United Nations included three Chechen groups in the list of terrorist organizations, NewsRu.Ru (in Russian)
External links
- The Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance and Sabotage Battalion of Chechen Martyrs, Center for Defense Information, 2003
- Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance and Sabotage, "Chapter 8; Other Groups of Concern", Country Reports on Terrorism 2005, United States Department of State, April 30, 2006
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