Discuss the three primary characters in the 1999 Dagestan rebellion according to Paul Murphy
What will be an ideal response?
• The first was Shamil Basayev, a man who had gained fame by taking an entire hospital hostage in 1995 during the first Chechen war and whose 1999 actions in Dagestan started the second.
• Basayev is described as a Che Guevara–type figure who led by charisma and example.
• Basayev would increase his reputation by planning the takeover of a Moscow theater in 2002
• An estimated 200 people—130 hostages and the remainder terrorists and security forces—were killed.
• Two years later, on the opening day of the Beslan school, Basayev masterminded another takeover.
• Using children as hostages, his terrorists killed an estimated 300 to 400 people, mostly children. Basayev was killed in the summer of 2006
• The second international jihadist leader, a mysterious leader known by the nom de guerre ibn al Khattab, was a Saudi. Basayev brought Khattab to Chechnya in 1995
• Described as the "Black Wahhabi," he became known for ruthlessness.
• He was assassinated by Russian agents in 2002
• The third leader, Salman Raduyev, took more hostages than any other terrorist.
• Before he went mad, Raduyev threatened to attack Russian nuclear facilities.
• Khattab and Basayev were responsible for the Dagestan invasion.
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