Shamil Basayev, Chechen terrorist rebel leader (born 1965)

Shamil Basayev

Chechen militant (1965–2006)

Shamil Salmanovich Basayev, also known by his kunya Abu Idris, was a Chechen guerrilla leader who served as a senior military commander in the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. He held the rank of brigadier general in the Armed Forces of Ichkeria, and was posthumously…