Shamil Basayev

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Shamil Basayev

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Beslan school attack
…by the notorious rebel warlord Shamil Basayev, who previously had been blamed for the takeover of a Moscow theatre in 2002 that ended in the deaths of some 130 hostages; the assassination of Akhmad Kadyrov, the pro-Moscow president of Chechnya, in May 2004; and countless other acts of terrorism and…
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…by the notorious rebel warlord Shamil Basayev, who previously had been blamed for the takeover of a Moscow theatre in 2002 that ended in the deaths of some 130 hostages; the assassination of Akhmad Kadyrov, the pro-Moscow president of Chechnya, in May 2004; and countless other acts of terrorism and…
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