A Kuwaiti and suspected al-Qaeda agent who operated in Afghanistan, Chechnya and the wider Caucasus. The 2010 opening stated "He was accused by the Russian government of numerous terrorist attacks, including involvement in organizing the Beslan school hostage crisis." The word survives twice in the article today but is gone from the opening, which now describes him only as a suspected al-Qaeda agent without listing any accusation. A reader today learns where he operated, and not that Russia accused him of involvement in the Beslan school hostage crisis.
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Abu Zaid Al-Kuwaiti , Abu Omar Al-Kuwaiti and Abu Dzeit (d. 16 February 2005) was a Kuwaiti Salafist Jihad fighter and suspected al-Qaeda agent operating first in Afghanistan and later in Chechnya and the wider Caucasus area.1Abu Zaid worked as a Kuwaiti actor in children TV programs , until he turned to religion and started working as an Imam at the Safwan Bin Omayah Mosque of Kuwait City , though he was soon sacked for illegally collecting donations from the mosque goers. In 1998 he first went to Afghanistan where he was reportedly trained at the al-Qaeda Al Farouq training camp , and then in October 1999 on to Chechnya. He was accused by the Russian government of numerous terrorist attacks, including involvement in organizing the Beslan school hostage crisis . On 16 February 2005, Abu Zaid blew himself up after having been surrounded by Russian special forces in his safehouse in Ingushetia . He was married to a Chechen wife, with whom he had two surviving sons.2Russian parliament report on Beslan backs security forces actions , 22 December 20063
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Ahmad Nasser Eid Abdullah Al-Fajri Al-Azimi , also, Abu Omar Al-Kuwaiti and Abu Dzeit (died 16 February 2005) was a Kuwaiti and suspected al-Qaeda agent operating first in Afghanistan and later in Chechnya and the wider Caucasus area. Abu Zaid worked as a Kuwaiti actor in children TV programs , until he turned to religion and started working as an Imam at the Safwan Bin Omayah Mosque of Kuwait City , though he was soon sacked for illegally collecting donations from the mosque goers. In 1998 he first went to Afghanistan where he was reportedly trained at the al-Qaeda Al Farouq training camp , and then in October 1999 on to Chechnya. He was accused by the Russian government of numerous terrorist attacks, including involvement in organizing the Beslan school hostage crisis . On 16 February 2005, Abu Zaid died after having been surrounded by Russian special forces in his safehouse in Ingushetia . He was married to a Chechen wife, with whom he had two surviving sons. Is the Salafi-Jihadist way still an obstacle to Russia in Chechnya?
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Ahmad Nasser Eid Abdullah Al-Fajri Al-Azimi , also, Abu Omar Al-Kuwaiti and Abu Zaid (1972 – 16 February 2005) was a Kuwaiti and suspected al-Qaeda agent operating first in Afghanistan and later in Chechnya and the wider Caucasus area. Is the Salafi-Jihadist way still an obstacle to Russia in Chechnya?
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Kuwaiti al-Qaeda member For the 10th century physician Abu Zaid al-Balkhi, see Ahmed ibn Sahl al-Balkhi . Ahmad Nasser Eid Abdullah Al-Fajri Al-Azimi , also, Abu Omar Al-Kuwaiti and Abu Zaid (1972 – 16 February 2005) was a Kuwaiti and suspected al-Qaeda agent operating first in Afghanistan and later in Chechnya and the wider Caucasus area. Is the Salafi-Jihadist way still an obstacle to Russia in Chechnya?
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