1 Published BooksSamir Saleh Al-Suwailem
More commonly known as Emir Khattab / Amir Khattab / Ameer Khattab meaning Commander Khattab or Leader Khattab, and also known as Habib Abdul Rahman.
Saudi citizens who worked as a volunteer with the Mujahideen of Afghanistan during the Soviet rule, with the Chechens during the first and second Chechen war.
He has been named as the mastermind of the 1999 Russian apartment bombings, but has denied any involvement.
In the seconder Chechen war he commanded several devastating attacks and also recruited other foreign volunteers to fight with the Chechens.
He was killed in 2002 by a poisoned letter.
