Emir Khattab Martyred
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Written by Islamstory
8th of Safar 1426 AH/ March 18th, 2005 AD: Emir Khattab, a Muslim Mujahid and financier working with Chechen Mujahideen, was martyred during the night of March 19-20, 2002, when a Dagestani messenger hired by the Russian FSB gave Khattab a poisoned letter. The messenger, a Dagestani double agent known as Ibrahim, was reportedly tracked down and killed a month later in Azerbaijan on Shamil Basayev's orders. Khattab was succeeded by Emir Abu al-Walid.
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