The wolves of Islam : Russia and the faces of Chechen terror / Paul J. Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Paul J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Russia (Federation)--Chechni͡a.

Terrorism.

Basayev, Shamil, 1965-2006.

Basayev, Shamil.

Chechni︠a︡ (Russia)--History--Civil War, 1994---Atrocities.

Chechni︠a︡ (Russia).

Chechni︠a︡ (Russia)--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

National liberation movements--Russia (Federation)--Chechni︠a︡.

National liberation movements.

Russia (Federation)--Chechni︠a︡.

Physical Description:

xii, 281 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, [2004]

Summary:

The Dubrovka Theater Center seige in the center of Moscow on October 23, 2002 by Chechen Islamic terrorists ushered in a new, hostile escalation in the fanatical Islamic Chechen's ten-year fight against the Russian state. The "wolves of Islam" have adopted terror with maximum civilian casualties as its strategic weapon of choice, and are employing the Palestinian model of suicide terror attacks against civilians. Moreover, they are plotting with al Qaeda to conduct international terrorist operations abroad, according to author Paul Murphy.In The Wolves of Islam, Paul Murphy tells the story of the principal cast of characters in the Chechen Islamic terrorist organization. To drive Russia out of the North Caucasus, the terrorist have carried out horrific acts of unimaginable brutality; individually, and collectively, they have taken Chechnya down the road to chaos, political anarchy, economic ruin, and physical destruction as they continue to prosecute their Islamic holy war.

Contents:

1. Shamil Basayev : Russia's Osama bin Laden

2. "The black Arab" and the Wahhabi factor

3. Two presidents and two armies

4. The godfather of kidnapping and the ideologist of apocalypse

5. Holy wars in Dagestan and bombs in Moscow

6. The wars that Shamil started

7. The Chechen money tree

8. Hunting down terrorist wolves

9. Nord Ost

10. The third war.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1574888307

OCLC:

56371001