Abdulla Kurd

Abdulla Kurd
5th Emir of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya
In office
21 April 2011 – 3 May 2011
Preceded by Muhannad
Succeeded by Position vacant
Personal details
Born 20 April 1977[1]
Turkey
Died 3 May 2011[1]
Sharo-Argun, Chechnya
Religion Sunni Islam
Military service
Allegiance Caucasus Emirate
Battles/wars Second Chechen War
North Caucasus Insurgency

Doger Sevdet (Russian: Догер Севдет), more commonly known as Abdulla Kurd (sometimes Abdullah Kurd), and also known as Abdullah al-Turki or Salauddin, was a Kurdish Islamist militant fighting in Chechnya. Kurd was the top deputy to Saudi-born field commander Muhannad, the fourth Emir of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya. Following Muhannad's capture and assassination near the village of Serzhen-Yurt on 21 April 2011, Kurd assumed his position according to the Russian National Anti-Terrorist Committee.[2] He was killed by Russian security forces in the Cheberloevsky[3] area of Chechnya on 3 May 2011.[4]

Early life and rebel activity

Virtually nothing is known of Kurd's early life, but he is said to have been born in the Kurdish region of Turkey, probably in the Lice, Diyarbakır area. He would have traveled from his native village to the North Caucasus in 1991 after transiting through the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia.[4] Russian intelligence claims that Kurd fought in the battalion of foreign fighters led by Ibn al-Khattab during the Second Chechen War, and was closely involved in planning and organizing large-scale acts of sabotage and terrorism throughout the region. Following Abu Hafs al-Urduni's death in 2006 and Muhannad's promotion to the post of Emir of foreign fighters in Chechnya, Kurd became deputy chief emissary for al-Qaeda in the North Caucasus, according to Russia's National Anti-terrorism Committee (NAK).[5]

At his death Turkish and Georgian identity papers, belonging to "Cevdet Döger", were found in Kurd's bagage, which were released by the Russian Government soon afterwards. However, the Turkish and Georgian governments both stated that there was not such a person registred in their databases, which means that the documents are likely to be false. The indicated date of birth, 20 April 1977, also was very doubtful because this would mean that he joined the battle at his 14 year.[6][7]

In 2014, in the Fîs valley of Lice, heavy protests broke out between Kurdish civilians and the Turkish military, to prevent the destruction of 2 new-opened major PKK-martyr cemeteries in the valley as well to prevent the construction of 20 new military barracks in the district. The important Diyarbakır-Bingöl route was closed by civilians during weeks and 2 semi-high ranked Turkish soldiers were kidnapped at a road control checkpoint.

After the rebellion, which left 5 Kurdish civilians dead and many wounded, Kurdish news agency DİHA interviewed some of the villagers. They stated that the world was silent opposite the Kurdish massacres and village demolitions committed by the Turkish government, eventhough numerous Kurdish youngsters have joined many rebellions across the world over the past, naming explicitly Ingushetia-Chechnya and Palestine.[8] [9][10]

Death

Kurd was killed on 3 May 2011 in a special operation near the village of Sharo-Argun, in the Cheberloevsky area of Chechnya. According to the Russian NAK, a contingent of pro-Moscow Chechen Federal Security Service (FSB) troops along with Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) forces conducting search and reconnaissance activities in forested, mountainous terrain came across Kurd and a Dagestani militant; both were killed in the ensuing skirmish.[5]

A rebel account of Kurd's death released nearly two years later offered new information. According to Kavkaz Center, Russian forces located and surrounded a small rebel base acting on a tip from Beslan Algiriyev, an FSB plant in the militant ranks.[3] Four fighters were present at the encampment: killed alongside Kurd was a 24-year-old Dagestani identified as Ramazan Bartiyev, while two others identified as Aburayk Yusupkhadzhiyev and Isa Vagapov were wounded but escaped the encirclement (only later to be killed alongside Khuseyn Gakayev in January 2013).[3] Algiriyev's status as an agent of the FSB was eventually discovered, and he was executed on 22 August 2011.[3]

Kurd's Turkish passport containing visas to Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Pakistan was recovered at the scene and later displayed via Russian news outlets.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 НАК сообщил об успешной спецоперации. НТВ (in Russian). 4 May 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Russia kills al Qaeda militant who fought with Chechen rebels". CNN. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Крот (Видео). Kavkaz Center (in Russian). 10 March 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  4. 1 2 Главный координатор террористов на Северном Кавказе уничтожен в Чечне (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 В Чечне уничтожен эмиссар "Аль-Каиды" Абдулла Курд, сменивший недавно убитого Моганнеда (in Russian). NEWSru. 4 May 2011. Archived from the original on June 25, 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  6. ↑ https://www.cihan.com.tr/tr/cecenistanda-oldurulen-turk-militan-el-kaide-sorumlusu-cikti-314575.htm
  7. ↑ "Çeçen militanın Türk pasaportu sahte çıktı - Akşam". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Lice'de ölen 2 kişi toprağa verildi, cenaze sonrası olaylar çıktı, grup "Biz ateş açmadık" diyor". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "AKP'nin çözüm projesi bin 600 kalekol ve karakol". 30 April 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  10. ↑ "Genelkurmay gerekçesini açıklasın". Retrieved 4 December 2016.

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