Juma Namangani
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Juma Namangani (12 June 1969 – 2001), born Jumaboi Ahmadzhanovich Khojayev, founded and led the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, a designated Islamic terrorist organization that operates in Uzbekistan, until an American airstrike near Kunduz, Afghanistan killed him as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in November 2001. However, this has never been conclusively proven, and the remains of his body were never found.[1]
Namangani, conscripted into the Soviet Army in 1987, as a member of an elite paratrooper force fought in the war in Afghanistan.
He received training at the Saboteur Training Center of the First Chief Directorate of the KGB in 1989-91. This school now belongs to the FSB.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ .U.S.: Diplomat sees growing terrorism challenge in Central Asia RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
- ^ Konstantin Preobrazhensky. "Russia and Islam are not Separate: Why Russia backs Al-Qaeda". http://www.cicentre.com/Documents/russia_islam_not_separate.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-21. mirror
[edit] External links
- "WHERE IS JUMA NAMANGANI?". eurasianet. 200-07-17. http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav071700.shtml. Retrieved on 2008-08-21. mirror
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