Ahmad Nasser Eid Abdullah Al-Fajri Al-Azimi, also, Abu Omar Al-Kuwaiti and Abu Zaid (1972 – 16 February 2005) was a

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i and

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agent operating first in

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and later in

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and the wider

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area.

Biography

Abu Zaid worked as a

i actor in children TV programs, until he turned to religion and started working as an

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at the Safwan Bin Omayah

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, though he was soon sacked for illegally collecting donations from the mosque goers. In 1998 he first went to Afghanistan where he was reportedly trained at the

Al Farouq training camp, and then in October 1999 on to

. He was accused by the Russian government of numerous

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attacks, including involvement in organizing the

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. On 16 February 2005, Abu Zaid died after having been surrounded by

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in his

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.Putin Orders Crackdown on Islamic Militants
Fox News 21 February 2005 He was married to a Chechen woman, with whom he had two surviving sons.

References

1972 births 2005 deaths Beslan school siege Foreign volunteers in Chechnya Kuwaiti al-Qaeda members Suicides in Russia {{Kuwait-paramilitary-bio-stub