Basayev Buys Female Bombers for $1500

Tuesday, August 19, 2003

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Gazeta.RU

“In our family there were 10 brothers and sisters, of which only four are now alive. The parents tried everything to prevent us from falling under the influence of Wahabbism. Despite the entreaties and even threats of our father, the children found themselves under the strong influence of Wahabbism, and the brothers were drawn into illegal armed formations.”

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With the help of Chechen girl Raisa Ganiyeva, federal forces have unraveled the mystery of Shamil Basayev’s unit of female suicide bombers, hired by the separatist warlord to carry out terror attacks. According to Col. Ilya Shabalkin, spokesman for the North Caucasian HQ for anti-rebel operations, the peaceful Chechen girl was very nearly forced to swap her guitar playing and singing for Wahabbi teachings and training to become a suicide bomber.

20-year-old Raisa Ganiyeva, whose two sisters were among the suicide bombers who took part in the rebel raid on the Dubrovka Theatre in Moscow last October, on Monday applied to law enforcement agencies for protection.

The Chechen claims that her brother Rustam, a close aide to the top rebel commander Shamil Basayev, has been trying to force her to join Basayev’s unit and perhaps later to become a suicide bomber. According to Raisa, her brother personally took part in the organization of several major terrorist attacks. “Rustam,” Ganiyeva said “is forcing her to follow the fate of Fatima and Milana,” her sisters who became suicide bombers and were killed when special services stormed the theatre building in an attempt to free hostages.

In televised comments carried by state-run Rossia TV, FSB officials confirmed that there is, indeed, a rebel by the name of Rustam Ganiyev in Shamil Basayev’s grouping. Ganiyev, they alleged, is involved in hiring suicide-bombers for Basayev’s special unit, often referred to in the Russian media as the ‘Black Widows’.
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