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Mansur Yovmirzaev Abu Jafar Yamani ‘Musa’ Shamil Basayev The Chechen Republic Of Ichkeria And North Caucasian Insurgency High Command Dokka Umarov President Supyan Abdullaev Vice PresidentChief of High Sharia Court Chief Of General Staff Seif Islam Deputy Minister Abu Yasser al-Sudani Sharia Guards Abdul-Malik Mezhidov Islamic Regiment Of Special Forces Kazbek Jundallah Brigade Hussein Gakieyev (Dr) Muhannad Abu Anas Al Ansar Brigade (Foreign Volunteers) Abdul Halim Abu-Salamovich Sadulayev Mar 05 - June 06 Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov Feb 97 - Mar 05 Dzhokhar Dudayev Nov 91 - Apr 96 Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev Apr 96 - Feb 97 ChRI Presidents Dzhokarskii Front Chechen Nogai Jamaat Abu Bakar Basaev Grozny Jamaat Timur Gayev Northern Front Abdul Rakhman Abu Omar as-Seif Central Front Shali Sector Aslanbek Vaduyev Shatoy/Sharoy Districts Shelkov/Gudermes District ‘Muslim’ Suleiman Imurzaev (Hayrullah) Northeastern Front Abu Daud Southeastern Front Hussein Gakieyev Nozhay-Yurt District Zaurbek Avdorkhanov Kamal Burhalja Sultan Khadisov Kurchaloev Sector ‘Khalid’ Argun Sector ‘Islam’ Gudermes Sector Abdul Rashid Akhmad Avdorkhanov Eastern Front North Caucasus Front Defense Emir of Armed Forces Akhmed Yevloyev (Magas) 1 st Defense Naib (Dr) Muhannad Abu Anas 2 nd Defense Naib Tarkhan Gaziyev 3 rd Defense Naib Aslanbek Vaduyev Chechen Nogai Jamaat Southwestern Front Tarkhan Gaziyev Northwestern Front Abu Bakar Elmuradov Said Emin Dadayev Sernovodskyi Jamaat Abdul Salamov Abu Zarr al-TurkiAkraman Ramazan Abdul Gyafur Abu Haroun Abu Halid Abdullah Zaurbek al-Turki Abdullah al-KazakhiAchmez Gochiyayev Western Front Osama bin-LadenDr. Ayman al-ZawahiriAl-Qaeda Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Abu Keteiba JammalAbu Dzeit Abu Hafs al-UrdaniAbu al-Walid al-Ghamidi Ibn ul-Khattab Urals Front Islamic JamaatJamaat Muvakhdov Abdul Rakhman (Dzhundulla) Stavropol Nogai Jamaat Islamic Jamaat Mikhail Zakharov (Asadulla) Volga Front Saudi Arabia International Islamic Relief Organization World Assembly of Muslim Youth Benevolence International Foundation (Chicago) EgyptSudanTurkeyKazakhstanJordanAzerbaijanKuwaitUnited StatesAfghanistanIraq Foreign Countries Kabardino-Balkaria Sector Yarmuk Jamaat Chegem Jamaat Anzor Astemirov (Sayfullah) Abu Dandzhah Ruslan Bekanov Kabardino-Balkar Jamaat Karachevo-Cherkesskii Nogai Jamaat Jamaat Number 3 Camagat Jamaat Achmez Gochiyayev Karachevo-Cherkesskii Sector ‘Sunzha’ Group ‘Iraf’ Group Ossetian Jamaat Aslam Digorskii Ossetian Jamaat of Ossetian Kataib al-Khoul ‘Saad’ Ossetian Sector Sary-Su Nogai Jamaat Tahir Bataev Adygeii Nogai Jamaat ‘Group of Adygeis’ Marat Teuchezhskii Adygeii Sector Ingushetia Sector Khalifat Jamaat (Caliphate) Magomed Khashiev Alikhan Merzhoev Ingush Jamaat Ilyas Gorchkhanov Sharia Jamaat Khabibulla Jamaat ‘Siddik’ Abdullakh Ganishev Amanat Jamaat Abu Mudzhaid Dagestan Nogai Jamaat TriumverateSharia Jamaat Jamaat of Shamilkala’s Mujahedin Jannat Jamaat Ruslan Makasharipov Makchachkala Sector Shamil GasanovAbdul Madzhik Omar Sheykhulayev Rabbani Khalilov United Jamaat Of The Peoples Of Chechnya And Dagestan Shamil Abidov Mutashev Buinaksk Group Dagestan Front Isa Munayev Link Chart Legend With Picture = Deceased Person = North Caucasus Front = Insurgent Without Picture = Foreign Volunteers Front = ChRI High Command = Chechnya Fronts = Unknown Whereabouts = ChRI Insurgent Without Picture = Link = High Level Link = Leadership Link = High Level, Unconfirmed Link = Financial Link = Unknown Link Anzor Astemirov (Sayfullah) Musa Mukozhev Salpagarov Despite Dokka Umarov being the president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria resistance movement, it is likely that (Dr.) Muhannad Abu Anas, Akhmed Yevloyev (Magas), and Anzor Astemirov (Sayfullah) will continue to increase their authority and expansion of the insurgency due to their established links throughout the North Caucasus Front, their high degree of closeness to Umarov, and the westward shift of the insurgency towards Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria. In addition, even with the deaths of many of the prominent leaders, like Shamil Basaev, Ibn ul-Khattab, and Abu Hafs al-Urdani, its is likely that the inter-connected command structure of the insurgency across the North Caucasus region will remain intact due to the ability of the individual fronts and high commanders to nominate and appoint new leaders upon the deaths of important figures and leaders within the resistance. The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI) High Command presides over the North Caucasus insurgency as a whole, with fronts and sectors within Chechnya and each Russian Republic, including Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachevo-Cherkesski, and Adygeia. While Dokka Umarov and Shamil Basaev hold, or have held, the highest degree of closeness within the North Caucasus insurgency it is not shown on the link chart due to the extremely high number of links. Russian Security forces killed al-Qaeda’s four main actors within the insurgency, which included Shamil Basaev, Ibn ul-Khattab, Abu al- Walid al-Ghamidi, and Abu Hafs al-Urdani. The foreign volunteers within the insurgency come from Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, and Sudan; while financial aide, weapons, and assistance comes from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey, and, prior to 9 September 2001, the United States through the Benevolence International Foundation in Chicago. Analytical Findings