Diario di un mujahid straniero in Cecenia

[Orazio Coclite]

E' da qualche anno che gira in rete questo 'Diario di un mujahid straniero in Cecenia', scritto da un sedicente guerrigliero musulmano di origine norvegese, quindi etnicamente europeo, che combatte tra le fila dei ribelli di Basayev. Qualcuno ne sa qualcosa di più? Se è un testo autentico e se è reperibile lo scritto completo da qualche parte?
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Fatemi sapere, grazie.




Diary of a Foreign Mujahid in Chechnya



February 14, 2000

"A few days ago I went with ** and about ** brothers as a relief column to meet the brothers coming from Grozny en route. We took no food with us (I think the Commander was expecting to reach a village the first night) apart from what some brothers took as snacks for the day, and the route was entirely through the mountains. This trek turned out to be by the toughest that probably any of us have ever undertaken, clocking perhaps 45km on foot. Instead of one day we were out in the mountains without supplies for four full days. During that time I had food which all together would not even constitute one fifth of a normal meal!
This was also the case for the vast majority of brothers apart from a few wise souls. The three nights were spent in the snow with no shelter and only the clothes we were wearing during the day. The first night was high up on a mountain side so we couldn't light a fire due to proximity of Russians. I shudder even to think about it- my socks were thoroughly wet and I spent all night shivering violently. At about 5 in the morning I tried to get up but found that my stomach muscles got a cramp immediately. The next half an hour was spent trying to stand and then walk!

The second and third night we able to light a fire and most brothers stayed awake trying to stay warm. Anyways, by the second evening we were well behind Russian lines and approaching the village on the periphery of the plains where the brothers were awaiting us. Our column was also very long with perhaps an hour between the first and last person. I was amongst the first batch when we reached a decsended into a steep valley bed where brothers stopped to make wudhu and pray. We'ed been buzzed all day by aircraft then realised that the Russians were waiting for us to come into full range of one of the nearby posts. It was at that moment that we came under mortar fire which rapidly came closer and closer (a spotter must have been near by). Very quickly the shells were landing in our midst.

I was with another brother when we heard one whisting towards us and both of us crouched. It exploded a few metres to the rear, I got up immediately to move on but the brother who was no more than 1-2m away keeled over. Alhamdullilah Allah protected me from injury. A piece of shrapnel had gone right through his stomach and out of his back. For the next minute or so he was gasping as we tried to get his gear off and drag him into cover. We kept repeating the Kalimah (Islamic Declaration of Faith) to him whilst holding him but I don't know whether he could even hear us as he slipped away. He was just kept gasping deeply but less and less frequently as the soul left the body to meet its Creator (insha-Allah).

All together five Mujahideen were killed in this contact. Whilst this was occuring, the Russians were also trying to trap us in the valley by sending two tanks to a road on the *** to our rear. The first tank was blown up by a young Mujahid with an RPG (there were Chechen Mujahideen as young as fourteen years old with us). He just came on to the road, swiftly took aim and fired. Whilst he was doing this the tank was turning it's turret to blast him! The ordnance of the tank was seen exploding well into the night which must have struck fear into the hearts of the nearby Russians.

The Commander sent a few people onwards to the village to act as guides and the rest of us managed to extract ourselves, the Shuhadaa (martyrs) and injured back to relative safely. As mentioned above we slept again in the snow covered mountain side but in scattered groups whereever there was sufficient cover for a small fire. The next morning I went with one brother to the *** (the Russian held road runs along ****) and the *** is on the otherside of the *** beyond. The brothers from Grozny had set off during the night before and the Commander was trying to steer them through the posts and meet with up with them. This is in a completely snow laden landscape where there are very few distinctive landmarks.

The Russians of course knew what was going on save the exact details and regularly directed intense bursts of fire in our direction. Alhamdullilah they were always slightly off mark. It was then that we met up with the column. A moving sight; a column of of several hundred mujahideen emerging from the white landscape in single file. ***** was amongst the leading group whom our Commander greeted. After greeting him, I asked him the question that I had asked others on previous occasions, where is ***** ?

All the brothers were obviously tired but very glad to see us. The severely injured and recently killed were being carried on horseback with many others being carried on stretchers or supported on the shoulders of others. The brothers had walked all the way from Grozny through massive and vigilant Russian forces; I have yet to calculate the distance but it's a great feat by any measure.



Physically most of us were pushed to a new extreme and lost significant body mass. Limbs were ceasing to function fully and all sorts of other things. For the last two days I've been feeling pretty sick but Alhamdullilah am now better than before. Insha'allah I shall make my own back up provisions for any future excursions! As I write this I've heard on the wireless network that the second batch of a around a thousand mujahideen have arrived. Additional to the dead killed in action a further 12 have died en route. Someone has mentioned that two of these were *** and it is likely that one of these was my friend, ***. He was very seriously wounded in the stomach on the way out of Grozny and the journey can only have been a further ordeal. I saw many other injured, including ***. I went to see him yesterday but he was in no condition to recognise me; he had a piece of shrapnel in his leg from Grozny and Subhanallah just as he was arriving in ***, the truck he was in was strafed by an aircraft which blew away half his left hand.

The medical facilities awaiting *** and other injured brothers are bare to say the least. The hospital in *** is a bombed wreck and now the few patients it has are in a cramped squalid room. The other hospital near *** where *** and another brother are staying is little better (and that too is to be closed any day). Medical expertise is limited to administering pain killers (rationed) and anti-biotics with a saw to amputate wrecked limbs. Being seriously injured here is the biggest trial that I've seen so I have made dua that Allah spares me from it. What I would like to know is where are all the hundreds of Muslim Doctors who for years will fervently pursue their careers in the West so that 'one day' they can help the Muslims? Whilst they are bending over to please their Jewish Consultants and satisfy the whims of the kuffar, great Mujahideen such as *** writhe in unattended agony in some dank basement. Insha'allah Allah will reward the suffering the Mujahideen are enduring for His Pleasure and He will question (Allah knows best) those well fed & paid, smug Doctors about who they cured and pleased whilst the Jihad was going on.

More generally, they have now intensified round the clock shelling and bombing of the towns which is really taking its toll on the civilian population. It's one thing being on the Front or in the field under fire, but there are few experiences more testing than aircraft roaring over your head to fire rockets or drop bombs. The room falls silent and you just wait. A few seconds later (if you are still around) you are rocked by the house next to you being hit. A different flavour of this experience can be tasted depending on whether the incoming is from tanks, artillery, Grads or Scuds.

For the civilians, with all their belongings and family, this war is a nightmare that you can't relate to unless you live though it with them. Not suprisingly the people are tired of the war. Other news is that a few days ago the Russians launched an all out assault on the *** controlling ***. Alhamdulillah the Mujahideen repulsed them. However I know that at least one of the Commanders expects them to attack again and the injured are also to be evacuated to ***.

The next two months preceding the elections this assault can only intensify. They have para-dropped troops to *** recently where they have either been repulsed with casualties or have withdrawn after a short presence.
It is impossible to give a general description of the Mujahideen as there are groups from all over the Caucasus as well as the world. When I was in ***, there could easily be a dozen different languages being spoken in the small building we were living in.

This war has little to do with elections (which in Russia have always been an establishment sham) but is about destroying the Muslims and the cancer of the Mujahideen. It's been funded and (practically openly) supported by the West under the direction of the Jews. The Russian Jewish oligarchy (led by Berezovsky) collectively control the entire media, banking and industry as well as many of the key ministries. It is they who picked Putin from nowhere and have made him the leading Presidential contender on the basis of this war.
The essential fact to note is that Putin is not propagating this war for his Presidential ambitions, but that Putin is only a tool (of the powers that be) to wage war against the only element of true Tawheed and Islam in Russia. His stated objectives from the very beginning have been not to invade Chechnya but to destroy the 'terrorists' (i.e. us!). Anything less than our total defeat will be defeat for Russia which as such leaves no place for negotiated withdrawals the likes of the Khasavyurt Maskhadov-Lebed Accord in 1996.

A more likely scenario is a long guerilla war of attrition where we are pushed further and further into the mountains with the Russians insha'allah taking many casualties during their advance and from Mujahideen raids deep behind their lines. Only when the numbers of Russian dead become too large to falsify will the Russian public will start to become more vocally opposed to the war. However, this is only outlook and the truth of course is that only Allah knows where this war will go. This War started as abruptly as the last one ended and will last as long as Allah wills.

The old Foreign Mujahideen have taken the war in their stride and are the real backbone this organisation. Of the foreigners as a whole, the *** are the most fun and courteous guys to be with. The other ethnic groups are too numerous to describe.

I saw *** and another brother *** yesterday. They are Alhamdullilah a lot better than before with *** walking about. However although ***'s wound has cleaned up, the gap in his *** is very large and will probably need an operation. The hospital in *** is even worse than one he is in now (!!) and the ONE DOCTOR(!) we have is not keen to go there. Make dua that Allah makes things easy for him and cures him swiftly... "

Brother X (Norwegian National), Chechnya, February 2000



February 23, 2000



The Russians are probing our defences and positions more aggressively. As I finished writing the earlier sentence I heard on the radio that two brothers from my contingent in Abu Jafar's Group were killed yesterday. Both were truly excellent brothers with whom I lived and fought with in ***. Abu Ubaidah (Yemen), one of the Yemeni brothers (in my opinion the most enjoyable company amongst the Arabs) and a good friend of mine, and Abul Abbas (Kuwait)- another sincere and really good brother- May Allah have Mercy on them. Whenever a friend is killed, his memory stays on your mind constantly for several days. Abu Ubaidah will be no different.

We finally retrieved the body of Chechen Mujahid Shamil Gergebil and three other Mujahideen who had lain on Mount Waleed for over 3 weeks. Masha'allah their bodies were in excellent condition; one of the brothers (Mohammed Derghin) was almost as if he was still alive (his eyes were open & skin fresh)! The contrast with the Russians bodies who were killed in the same operation is all too stark. Some of the Russians in the days (3+ weeks ago now) following the same operation were already decomposing (in the snow). One had his face eaten by crows whilst their commanding officer had an empty sack where his brain had been!

All the brothers from our Unit have arrived back from Grozny. There was the long winter march to the mountains during which some minor losses were sustained and a column of ** Mujahideen (that's up to 6km in length) was split into two. The larger column was nearby and took four days to get to the meeting point. Given how tough this march was for us who were fully fit and rested at the beginning, you can then imagine how impossible the journey must have been for Mujahideen who had just fought their way through 40-50km of Russian held territory. The second column was constantly harried by Russian aircraft and posts (Khalil Ibrahim (Turkey) injured during the withdrawal from Grozny died from further injury and exhaustion). Brothers fell asleep at the shortest stops and some brothers with sticks hit those asleep on the path to prod them onwards. Despite this a few went to sleep and died in the snow unknown to the rest. Some wandered off the path and were not seen again. A group of three Chechens who have since been found described how they wondered for miles in the mountains until they couldn't move due to hunger and exhaustion. Then, Alhamdullilah, they heard movement in the snow and saw a wild pig. They, without delay shot, cooked and ate it. (Allah allows you to eat haraam when you have nothing else to eat, in fact it becomes obligatory upon you to eat that food if you may die without it) This allowed them to go onwards until they stumbled onto a Mujahideen post. There many other and more heroic tales of individual hardship and suffering this that will be never be known.

Two leading commanders were killed (Aslambeg & Khunkapash). Field Commander Ismail (who wore a patch over one eye) was killed during the last week in Grozny. Typically (Abu *** related the story to me), he died fighting to the end against impossible odds defending his companions. The Russians had entered a multi-storey school building in Grozny centre and Ismail went with ten brothers to flush them out. Ismael had told some Mujahideen (from another group) to hold an adjacent bridge to prevent Russian reinforcements from arriving. After close quarters fighting they took the ground floor and isolated the Russians on the floors above. He then started to shout at them from the stairs to surrender. This went on for some time but unknown to him the group which was suppose to hold the bridge had withdrawn without informing him. Predictably, whilst Ismail was occupied inside the building, several hundred Russians came over the bridge to surround the school. The ten brothers were then subjected to intense firing from above and from the outside. Ismail was one of the first to be injured but he continued to fight and direct the brothers. Apparently, a grenade was then thrown near them at which point Ismail jumped onto a nearby brother to protect him from the blast! He suffered serious shrapnel injuries (all over his back) and was shaheed (martyred) soon afterwards. The brothers continued to fight until Mujahideen reinforcements fought their way through the siege and made a passage for the brothers to get out. The fighting was of course intense throughout and the movements of the Mujahideen rapid. Of the ten brothers in the building, five got out alive with the remaining five shaheed left inside the building (now with the Russians). Ismail was one of Khattab's oldest, most trusted and most formidable Chechen Commanders. He was one of the original handful of fighters who fought against the Russians in the very first operation of the First War (defence of Grozny in December 1994). A tall well built brother, he was one of the brothers in whom you can detect no pride- always smiling, friendly and welcoming to all whether he knew them or not.

Another very good friend was Saeed Mohammed from Ctari-Atagi (a town in Chechnya). Saeed was a section commander under Commander Abu Dharr and he was also killed in action during the last week in Grozny. I have just learnt that another friend, Badruddin, was killed during the very early skirmishes against the advancing Russians. Khalil Ibrahim (Turkey) has also been Shaheed. He, like several others, died during the hard marchSouth of injuries sustained in Grozny.

Alhamdullilah it was a blessing to have known these brothers as they were outstanding even amongst this elite group of Mujahideen. It seems to me that some of the best brothers are the first to be Shaheed (martyred). They are Shaheed but you feel sad that you will no longer have their company (there are few blessings better than good company and these brothers were amongst the best). However the strange thing is that they do not seem dead but more like people you knew who have gone away for a while and whom, at the back of your mind, you expect to see again!

The Russians are really pushing hard. All unanimously agree that this War is far more intense and completely different in nature from the last war. They are moving systematically to encircle the Mujahideen and trying to prevent freedom of movement. In the indiscriminate (like animals they are bombing every village and vehicle regardless of whether it is civilian or Mujahid) bombardment and the Special Forces descents onto mountain peaks, they are trying to retain the initiative after Grozny by bringing the war to us. The bombardment (Grads, Aircraft, Artillery) has reached a new intensity with the bombs being used now being up to several tonnes in weight. Aircraft bombed a field next to us yesterday some 100m away that shook the whole house and left massive craters. We also saw the aircraft swoop very low (maybe 150m) and drop two shrapnel bombs- two cannisters which come floating down with parachutes and explode some metres above ground level.

Two days ago, I was snoozing in a *** (parked in ***) outside a *** when we were woken to the roar of rockets exploding along the side of a ***. We decided to move to a safer location and on the way saw two Mujahideen (Group Arbi Barayev) who had been right in the middle of the blitz and were martyred immediately- I won't describe the injuries. Yesterday while I was getting water, artillery started pounding my vicinity. During the night we were subjected to a blitz of rockets and artillery rocking the house. All this is nothing unusual and does not even deserve mentioning to the brothers here- it should however convey what the Mujahideen (and remaining Chechen population) are undergoing. The scream of aircraft swooping overhead (they've already fired by the time you hear them- and if you have been directly targeted then you will hear nothing as the rockets reach you before the sound!). The roar of Grads and the pounding of artillery can test even the strongest of nerves. The room falls silent and everyone mutters a quick dua! If you are in the middle of the targeted area, there are no warning sounds- just boom! [Note by Azzam Publications: Once the Prophet (SAWS) was asked, "Is the Mujahid tested in his grave?" He (SAWS) answered."The waving of swords above his head is a sufficient test for him!", meaning that one who goes through all this bombardment for Allah has proven his Iman in Allah, so there is no longer a need to ask him theoretical questions about his Iman.]

The civilians are completely exhausted and sick of the war. The ones who have remained behind have nowhere else to go or cannot afford to. A dozen or so of them are killed every day. There are many human rights abuses going on: shrapnel bombs, fuel bombs, in addition to everything else they are using completely indiscriminately. It's so obvious that the West is part of this war. Look at the way they treat, threaten, impose sanctions for years to make Muslims suffer (Afghanistan, Iraq, Indonesia, Pakistan, etc.) at the slightest excuse (women's rights, democracy, alleged terrorism) but completely turn a blind eye when it suits them or lift token sanctions as soon as they can (see Israel and Serbia). When a bomb (allegedly Chechen but really Russian) goes off in Moscow, they call it terrorism, but when a massive (Christian) army bombs a tiny country to bits deliberately targeting Muslims settlements and people, raping and looting (we caught three Russian soldiers looting in *** the other day) for good measure, they've nothing more than blithe meaningless comments to make. Whilst at the same time giving aid of every sort and name! They don't even make an effort to hide this, and why should they given the pathetic & craven Muslim (so-called) leaders we have like King Fahd who has issued a Royal Decree banning dua for the Mujahideen in the mosques of Saudi Arabia.

Columns of hundreds of armoured vehicles have been seen arriving at the front at *** and as I've mentioned above, the skirmishes are increasing in number and intensity. All the signs are there of an imminent all out offensive to conclude this campaign before the elections and the coming of spring. This war is basically the Mujahideen again the whole world. The Russians are getting support (open and covert) of every kind from the West and the Jews. The military tactics they are using are obviously formulated with outside assistance to try to crush the tiny number of Mujahideen in Chechnya, which they will never do insha-Allah until the Earth is made wet with the blood of every single Mujahid in Chechnya.

Alhamdullilah the Mujahideen place their trust in the Power of Allah and that more than suffices against the strange world we live in.

Four days on...
The Russians are moving fast and bombing furiously. The usual are aircraft swooping over the countryside looking for any moving vehicles or activity before bombing the least damaged buildings. Grads, tank & howitzer artillery, fuel bombs (awesome damage), shrapnel bombs etc. However yesterday morning just after Fajr (Dawn) in ***, I heard the drone of heavy high altitude propeller aircraft. I thought it was just the usual flight of reconnaissance aircraft (there are up to several each hour). After perhaps a minute, the *** we were in was rocked as high pay load bombs started to explode throughout *** (really no larger than a big ***). This the first time I have seen this sort of carpet bombing (experience similar to Grads) although they frequently subjected Grozny to this. Everyone muttered the usual duas expecting the walls to implode at any moment. Alhamdullilah, Allah protected us. There are civilian casualties and fatalities everyday as the Russians try to build up the momentum.

Russians are also making heli-descents on the high peaks. Yesterday we all saw a large descent on a high ridge overlooking the entire *** Valley. Alhamdullilah, elsewhere they stuck their necks out a bit too far and the brothers destroyed a helicopter with its occupants as it was landing near a village *** several miles south of ***. The peaks around *** have undergone several infantry attacks which Alhamdullilah have been repulsed.
In addition to Abu Ubaidah (Yemen) and Abul-Abbas (Kuwait), I have learnt since that Abu Mujahid (one of the Junior Chechen commanders under Abu Jafar Al-Yemeni) and Jauwhar Al-Mongoli were killed. Nearby, the next day a Russian aircraft rocketed a *** in which a small contingent of Abu Jafar's group were sleeping killing Khallad Al-Madani (Madinah) and injuring another brother (this now means that out of 7-8 of us who use to share a room in ***, four have have been killed). Of course there are Shaheed I do not manage to see or know.
Having said all of that, Alhamdullilah morale is good and brothers are looking forward to the operations that are inevitable. The weather has become noticeably milder, the scenery is fabulous although there is still snow around and no foliage cover. Insha-Allah by the end of March the winter will be truly behind us and the summer not far off. However the intervening time is sure to be interesting so make dua that all goes well. Insha-Allah the news will be good.

Brother X (Norwegian National), Chechnya, February 2000

[Felix (POL)]

benché musulmano é di sangue europeo, quindi "dei nostri"...

la stupidità è una patologia che non ha confini...

[ardimentoso]

bisognerebbe chiedere a cia e/o mossad......sarà qualcuno dei loro

[S.P.Q.R.]

sulla cecenia sto leggendo questo
Un po semplicistico e a volte scontato ma comunque un documento interessante anche questo

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[Orazio Coclite]

Peccato che nessuno ne sappia nulla, avrei infatto avuto piacere a leggere di più sulla cosa.
Sullo stesso tema chi ha letto questo qui?



M. Golia
Con i ribelli contro il mondo moderno
pagg. 60, 1987, Edizioni di Ar, € 4,15

Il diario di un membro del "Gruppo di Ar", che nel 1985 partecipò in Afghanistan a operazioni militari condotte dalla resistenza islamica contro l'invasore russo ed i suoi alleati comunisti.

[Iron81]

In origine postato da m. omar
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E adesso anche il Mullah Omar può votare!