A Jordanian who commanded foreign mercenaries in Chechnya and was reportedly al-Qaida’s top emissary in the troubled North Caucasus died Sunday in a shootout with police, security officials said. Abu Khavs was killed in a four-hour gunbattle in the Dagestani town of Khasavyurt, near the Chechen border, along with four other militants, said Mikhail Merkulov, deputy director for the Dagestani branch of the Federal Security Service, or FSB. Full Story
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