Search Details

Word: basayev (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Shamil Basayev's home village of Dyshne-Vedeno stretches for a kilometer or two along a dusty road in the mountainous Vedeno district of Chechnya, 55 km southeast of the capital, Grozny. Cattle and sheep graze around the village, and the local cream is fresh and delicious. If the villagers are right, Russia's most-wanted man is hiding only a few kilometers away. Perhaps in the hamlet of Dargo, about 10 km to the east; or in Ersanoi, just up the road; or even right here in Dyshne-Vedeno itself, within sight of the ruins of his once sumptuous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Most Wanted | 10/17/2004 | See Source »

...someone did inform on Shamil [Basayev], it would be the last thing they ever did. The informant would be a dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Most Wanted | 10/17/2004 | See Source »

...sleeps secure in the knowledge that locals won't betray him, despite Moscow's $10 million reward for information leading to his capture. Asked if she would report Basayev to the Russians if she spotted him, one woman shot back: "Are you out of your mind?" According to Sharip, a Chechen police officer and childhood playmate of Basayev's, "If someone did inform on Shamil, it would be last thing they ever did. The very same person who took the call would phone Basayev straight away. The informant would be a dead man." Basayev maintains his protective bubble through fear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Most Wanted | 10/17/2004 | See Source »

...female suicide bombers who carried out the attacks that brought down two passenger jets in August had actually been stopped at the airport by counterterrorism officers and then released without being searched. The unspoken assumption is that they bribed their way onto the planes. And Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev posted a message on a website last week claiming responsibility for the plane bombings and the school attack, noting that Beslan had cost a total of just $9,700. The government promptly blocked access to the site...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LETTER FROM MOSCOW: Will Putin's Power Play Make Russia Safer? | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...know bin Laden. I don't get money from him, but I wouldn't turn it down." SHAMIL BASAYEV, Chechen rebel leader, responding to Russian President Vladimir Putin's allegations linking Basayev's group to al-Qaeda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 9/20/2004 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next