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Byline: Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova, Zvika Krieger, Barbie Nadeau, Malak Hamwi, Zvika Krieger
Russia: Looking Beyond Basayev
When shamil Basayev was killed last week, Chechen rebels lost their most daring and bloodthirsty leader. Basayev became Russia's most wanted man after his followers seized a Moscow theater in 2002; he also ordered the 2004 school siege at Beslan that left 331 people dead. Basayev died after a truck full of arms and explosives he was riding in exploded--apparently part of a "special operation" by Russia's Federal Security Service.
In some ways, though, Basayev was already yesterday's man. For the past two years, ...