Kataib al-Khoul

The group announced that it fought in favor of Chechnya's independence and was integrated into the Caucasian Front by the decree of the then President of Ichkeria, Sheikh Abdul Halim.

[6] Source:[7][8] On 3 October 2005, Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for an attack near the village of Kardzhin, in which members of the Jamaat fired at two cars with Chechen loyalists heading for Nalchik, wounding several loyalists.On 13 December 2005, Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for an attack in the suburbs of Vladikavkaz, in which members of the Jamaat from grenade launchers fired at a substation that supplies power to several military facilities.

As a result of the shelling, the substation was still able to operate, but it was damaged.On 2 February 2006, Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for the February 2006 bombings in casinos and gambling clubs in the center of Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, leading to the death of 2 people and the injuring of 24 more, and which resulted in the closure of all the gambling clubs and casinos in the republic.On 17 February 2006, Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for an attack in the area of the village of Sunzha, in which members of the Jamaat ambushed a group of North Ossetian OMON forces using automatic weapons and grenade launchers, according to the Jamaat, several OMON forces were killed and wounded.On 6 March 2006, Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for an attack in the city of Mozdok, in which members of the Jamaat shot at a car with Russian loyalists from automatic weapons, according to the Jamaat, two of them were killed on the spot, and one was seriously wounded.On 9 March 2006, 11 infantry fighting vehicles belonging to a military unit burned down in the village of Sputnik near Vladikavkaz on the territory of a motorized rifle regiment.

The militants reported that it was as a result of an attack in which members of the Jamaat, allegedly dressed in Russian military uniforms, planted explosive devices in a box with equipment.On 9 April 2006, Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for an operation against drug dealers in Prigorodny District, in which members of the Jamaat captured five drug dealers who were later released.On 13 April 2006, Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for an attack in Vladikavkaz, in which members of the Jamaat shot dead a worker from the Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs and wounded a cash-collector driver.On 20 April 2006, in Vladikavkaz, a submachine gunner shot dead Bimbolat Dzutsev, chieftain of the Alanian Terek Cossack army who in 1992, during the Ossetian-Ingush conflict commanded an Ossetian militia against the Ingush.On 19 July 2006, Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for an attack in the area of the village of Maiskoe, in which members of the Jamaat shot dead a worker from the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs and wounded another.On 22 July 2006, Kataib al-Khoul claimed to have captured in Vladikavkaz a member of the special forces of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs who was executed a few days later.On 24 July 2006, Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for an attack in the village of Kartsa, in which during a battle between members of the Jamaat and North Ossetian FSB and RUBOP forces, one member of the security forces was killed and two others were wounded.On 27 July 2006, Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for an attack in the village of Kartsa, in which one freelancer of the North Ossetian special forces was killed and another was wounded.On 31 July 2006, Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for an attack near the village of Maiskoe, in which members of the Jamaat fired at a car with workers from the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs wounding 3 workers.On 6 September 2006, on the border of North Ossetia and Ingushetia, an armored personnel carrier, which was travelling as part of a convoy, was blown up.

The Jamaat claimed responsibility for the explosion and said it was also planning aerial attacks.On 11 September 2006, a Mi-8 helicopter with the highest ranks of the 58th Army crashed on the outskirts of Vladikavkaz, killing 15 Russian soldiers.