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Abu Omar al-Seif
Sheikh Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah at-Tamimi, also known as Abu 'Umar as-Seif (Arabic: الشيخ أب٠عمر السيŮ), a native of Qatar, is alleged by Russian authorities to be the envoy in Chechnya for al-Qaeda, as well as the manager of funds to Chechen rebels from sources abroad. Al-Seif reportedly assumed command of Arab forces in Chechnya following the death of Amir Abu al-Walid in April 2004, and helped finance the Chechen rebel attack in which more than 1,000 children were taken hostage in a school in Beslan, North Ossetia (see the Beslan school siege).
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