Irek Hamidullin

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Irek Ilgiz Hamidullin (Russian: Ирек Хамидуллин) is a Russian militant who the United States authorities report they captured in Afghanistan in 2009. Hamidullin is said to be a nom de guerre of a Russian in his fifties, who, according to some, served in the Soviet Armed Forces, occupying Afghanistan, in the 1980s. His real name is not known, nor how he spent the decades between his life in the Soviet Union and his capture by U.S. forces, although American officials have said they believe he participated in "several" attacks on U.S. forces. When captured, it is reported that he was recovering from wounds.

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