Fall of Abu Walid To Weaken Chechen Insurgency?

If the reports about the death of Abu Walid, Saudi leader of Chechen militants, are true, it would be a significant success for Russia in the five-year-old Chechen war. Abu Walid has coordinated the distribution of funds from foreign sponsors to guerrillas in Chechnya, has been a top Chechen military commander and has organized many recent major attacks in Russia. While the war in Chechnya certainly will not end, Abu Walid's death will weaken the Chechen resistance for a time.