Kammala wannan magana: Binciken Hukumar Tsaro ta Tarayyar Rasha (FSB) ya bayyana Khattab a matsayin wanda ya shirya harin Satumba na 1999
Harin bam a gidajen Rasha. Koyaya, a ranar 14 ga Satumba, 1999, Khattab ya gaya wa kamfanin dillancin labarai na Interfax na Rasha a Grozny cewa ba shi da alaƙa da fashewar Moscow; an nakalto shi yana cewa, "Ba za mu so mu zama kamar waɗanda ke kashe fararen hula masu barci da bama-bamai da harsasai ba".