<prompt> Emuva eChechnya, u-Umarov wathatha isikhundla sika-Isa Munayev esikhundleni sokuba ngumkhuzi weSouthwestern Front equkethe cishe ama-fighters ayi-1,000 ngo-2004, isifunda sezempi eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeGrozny esiboshwe yiGeorgia ne-Ingushetia. Wayebhekwa njengomlingani kaShamil Basayev, ngaleso sikhathi owayezinze eningizimu-mpumalanga yesifunda saseVedensky. Ngo-2003, u-Umarov wahola amadoda akhe empini enzima ezungeze idolobha laseShatoy futhi, ngokusho kwemithombo yaseRussia, wayala ukuqhuma kwamabhomu endlunkulu ye-FSB yase-Ingushetia enhlokodolobha yase-Ingush yaseMagas kanye nokuhlaselwa kwezakhiwo zezingqalasizinda zikagesi edolobheni laseKislovodsk eStavropol Krai. Ngemva kokushona kukaGelayev ngoFebhuwari 2004, amadoda akhe amaningi asele ajoyina iqembu lika-Umarov. Ehlobo elilandelayo, kanye noBasayev, u-Umarov wayengomunye wabaholi be-raid enkulu  <response>: ngezikhali zama-Chechen nama-Ingush ezabulala iziphathimandla eziningi zama-Ingushetia namalungu amabutho ezokuphepha futhi zathatha isikhashana idolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke lale republic, iNazran. 