When I was doing my initial research on the Chechen War a few years ago, I came across an interesting autobiography about an American mercenary named Aukai Collins who packed up his things and traveled to Chechnya to take up arms against the Russians.  I must admit, it was one of the most interesting and captivating true stories I’ve read about the war or any war in quite some time.    From intense firefights, to finding a Chechen girl whom he marries to opting to have his leg removed so he could have better mobility in future fights, Aukai Collins proves himself to be quite an interesting fellow.  We follow him trying to sneak his way into the country by attaching himself to some dangerous characters in the bordering country of Azerbaijan, hooking up with the resistance in Grozny and trekking across Chechnya fighting the Russians along the way.

The story takes the turn toward the fantastical when he admits to being approached by the FBI once back in the USA, and the book turns into some sort of spy tale.  He even mentions meeting Hani Hanjour in a CIA training camp inside the USA, which begs the question, was more or one of the 9/11 hijackers really CIA assets?  All amazing stories that are hard to verify without talking to Aukai, who incidentally has a bounty on his head from the Russian government at this point.  Inevitably, pre 9/11 his story is harrowing and he seems like a true hero defending his people’s struggle; post 9/11 through no fault of his own, he is lumped in with the murderous sect of radical muslim terrorists.  He says as much in his book that he himself laments this fact that his religion is used to murder civilians and for the most part I am inclined to believe that he is more of a defender of all civilians and not a terrorist.  Before 2001, the term JIHAD would not be associated with the greatest threat America has ever had, in fact the American CIA were helping the Jihadists fight the Russians in Afghanistan, Chechnya, and other countries where they needed assistance clandestinely.  9/11 changed the meaning of Jihad and now it is seen as a rally cry of our greatest and most elusive enemies.

The book leaves Aukai stuck in a Mexican prison and for the best of my knowledge that’s where he still is.  My attempts to try and contact the co-author of this book to find out what exactly happened to Aukai met with no response from him.  So, verifying this story was completely impossible. But, I’m inclined to believe most if not all of it and to a large degree Aukai has gained my respect as a human being and soldier more than anything, religious beliefs and allegiances aside.

Read a preview of MY JIHAD here

This video started out to be a straightforward hand to hand combat instructional, but by the end of the video, this instructor pulls out some crazy techniques involving advanced self defense methods. The craziest part is where men just start to fall down from the power of his mind! He doesn’t even touch them, they start to feel dizzy and fall down. Maybe this video is a fake, but 90% of it seems like some serious self defense methods, then the telekinesis part is what really astonishes me.