 the al-Jihad-Fisi-Sabililah Special Islamic Regiment, a.k.a.Islamic Regiment of Special Meaning)" on the Terrorist Exclusion List under the USA PATRIOT Act.As of 2006 (when the SPIR has had at least seven commanders since it was founded), it reportedly continued to conduct limited guerrilla operations in Chechnya under the leadership of the man known only as Amir Aslan, followed by Amirs Rashid and Abdul-Malik.