Blast Kills Chechen Leader, Russian Gen. [31 killed]

AP via Yahoo! News ^ | Sun, May 09, 2004 | SERGEI VENYAVSKY

[TigerLikesRooster]

Blast Kills Chechen Leader, Russian Gen.

2 minutes ago

By SERGEI VENYAVSKY, Associated Press Writer

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia - A land mine exploded in Chechnya (news - web sites) Sunday during a World War II ceremony, killing Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov and a senior Russian military commander, the Chechen Interior Ministry said.

An Interior Ministry official speaking on condition of anonymity said at least 10 people were killed and up to 100 wounded in the blast in Grozny, the Chechen capital.

A Chechen Interior Ministry officer said that Kadyrov — the Moscow-backed leader of the rebel region — died of wounds 30 minutes after the explosion, and that Gol. Gen. Valery Baranov, head of the Joint Army Command of the North Caucasus, died at the scene.

The explosion happened underneath a VIP-seating area during a Victory Day ceremony in a stadium in Grozny, the capital, that was attended by senior Chechen officials. An Associated Press photographer at the scene said numerous people were injured.

Russia's NTV television broadcast footage of the seating section collapsing into a jagged hole of torn wooden planks, sending up a plume of brown smoke.

Panicked people dressed in their Sunday best clambered over the seating bleachers. One man was shown carrying a bloodied child, while men in uniform dragged a man covered in blood away from the broken seating area. Shots rang out into the air.

Sergei Kozhemyaka, a duty officer at the Emergency Situations Ministry in southern Russia, said the stadium was quickly evacuated. Kozhemyaka said that a second land mine was found near the VIP seats. Russia's Echo of Moscow radio reported that numerous people were detained.

Russia marks the Allied victory over the Nazis every May 9 with military parades and fireworks around the country.

Security was especially tight across Russia. In 2002, a bomb exploded during a Victory Day military parade in the Caspian Sea port of Kaspiisk, killing 43 people, including 12 children.

Russian troops have been fighting Chechen insurgents from much of the last decade. The latest war began in September 1999. Despite superior numbers and fire power, Russian troops have been unable to uproot the rebels from their mountainous hideouts or banish them entirely from Grozny.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Chechen President Killed in Stadium Blast

Grozny, Chechnya - Explosion in stadium at music concert

[Dr. Eckleburg]

It's clearer every day that either the entire world needs to lay down and give the Islamofascists whatever they want, or Mecca needs to become the next Walmart.

There's no in-between.

[Jet Jaguar]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1132229/posts

Check this. story still unclear.

[endthematrix]

If memory serves correctly, the terrorists bombed a World War II ceremony there a year or two before. Mostly old soldiers, but the prize is the attending politician.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #6

You are right. They did it in 2002. Bombing on the Victory Day must be one of their favorites.

[Fitzcarraldo]

They will not stop, never. Better we learn what fuels their accursed persistant drive. What is it about Islam that takes one of their pitiful souls and throws it headlong into the core of our civilization: it is blind hate that burns hotter than any nuclear fire.

To beat them we must have God on our side.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Is there any doubt which side we (and the civilized world) should be on?

[The Raven]

What's it gonna take? Worldwide martial law?

[DefCon]

"...To beat them we must have God on our side..."
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Hey, thats the same thing THEY say !

[Dick Vomer]

What's it gonna take? Worldwide martial law?

I think you're getting the picture.... you see I'm not a tin foil kinda guy... (read my posts) however there is a pattern developing of legislating "big" security bills and passing laws in the heat of the moment that is slowly getting us to that point. When Bush finishes his 2nd term and if a lib were ever to get elected. All the laws that are being passed for "security" are going to be used against us.

I haven't had the time but I'm sure one of us Freepers can sit down and with a little imagination go through what Hillary, Bill, and National Socialist Democratic Party crew would do with the new laws in place.

Kinda scary... makes you scratch your head and go, "Hmmmmmm..."

[dimk]

Chechens didnt blow up buses or parades or captured hostages until russians decided to drive tanks into Grozny and kill about 100,000 Chechens and pretty much leveled the city.

Dont throw Chechen guerilas into the same pot as Hezbolah or Hamas. Their Islam is very far from Islam practised in middleast. They drink wine, women dont wear scarfs to cover their faces, imams have next to no power. They are more of an extremely nationalist people(kindof like Irish and IRA) rather then your typical muslim terrorists. If russians werent so stupid, they would have never went into Grozny and would have saved lives of tons fo their own people. Its not like Chechens were attacking anyone. Their mafia was active in russia but it was a criminal organisation that had no political goals and did not attack russian establishment.

The "president" who got killed was figure head elected in the elections rigged by russians. Good riddance.

[Da Mav]

No doubt Russia will immediately take this matter to the UN to get the backing of the Security Council before taking any action in response

/sarcasm

[DefCon]

"...Dont throw Chechen guerilas into the same pot as Hezbolah or Hamas..."
...They drink wine, women dont wear scarfs to cover their faces..."
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Gee, I guess you're right, that makes their actions acceptable.

You hoser.

[dasboot]

How did "dimk" pass the FR entrance exam?

[dasboot]

....and what is its first language?

[Lunatic Fringe]

The blast was so powerful it blew off his fuzzy hat.

[Alberta Pride]

It's clearer every day that either the entire world needs to lay down and give the Islamofascists whatever they want, or Mecca needs to become the next Walmart.

Make that "Walmart Parking Lot"

[Indie]

"He's dead Jim"