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Posted on 10/03/2001 12:11:29 AM PDT by Pericles

Three of six rebel groups controlled by Khattab's lieutenant eliminated in Chechnya

(02.10.01 14:34:04)

MOSCOW. Oct 2 (Interfax-AVN) - In a special operation to eliminate rebel groups, three rebel groups formerly led by Jordanian Abu Yakub have been completely eliminated.

The operation continues in the area of the Chechen villages of Duba-Yurt, Chiri-Yurt, Stariye Atagi and Noviye Atagi, where six rebel groups with a total strength of 60 to 100 rebels controlled by Yakub were operating, presidential aide Sergei Yastrzhembsky said at a press conference in Moscow on Tuesday.

Yakub, the main intelligence man of prominent field commander Khattab, was killed on Sunday.

He said that Yakub, 39, who went by the name Salman, was one of Khattab's most skilled allies and handled the rebels' financial flows. Yakub was in charge of the rebels' "intelligence service." After the death of field commander Arbi Barayev he "tried to put scattered rebel groups together," said Yastrzhembsky.

© 2001 Interfax-Military News Agency, All rights reserved.

15 rebels eliminated in Chechnya

(02.10.01 11:47:24)

KHANKALA. Oct 2 (Interfax-AVN) - Federal formations have carried out a number of special operations that resulted in elimination of 15 rebels in Chechnya during the past two days, a spokesman for the deputy commander of the Interior Ministry troops group in the North Caucasus told Interfax-Military News Agency on Tuesday.

Servicemen exposed 18 caches with arms and ammunition and confiscated 14 grenade launchers, 28,000 small arms cartridges and 41 kg of explosives, said the spokesman. As many as 15 suspected rebels were detained.

Meanwhile, federal artillery accomplished 23 firing missions, eliminating rebel groups in mountains of the Vedeno and Shatoi districts, the spokesman stressed.

© 2001 Interfax-Military News Agency, All rights reserved.

Rebels attack fed heli near Chechnya's

Avtury (02.10.01 12:54:21)

KHANKALA. Oct 2 (Interfax-AVN) - A combat helicopter was attacked by rebels riding down the road in a UAZ jeep 5km south-east of the Chechen village of Avtury on Monday, a spokesman for the unified federal headquarters told Interfax-Military News Agency.

The helicopter accomplishing a patrol mission returned fire and destroyed the vehicle and four extremists, the spokesman said.

Army aviation helicopters flew 82 sorties on Monday including 14 for providing aviation support to ground troops actions, eight for convoying transport helicopters and 39 for airlifting personnel and cargo. The helicopters transported a total of 2.4t of cargo and 165 servicemen.

© 2001 Interfax-Military News Agency, All rights reserved.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think there have been no more such explosions since the Chechnyan population of Moscow was driven out. There were many many Chechnyan immigrants in Moscow. Many illegally there and many who were in the criminal underground

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Relatives of victims weep at a memorial on the site of the Guryanova Street apartment bombing in Moscow on the second anniversary of the blast, September 9, 2001. Over 100 people died in the blast, blamed on terrorists but never solved, which led to Russia's latest military operation in Chechnya. REUTERS/Dima Korotayev

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