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Bush condemns Russia explosion
The Washington Times ^ | August 02 2003 | UPI

Posted on 08/02/2003 7:53:10 AM PDT by knighthawk

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:05:52 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- President Bush Friday condemned the explosion at a military hospital in Russia, calling it a terrorist attack that cannot be justified.

The explosion occurred in a truck on the grounds of a military hospital in the town of Mozdok in Southern Russia, killing at least 20 people. Mozdok is in the republic of North Ossetia, about six miles (10 kilometers) from Chechnya.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: blast; bomb; bombing; bush; caucasus; caucasuslist; chechnya; condemns; explosion; hospitalbombing; russia
So far 39 people have been killed.
1 posted on 08/02/2003 7:53:10 AM PDT by knighthawk
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2 posted on 08/02/2003 7:53:31 AM PDT by knighthawk (We all want to touch a rainbow, but singers and songs will never change it alone. We are calling you)
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To: knighthawk
Aren't these Chechynians muslims, thereby making the Chechyna separatists islamic?
3 posted on 08/02/2003 8:15:23 AM PDT by lilylangtree
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To: knighthawk

Workmen remove debris at the hospital in Mozdok, North Ossetia, on the border with Chechnya, Saturday Aug. 2, 2003, which was destroyed by an explosion Friday. A suicide attacker rammed a truck packed with explosives through the gates of the Russian military hospital near Chechnya, destroying the building and killing at least 35 people and injuring 78.
4 posted on 08/02/2003 9:30:34 AM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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5 posted on 08/02/2003 10:06:34 AM PDT by Libertarianize the GOP (Ideas have consequences)
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To: knighthawk
Talk is cheap.
6 posted on 08/02/2003 11:41:38 AM PDT by swarthyguy
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