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  • Fighting in Chechnya Kills at Least 11 (Basayev on the rampage -- Moscow on alert)

    02/02/2004 7:31:03 PM PST · by Fusion · 50 replies · 241+ views
    Kansascity.com ^ | February 2, 2004 | Yuri Bagrov
    Rebel attacks and land mines killed at least 11 Russian servicemen and pro-Moscow Chechen police officers in Chechnya over a 24-hour period, an official in the region's Kremlin-backed administration said Monday. Four of the Russian soldiers were killed and five others were wounded in rebel attacks on Russian outposts across Chechnya, the official said on condition of anonymity. Three servicemen died in separate skirmishes with rebels in Chechnya's southern mountains, and two were killed Sunday when their fuel-laden truck hit a land mine and exploded in a giant fireball outside the village of Samashki, the official said. On Monday, the...
  • Chechen Warlord Basayev Eludes Russians

    08/09/2003 12:38:13 PM PDT · by Fusion · 25 replies · 174+ views
    Kansas City Star ^ | August 8, 2003 | Jim Heintz
    After leading Chechen rebels in two wars, mounting one of Russia's bloodiest terrorist attacks and claiming credit for many others, Shamil Basayev continues to elude Russian forces and even losing a leg to a land mine didn't take him out of action for long. The warlord's grim, decade-long record of killing both civilians and soldiers speaks of a fanatical determination and Russia has long alleged that this ferocity is bolstered by aid from international terrorist networks including al-Qaida. Washington joined in on Friday, declaring Basayev a global terrorist and a threat to the United States and moved to freeze any...