19 killed in Chechnya shootout targeting Chechen president

Swede

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Sun Aug-29-10 12:06 PM
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19 killed in Chechnya shootout targeting Chechen president

Source: Jerusalem Post

A shootout between the Chechen president's personal protection detail and suspected separatist insurgents left 19 people dead early Sunday, including five civilians, officials and media reports said.

At least 12 suspected insurgents and two security officers were killed when the rebels entered Tsentoroi, Ramzan Kadyrov's home village, his spokesman Alvi Karimov told The Associated Press. TV reports said five civilians were killed in the crossfire.

Read more: http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=186353

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cliffordu

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Sun Aug-29-10 12:20 PM
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1. 19 killed?

Wow. Those motherfuckers were really serious.

Why not an IED, I wonder, if they wanted him that bad.....

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Robb

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Sun Aug-29-10 12:35 PM
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2. Security too tight, probably.

Lots of well-dressed FSB with mirrored sunglasses? Frontal suicide assaults are all the rage at the moment, miss the target and you still get the story on A1. :shrug:

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