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Senior Chechen commander killed in Dagestan
 A leader of three Chechen bands, Lechi Eskiyev, has been killed in a special police operation in Dagestans city of Khasavyurt. The destroyed Eskiyev was the commander of the northern front of the armed forces of Ichkeria (Chechnya) and so-called emir of three districts of Chechnya Shelkovskoi, Naursky and Nadterechny, the ministry official said. He said that two other militants were killed during the operation. Their identity is being established. One policeman got a gunshot leg injury during the operation. He is past danger, the spokesman said.
| Lechi, on the other hand, is past all cares and woe. |
| Ah, poor Lechi, we hardly knew ye ... not that we cared to ... |
Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-01-30 |
