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Russia Puts Bounty on Iraq Killers
Russia offered a $10 million reward Friday for information on the killers of five Russian Embassy staff workers in Iraq, according to a report. The offer came two days after President Vladimir Putin ordered special services to hunt down and 'destroy' those responsible for the deaths. The slayings shocked Russia and prompted an angry outcry against the U.S.-led coalition.Russia's Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday that four Russians seized in early June had been killed. A videotape purported to show the deaths of some. A fifth staffer was slain during the abduction. The kidnappers had demanded the Kremlin pull its troops out of Chechnya, a predominantly Muslim region in southern Russia where separatists have been fighting for independence. 'For information which will lead to the result being achieved, the National Anti-terrorist Committee of the Russian Federation will pay a reward of $10 million,' the head of the Federal Security Service, Nikolai Patrushev, according to the RIA-Novosti news agency. Posted by: Steve 2006-06-30 |
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