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19 hard boyz killed in Russian commando strikes
Russian troops killed 19 separatists in a major operation in the southeast of Chechnya, Interfax news agency quoted a chief military spokesman in the troubled region as saying. Thirteen rebels died in a shootout in Nozhai-Yurt district some 50 km southeast of the regional capital Grozny today, the spokesman, Ilya Shabalkin, told the agency. Six rebels were killed in the same area yesterday in a Russian commando raid on guerrilla hideouts, he said. Small units of specially trained commandos have become one of the most effective instruments in Russia's war against separatist insurgency in Chechnya.Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-07-18 |
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