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Information About Death Of Warlord Basayev Is Mere Rumors
Head of the Chechen State Council Taus Dzhabrailov believes that the information about the death of warlord Shamil Basayev is mere rumors.
Drat. Rats. Phooey.
"I cannot either confirm or refute this information. I think that so far it is mere rumors," Mr. Dzhabrailov said in an interview with RIA Novosti on Friday, commenting on the reports in some mass media about Basayev's possible death. Mr. Dzhabrailov expressed the opinion that "for pacifying the situation Basayev's death would be very useful both for Chechnya and Russia on the whole."

The power structures in Chechnya share the opinion of the head of the State Council. "This information is most likely rumors spread, apparently, at the instructions of Basayev himself to have a breathing spell for himself and his band," a source in the republican power structures told RIA Novosti. He did not rule out that now Basayev might undergo a medical treatment somewhere abroad. The Russian law enforcement bodies do not have any data about Basayev's death, the source said.
Posted by: Fred 2005-02-05
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