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| 11 Russians killed in Chechnya |
| 2003-12-01 |
| Rebel attacks and land mine explosions killed 11 Russian soldiers and wounded 16 in the previous 24 hours, an official in the Moscow-backed Chechen administration said on Sunday. Five of the soldiers were killed and seven wounded in 19 separate rebel attacks on federal outposts, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Rebels also clashed with soldiers in the southern Vedeno district, killing four soldiers and wounding five. A military car came under rebel fire near the village of Germenchuk in the Shali district on Saturday, the official said. As a consequence two soldiers died, the official added. Another four soldiers were wounded when their armoured personnel carrier detonated a mine near the village of Benoi in the Nozhai-Yurt district. On Sunday evening, a military truck struck a mine in Ingushetia, which borders Chechnya, wounding two soldiers, said Yasiya Khadziyev, spokesman for the Ingush Interior Ministry. Authorities on Saturday also found the bodies of one Russian officer and three soldiers in the Chechen capital, Grozny, the official said. All had bullet wounds. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #4 7-12 a day : I thought the figures were about 4 troops a day (must have read it somewhere, not sure), which is supposed to bring casualties slightly higher than the one sustained in Afghanistan. Mines & IED being the favorite tools of the chechens (algerian islamists also used remote controlled bombs a lot for ambushes), the sunni triangle attackers may be getting some know-how via panislamist "specialists", that's quite possible. As far as the comparisons between the absurdly scrutinized Iraq and the forgotten Chechnya goes, the US responses seem to be much more effective (or at least the guerilla much less successful). |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-12-1 11:54:46 AM |
| #3 Big Media are fixated on Vietnam when talking about Iraq but the reality is the Iraqi and Chechnyan situations are in common. Al Quaida uses the technique honed against the Russians in Chechnya as a starting point in The Triangle. Methinks it is not a sucessful approach? |
| Posted by: john 2003-12-1 10:57:44 AM |
| #2 Russians lose between 7-12 troops in Chechnya on a good day. No major attacks during Ramadan, probably because they blew up that base at Serzhen-Yurt and captured one of Khattab's deputies. |
| Posted by: Dan Darling 2003-12-1 9:34:27 AM |
| #1 Just out of curiosity: How many Russian troups were killed during Ramadan? Did anyone keep a count. I mean, we lost a lot; just a comparison. |
| Posted by: SamIII 2003-12-1 8:29:04 AM |