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2004-09-05 Caucasus

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-09-05 12:24:33 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

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First sentence: Thirty relatives of the leader of Chechen separtist leader Aslan Maschadov, including his wife, were transported away in Thursday toward an unknown destination by masked people who had come in armored vehicles, according to Maschadow's delegate Achmed Zakajew on Radio Moscow Echo.
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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-09-05 12:51:53 AM|| 2004-09-05 12:51:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Dan, it is likely a somewhat recycled version of an earlier rumor from July.

Other possibility is that this may be a preemptive action on the Maskhadov's part, and Zakaev is spinning it for a political capital.

Posted by Zarathustra 2004-09-05 1:02:02 AM|| 2004-09-05 1:02:02 AM|| Front Page Top

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