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| Car bomb kills top regional Russia official | |
| 2003-08-27 | |
A top official in a southern Russia region near rebel Chechnya has been killed by a car bomb, according to police. A police spokeswoman said Magomedsalikh Gusayev, regional Minister for National Policy, Information and External Relations in Dagestan, which borders Chechnya, died immediately in the blast. Interfax news agency said the explosion occurred in the morning as Gusayev's car drove away from his home in Makhachkala, the regional capital. Gusayev's driver survived and was being questioned by police, it said.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Just one more reason Russia sells it's military equitment. They're running out of people to oversee it. |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-8-27 2:38:56 PM |
| #2 I can't see that Pappa Joe would have had many problems with the populus of Chechnya. Usually there was a canal to be dug or some salt to be mined. If not he was a master at the old-fashioned version of ethnic cleansing. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-8-27 12:48:30 PM |
| #1 Police, "what do you know about this bomb" Driver, "It was real loud, like in the movies, everything moved in slow motion, I saw my life flash accross my eyes. Man I don't ever want to do that again". Police, "Your free to go for now, but don't leave town and we'll be checking out what you told us. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2003-8-27 12:38:19 PM |