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| Soldiers wounded in convoy boom |
| 2005-07-13 |
| Four soldiers and a policeman were wounded when an explosive device went off near a military convoy in eastern Chechnya, a source in the Joint Group of Forces in the North Caucasus said Wednesday. The explosion occurred at 12:40 p.m. Tuesday in the Shali district of Chechnya, when a convoy of five armored personnel carriers and several trucks with Interior Ministry troops and policemen was passing by. According to preliminary data, a remote controlled mine had been detonated. An investigation has been launched and efforts are under way to find the perpetrators of the crime. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 There was a day when the chechens would normally be following the detonation up with an ambush and, if lucky, videotaped slaughter of prisoners and mutilation of corpses (think one of the main videographers was actually a brit who was shaheed). Hasn't really been the case for awhile. Ranks are thinning and funds drying up with the other attractions around the globe and all perhaps? Kavkaz has dropped the spring offensive special coverage this year and old nasty pegleg Basayev (slimelight whore) has curiosly enough been real sparse imagewise. Hmmm. |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-07-13 23:50 |