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| Original FSB source on the death of Basayev, Count Dooku, retracts story |
| 2005-10-14 |
| Chechen Society newspaper, that carried news on Chechen warlord Shamil Basayevâs death in Nalchik earlier on Thursday evening, citing its FSB sources, later retracted the announcement, calling it âwishful thinkingâ on the Russian authoritiesâ part. Around 06:17PM local time on Thursday, October 13th, a source in the FSB headquaters in Nalchik told the newspaper, that both Doku Umarov and Shamil Basayev â two of Russiaâs most influential adversaries in Checnya, â had been killed during the terrorist raid on Nalchik, the Kabarda and Balkaria capital, which left dozens dead. According to same sources, even Checnya president Alou Alkhanov was then prepared to break the news on Basayevâs liquidation. But subsequent check revealed no proof of their validity, and further it became clear, that none of the two warlord commanders were actually killed during the attack on Nalchik. According to the FSB source, that originally notified the Chechen Society newspaper of Basayevâs demise, those news were obviously âwishful thinkingâ on behalf of his colleagues. Chechen Society newspaper is published independently by the Timur Aliev Institute NGO, and is available online at www.chechensociety.net |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #7 You have potential gr***y, have your considerd a life of grinding poverty interwoven with despair? If so, there's a phone box 1919 metres north of your abode. |
| Posted by: CIA 2005-10-14 12:46 |
| #6 Well, I don't mean that I "called it"...anyone could have done that. I meant that I used the exact same phrase "wishful thinking". :P |
| Posted by: gromky 2005-10-14 12:02 |
| #5 We knew about the Miracle Mets too. No way the Cubs hold on. For a trained analyst it was clear. Course we couldn't tell 'ya then. It was secret you see. |
| Posted by: CIA 2005-10-14 11:31 |
| #4 Old Nasty Pegleg's demise is reported every eight months or so from one regional source or another. Personally, he's become very careful since Khattab (hairy emir of all foreign sociopathic murderers in chechnya) got a special gift (fatal type) from the Russians awhile back. No more constant cameo appearances in the region and none of the penchant for posting constant updated images of himself in action with fairly detailed accounts of his activities in areas of chechnya. He's getting a little lonely and scared it seems. |
| Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-10-14 09:26 |
| #3 That is very disappointing. Good call Gromky & CIA. I was happy, thinking that Basayev and Umarov were saying hello to Himmler and Heydrich. Well, here's to hoping that their demise comes soon and painfully! |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2005-10-14 09:10 |
| #2 Me too, but I don't know how to link. |
| Posted by: CIA 2005-10-14 07:27 |
| #1 Hey, hey...did I call that, or what? *beams* Link to yesterday |
| Posted by: gromky 2005-10-14 06:57 |