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2004-04-09 Caucasus

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-04-09 1:55:29 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 As much as 90 percent of the money has never reached Chechnya because it was invested elsewhere by militantsâ ringleaders who have long been staying abroad, or invested by Basayev and Abu Al-Valid through their accomplices into businesses far beyond Chechnya, Shabalkin said.

Thus, no more than 500,000 U.S. dollars, most of which were presumably false banknotes, have actually reached Chechnya. Separatistsâ ringleaders of a lower rank who are still in hiding in highland areas of Chechnya, Shabalkin said, appropriated most of the money.

[Frink-O-Matic irony meter explodes in background]

Posted by Zenster 2004-04-09 2:17:09 AM|| 2004-04-09 2:17:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The information is based on a testimony given by militants who were either detained or gave themselves up to the federal authorities

hmm, sounds thrustworthy..

Posted by lyot 2004-04-09 4:23:32 AM|| 2004-04-09 4:23:32 AM|| Front Page Top

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