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| Caucasus |
| ''Big Aslanbek'' is a deader... |
| 2002-08-28 |
| The Regional Staff has reported the details of an operation to eliminate Chechen separatist Aslanbek Abdukhadzhiyev, a deputy of Shamil Basayev's who was in charge of intelligence and subversive tasks. On Monday the Russian interior ministry task force in Chechnya's Shali district conducted an operation to arrest the terrorist, who was armed with two pistols and an F-1 grenade. The "Har! I'm Two-gun Abdulkhazhiyev! You'll never take me alive, coppers! Ow... Ow!... Hey! Stop that!... O-o-o-o-o-w!" The 40-year-old militant, who was known under his nickname Bolshoi Aslanbek (Great Aslanbek), was a member of Basayev and Raduyev's gangs and an active participant in armed attacks on the towns of Budyonnovsk, Stavropol territory, and Kizlyar, Dagestan. During Maskhadov's rule, he was a military commandant in Chechnya's Shali district. Abdukhadzhiyev was wanted by the federal authorities since the day of the attack on Budyonnovsk, but managed to avoid arrest for seven years running. Didn't make it to eight, did he? Thanx to my anonymous tipster for the headzup! |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |