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| Caucasus |
| Some 1,300 diehard rebels act in Chechnya - Ivanov |
| 2003-07-17 |
| Proportionately speaking, the number of hard-cores is probably not terribly higher for Iraq. To quote a US four-star general, speaking of El Salvador in the 1980’s: "80% of the people just want to live their lives. They are your allies. 15% are fence sitters. They will follow whomever they think is the most powerful. They will take care of themselves once you start winning. The remaining 5% are hard core Marxist-Lenninists. You just have to kill them." KHANKALA, July 16 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov visited Chechnya on Wednesday. He met the commander of federal troops in the North Caucasus, Sergei Makarov, who briefed him about the situation in Chechnya. Ivanov told reporters after the meeting that "about 1,200-1,300 active militants, diehard bandits act in Chechnya, the talk with whom can be only one - their destruction". Some 300 foreign mercenaries fight with rebels groups, Ivanov said. "This figure changes, because some militants go abroad, while others come to the republic," he said. |
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