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| Basayev planning additional raids into Dagestan |
| 2004-08-02 |
| Chechen separatist leader Shamil Basayev has worked out a detailed plan of attack against several cities in Dagestan based on the deadly Ingushetia raids June 22 that killed 90 people, the Vremya Novostei daily reports, citing a source in Chechen law enforcement. Chechen separatists are planning to attack three major residential areas in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, including the city of Kizlyar where police fought separatists who had barricaded themselves in a building Friday. Next, according to the plan obtained by law enforcement authorities and Chechen federal intelligence, the separatists plan to attack Chechnya's capital, Grozny, and the city of Gudermes. The separatists thus plan to distract federal forces with attacks in Dagestan, and hit major Chechen cities. A source in Chechnya's FSB confirmed reports of the plan in a statement to Vremya Novostei. Chechen intelligence also has reports as to who will lead the attacks in Kizlyar. These are the Yelgushiyev brothers that led the invasion into Dagestan that started the second military campaign in Chechnya in 1999. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |