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| 2005-09-27 |
| Gunmen launched two separate attacks in Chechnya , killing one police officer and wounding four others, Russia‘s Interior Ministry said Wednesday. Also Tuesday evening, three unknown gunmen fired on guards outside a court building in the Chechen capital of Grozny, wounding one, he said. Meanwhile, the Kremlin issued a letter Wednesday from President Vladimir Putin to Jordanian King Abdullah II. The message was delivered personally by Moscow-backed Chechen President Alu Alkhanov during his Middle Eastern tour. But it added that "bandits and international terrorists still hoped to prevent positive changes and manipulate people using their religious feelings." Jordan has a large Chechen Diaspora which, like most Chechens outside Russia and many in the Muslim world, are generally resentful of Russia‘s handling of the Chechen crisis. Alkhanov‘s tour at the end of last week also included a visit to Syria. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |