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| Head of Chechen admin thinks Basayev still alive |
| 2002-05-20 |
| Akhmad Kadyrov, head of the Chechen administration, thinks that one of terrorist leaders Shamil Basayev, despite reports of his death, is still alive. Kadyrov told this to journalists on Monday in Grozny. He said he did not have information about the death of the Chechen field commander. It has earlier been repeatedly said that Basayev had died from the effects of serious wounds he received in combat. But no precise data confirming this fact was furnished, Kadyrov emphasised. Basayev has been reported dead several times before, once when he lost his foot and part of his leg in a minefield, another time when he lost an eyes. If he happens to be toes up this time, that would be a serious one-two whack at the Chechen insurgency. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |