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| Caucasus |
| Chechen war still grinding on... |
| 2002-09-02 |
| An Mi-24 helicopter was shot from the sky Saturday while on a supply mission to troops in the mountains, killing two soldiers. Another one? Cheeze. In all, 10 Russian servicemen were killed in attacks throughout Chechnya since Saturday - including the latest two helicopter deaths. Four servicemen were killed in an attack on an armored personnel carrier, and two died when their jeep ran over a land mine near Novogrozny. A policeman was killed by a land mine and a member of the Interior Ministry troops was killed in a clash near Gansul-chu. This is what war of attrition looks like... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |