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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Medvedev vows to wipe out Caucasus 'bandits'
2010-01-09
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev resolved on Friday to wipe out what he calls "bandits" across Russia's Muslim-dominated Caucasus after a suicide bomb killed seven policemen in the Dagestan region earlier this week.

"As far as bandits are concerned ... They simply need to be eliminated," Medvedev told the head of the FSB, the successor to the KGB.

The Kremlin chief's hard-hitting words come after a suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives at a traffic police depot on Wednesday in the capital of Dagestan, Makhachkala, killing seven and injuring 20.

"(Eliminating bandits) must be done in a tough manner and systematically," Medvedev added.
Posted by:ryuge

#7  I didn't say they'd be successful. I said I wouldn't be suprised if they reduced Makhachkala to rubble.
Posted by: Fred   2010-01-09 23:10  

#6  Talk is cheap. Successful action takes research, good intelligence, and planning. My suggestion is to go after the head--the financiers, top dawg, and the financial people that aid and abet these terrorists, wherever they may be, be it in the ME, or in a little land-locked country full of banks.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2010-01-09 18:35  

#5  Pancho Villa III?
Posted by: A_Rovian_Disciple   2010-01-09 18:04  

#4  Russians might be clumsy but at least they're not PC.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2010-01-09 17:23  

#3  They are Muslims, and it's likely something will happen. The "Chechen Republic of Iskeria" lives on, if only in Doku Umarov's mind and the wallets of his Arabian bankers. The Soviets Russers will be perfectly willing to exterminate more of them, possibly doing to Makhachkala what they did to Grozny in Shamil's prime..
Posted by: Fred   2010-01-09 13:38  

#2  Ingushetta 2.0
Posted by: newc   2010-01-09 12:36  

#1  Are they Muslims?
if so, nothing will happen.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-01-09 12:32  

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