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2005-03-08 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by liberalhawk 2005-03-08 12:14:29 PM|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Good news indeed. Swedish news report confirmation by Maschadov's own spokesman on radio Echo Moskvy.

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2005-03-08 12:21:22 PM|| [http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/categories/currentEvents/] 2005-03-08 12:21:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 liberalhawk, anybody....got a link?

Posted by Desert Blondie 2005-03-08 12:33:14 PM|| [http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2005-03-08 12:33:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 weapons malfunction?
"quit playing with that grenade, dammit"

Posted by Frank G 2005-03-08 12:46:55 PM|| 2005-03-08 12:46:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Weapons malfunction?

Is that like a wardrobe malfunction?

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-03-08 12:56:28 PM|| 2005-03-08 12:56:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Times of London has the story:

Chechen rebel leader Maskhadov 'killed'
By Philippe Naughton, Times Online

The Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov was killed today in a battle with Russian special forces north of Grozny, Russian officials said.

The head of the FSB security service, Nikolai Patrushev, was shown on national television informing President Vladimir Putin of the death of Maskhadov, who led Chechen forces to victory over Russia in the 1990s before being elected president of the mountainous Caucasus region.

"Today in the republic of Chechnya in the village of Tolstoy-Yurt an operation was carried out by special FSB forces during which the international terrorist and leader of armed bands Maskhadov was killed and his closest collaborators arrested," Mr Patrushev said.

Russia's NTV network also broadcast footage of the body of a man it identified as Maskhadov lying on the ground barechested in a pool of blood with his arms stretched out to either side. Chechen police confirmed that he had been killed.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-03-08 1:00:09 PM|| 2005-03-08 1:00:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 the body of a man it identified as Maskhadov lying on the ground barechested in a pool of blood

Yup, wardrobe malfunction.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-03-08 1:02:02 PM|| 2005-03-08 1:02:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I tried to post this around the same time as Liberalhawk. I like my title better -- Mashkadov Mashed! -- but the raisins work for me, too.

Posted by Tibor 2005-03-08 1:15:39 PM|| 2005-03-08 1:15:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Aslan Maskhadov? More like Tash Maskhadov!

Posted by Steve from Relto 2005-03-08 1:38:59 PM|| 2005-03-08 1:38:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 We meant to shoot him 30 times, but the "weapon malfunctioned" and we only got 25 bullets in him.

Posted by Justrand 2005-03-08 1:47:33 PM|| 2005-03-08 1:47:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 "...Russian forces intended to take Maskhadov alive, but he was killed by careless weapons-handling by his bodyguards..."
How very... umm... what is the word I am searching for here... oh yeah...convienient. Or effecient. One of those words, anyway.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2005-03-08 2:00:11 PM|| [http://www.sgtstryker.com] 2005-03-08 2:00:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Um, Fred? Methinks the Deadpool needs updating.

Posted by Steve from Relto 2005-03-08 2:06:05 PM|| 2005-03-08 2:06:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Getting out the ululator...'bout damn time.

Posted by Seafarious 2005-03-08 2:23:50 PM|| 2005-03-08 2:23:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 One down many, many more to go. Europe is full of them - they just don't want to admit it (yet). But isn't this like dejavu all over again - some really bad ass getting his by his own? The takedowns never seem to be clean but always sort of screwed up but effective.

Posted by Jack is Back! 2005-03-08 2:35:10 PM|| 2005-03-08 2:35:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 One down many, many more to go. Europe is full of them - they just don't want to admit it (yet). But isn't this like dejavu all over again - some really bad ass getting his by his own? The takedowns never seem to be clean but always sort of screwed up but effective.

Posted by Jack is Back! 2005-03-08 2:36:24 PM|| 2005-03-08 2:36:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 I want Shamil Basayev DEAD and on a platter!!!!!

Posted by Poison Reverse 2005-03-08 2:37:54 PM|| 2005-03-08 2:37:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Loved that series, Steve :-) So long as it isn't Tashlan, we're still ok, right?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-03-08 2:56:20 PM|| 2005-03-08 2:56:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Most Sincerely DEAD!

Posted by BigEd 2005-03-08 3:31:09 PM|| 2005-03-08 3:31:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Isn't it standard bodyguard practice to keep your weapon armed with the safety off pointed straight at the guy you're protecting?

Posted by Captain Pedantic 2005-03-08 4:54:18 PM|| 2005-03-08 4:54:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 My guess would be that it wasn't an accidental "weapons malfunction." Maskhadov dead can be morphed into a martyr. Maskhadov alive and in jug can be morphed into both a propaganda tool and an information source. He was the man who knew too much.

Posted by Fred 2005-03-08 6:44:43 PM|| 2005-03-08 6:44:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 My cockels! They are like glowing toasty wise!

Posted by Shipman 2005-03-08 6:54:17 PM|| 2005-03-08 6:54:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 I want to see a DNA match.

On the other hand perhaps his bodyguards were consumating the "deal" for their share of the bounty and a new life in a tropical paradise.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-03-08 8:39:44 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-03-08 8:39:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 I want to see a DNA match.

SPoD, you mean a DNA match of previously killed Maskhadov with currently killed Maskhadov? ;-)

Perhaps they have his dental record.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-03-08 8:46:56 PM|| 2005-03-08 8:46:56 PM|| Front Page Top

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