Rebels Blow Up Oil Pipeline In ChechnyaAt the same time two terrorist acts were prevented on Monday in Chechnya's capital Grozny, RIA Novosti news agency reported. Police officers found on the roadside a powerful explosive device contained a 82mm-calibre mortar mine, a 200gr of TNT charge and an electric detonator. The bomb was defused. Special police force (OMON) officers found and destroyed seven 122mm-calibre mortar mines, more than 2 kilograms of TNT and electric detonators in Grozny. The device was ready to be planted and to explode. Russia withdrew its troops from Chechnya in 1996, but the army returned in September 1999, after incursions by Chechen rebels into neighbouring Daghestan and the deaths of some 300 people in apartment bombings that Russian officials blamed on rebels. More than twenty months into "anti terrorist" campaign, Moscow has established nominal control over the republic. Moscow says the war is over, but Russian troops and pro-Moscow police come under regular attack from Chechen rebels who have split up into small groups hiding in mountains. http://lenta.ru/english/2001/06/18/pipeline/ STOP NOVOM SVETSKOM PORETKU ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrBE8.bVKZIq Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================ |
