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Friday, 14 July 2006
DAGHESTAN\'S INTERIOR MINISTRY REJECTS CHECHEN ALLEGATIONS
By empty (7/14/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Daghestan\'s Interior Ministry issued a statement on July 14 rejecting as untrue Chechen Prime Minister Kadyrov\'s claim that most of the 13 militants killed during fighting the previous day in Mesketi in southeastern Chechnya close to the border with Daghestan were Avars dispatched to Chechnya to commit acts of terrorism there. The Daghestan Interior Ministry claimed that six of those killed were ethnic Chechens from Daghestan\'s Khasavyurt and Novo-Lak districts. It said five more militants were apprehended, all of them aged between 14-19.
Daghestan\'s Interior Ministry issued a statement on July 14 rejecting as untrue Chechen Prime Minister Kadyrov\'s claim that most of the 13 militants killed during fighting the previous day in Mesketi in southeastern Chechnya close to the border with Daghestan were Avars dispatched to Chechnya to commit acts of terrorism there. The Daghestan Interior Ministry claimed that six of those killed were ethnic Chechens from Daghestan\'s Khasavyurt and Novo-Lak districts. It said five more militants were apprehended, all of them aged between 14-19. The statement appealed to \"sisters, mothers, and wives\" to do all in their power to deter their menfolk from joining the resistance.(regnum.ru)