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September 08, 2004
Russia Offers Reward for Chechen Leaders
Russia offered more than $10 million for information that helps "neutralize" two well-known rebel leaders from breakaway Chechnya accused of planning the school hostage standoff that killed at least 326 people last week, news agencies reported Wednesday. The reports of the reward came a day after Russians got a horrific glimpse of the drama from video footage filmed by the militants who captured the school in southern Russia. Tens of thousands of people turned out at a government-backed rally in Moscow to condemn the terrorists and demand justice

The two leaders with the bounties on their heads are Aslan Maskhadov and Shamil Basayev.

Maskhadov is a Chechen general who was elected president of Chechnya in 1997; Basayeve is a notorious Chechen terrorist who is said to be responisble for over 200 deaths through terror tactics. Both men are thought to be the masterminds of the Beslan massacre.

12 of the terrorists who took part in the siege have been identified. While no details have been given about their identities, it is said that they were all in part responsible for the June attacks in North Ossetia and Ingushetia that killed dozens of people.

Here's a interesting piece of information, translated by Stan at Logic and Sanity.

Shamil Basayev's official mouthpiece - kavkazcenter.com - has a new conspiracy theory. As I reported earlier, some of the terrorists who took part in the murder of students in Beslan, were supposed to be doing time in russian jails. Basayev's PR is claiming (here), that the FSB has taken those jailed terorrists, killed them and put their bodies on the scene in Beslan in order to frame Basayev. Kulaev has been brought out from prison in order to give false testimony, they claim.

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Posted by Michele at September 8, 2004 05:59 AM | TrackBack
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Chechen rebels just put a $20 million bounty on Putin's head. here

Posted by: Stan LS [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 8, 2004 08:00 PM

Wow, $20 million on Putin's head. I wouldn't wanna be those people when they get them. There is no alphabet media or ACLU there, those boys will be hurtin'!!! I wanna see Putin get his dander up and ravage those rebels. I think it may happen sooner than later.

Posted by: dickmr [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 9, 2004 01:43 AM

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