Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Friday, 10 February 2006, 14:13 GMT Fighting near Chechnya kills 19 Russian special forces were deployed to flush out the rebels Twelve militants and seven Russian policemen have died in a clash in the southern Stavropol region, Russian security officials say. The fighting erupted on Thursday in Tukui-Mekteb, a village just north of Chechnya in the North Caucasus. According to Russian media reports, the militants had seized two houses. Hostilities flared up again in Chechnya in 1999 and Russia has refused to negotiate with the separatist rebels who want independence. On Friday up to 300 police officers and elite troops surrounded and then stormed a house in the village where the rebels were holed up, Russian security officials said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4700492.stm Dasha: Ra/Ke/Me/Ke/Me satva Jorge Angelino Rua da Sociedade Filarmónica Perpétua Azeitonense, 29 2925-598 Azeitão Portugal jorge.angelino tel: mobile: 210813674 963916784 Add me to your address book... Want a signature like this? -- Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.5/256 - Release 10.02.2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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