From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24 (Original Message) Sent: 7/12/2006 7:24 PM
BASAYEV'S MYSTERIOUS DEATH BRINGS HOPE
The death of the most notorious Chechen warlord suggests an end to conflict in
the North Caucasus could be in sight.
By Timur Aliev in Ali-Yurt, Ingushetia
Russia's most wanted man, Chechen militant leader Shamil Basayev may have met
his end by accident rather than in a deliberate hit as Russian leaders claim,
but his death certainly marks a major victory for Moscow and could result in the
armed conflict beginning to ebb away.
Ground zero for this major development is the edge of Ali-Yurt, a small village
in Ingushetia not far from the border with Chechnya. A row of unfinished houses
still lacking doors and windows stands here, facing a road that is little more
than a track, a hillside, a ravine, some fields and trees.
Few people live in this secluded spot, even though it is just five kilometres
from the capital of Ingushetia, Magas. The golden dome ...
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