Monday, July 10, 2006

Russia kills most-wanted Warlord

CNN.com is reporting... Russia's most wanted man, Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, has been killed by the country's Special Forces, the state security chief has told President Vladimir Putin... FSB Chief Nikolai Patrushev said on Monday that Basayev, who claimed responsibility for the 2004 Beslan School attack in which 331 people, half of them children, were killed, was planning an attack to coincide with Russia hosting the G8 summit of world leaders this weekend... CNN's Matthew Chance said the killing was a massive victory for the security services and a huge blow for the rebel leadership... Read this story in full HERE

Note: This is the equivalent to the Russians as it would be for us if we had just killed bin Laden.
Bottom line-- It’s a big deal!!!
AubreyJ.........

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