Land Mines, Rebels Kill 11 Soldiers in Chechnya
RUSSIA
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Rebel attacks and land mine explosions killed 11 Russian servicemen and injured 12 in the separatist republic of Chechnya in 24 hours, an official in the pro-Moscow Chechen administration said.
Federal forces, meanwhile, tightened their grip around neighboring Ingushetia, where a surprise rebel attack last month raised fears that the already 3-year-old Chechen war was creeping into new territory.
Russian forces swept into Chechnya in September 1999, three years after a 20-month war with separatists had ended and Moscow’s military had withdrawn in humiliation.
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