Chechen Rebel Leader Warns of Attacks
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From Times Wire Reports
A Chechen warlord who says he was behind last month’s mass hostage-taking in Moscow warned that his group would launch new strikes in Russia if Moscow does not pull its troops out of his breakaway republic.
Shamil Basayev told NATO leaders in an open letter they should press Moscow to exit Chechnya and start peace talks.
“We are ... warning that all military, industrial and strategic facilities on the territory of Russia are legitimate military targets for us,” the letter said.
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