Posted on 10/09/2002 11:27:07 AM PDT by Destro
AP World Politics
Anti-Terrorist Muslim cleric and Regional lawmaker assassinated in Russian republic bordering Chechnya
Wed Oct 9, 4:52 AM ET
VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia - A lawmaker in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, which borders on Chechnya (news - web sites), was shot and killed in his car, an official said Wednesday.
Magomed-Bashir Aushev and his driver were found dead on Tuesday night in the village of Surkhakhi, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) west of the regional capital Nazran, said Madina Khadziyeva, a police spokeswoman.
Aushev, who was also a Muslim cleric, was a pro-Russian member of Ingushetia's regional assembly. Two days before his death, in comments broadcast on local television, he denounced a recent attack by Chechen rebels on the Ingush village of Galashki.
The attack left 17 Russian soldiers and dozens of rebels dead, according to Russian officials, and marked a widening of the Chechen war into Ingush territory.
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Aha! We've found the long-lost moderate peace loving Muslim! Perhaps he can convince his co-religionists of the error of their terroristic ways....
"assassinated in Russian republic bordering Chechnya"
Rats, foiled again by the religion of peace!
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