RUSSIA VOWS RETALIATION AGAINST CHECHENS.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 121

The Russian military said on Thursday it

would retaliate against a group of Chechen rebels which it blames for killing 18 Russian servicemen in an ambush two days ago. A statement issued by the Russian military command in Chechnya urged local citizens to leave the southern region where the incident had taken place "because an operation will be held against the fighters."

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