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Article: Reports: Chechen prime minister says rebel leader Sadulayev killed
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- June 17, 2006
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KAZBEK VAKHAYEV, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
06-17-2006
Dateline: GROZNY, Russia
Police killed Chechen rebel leader Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev during a special operation Saturday in the city of Argun, Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov's press service said.
Sadulayev had succeeded Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov, who was killed by Russian forces last year. Sadulayev's killing, if confirmed, would be further evidence that the rebels' position is weakening in Chechnya even as Islamic-inspired insurgents have spread their influence across the volatile North Caucasus region.
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