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jay appeared to have halted their advance into
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the more treacherous mountain terrain in the south
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ed forces were mobilizing volunteers in their most-
aserted capital, Grozny.
he commanders, who supervised the distribution
niforms and weapons, said they were expecting
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lechen commander who gave his name only as Col.
v, said.
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they plan to penetrate, although Defense Minister
Sergeyev said Wednesday Russia may mount of-
ives toward new targets, including Grozny.
'or now, the Russians appeared to be fortifying posi-
alongthe northern bank of the Terek River, which
and zags across the northern third of Chechnya,
poradic Russian air raids and artillery fire were re
ed Wednesday, but yesterday both sides said there
been no heavy fighting in the previous 24 hours,
hechen television claimed a bus carrying refugees
hit by Russian shelling Tuesday, killing about 40 civil-
and leaving many more injured,
e report showed footage of rescue workers re-
ing bodies. The interior of the bus was covered with
Russia bears down on Chechnya
Russian troops have seized the northern third of Chechnya in an effort
to seal off the republic from the rest of Russia. Troops occupy the region
down to the northern bank of the Terek River.
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attack on the bus.
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and called the report “disinformation.”
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on the northern plains of Chechnya, where the Russians
have overwhelming firepower with tanks and artillery
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er, doubted Iraq would make a seri
ous overture to the United States
through Abdullah.
“The Iraqis regularly seek to have
discussions with American officials,
and we’re not interested in those dis
cussions,” State Department
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Wednesday.
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it would mark a major turnaround
in Iraq’s hard-line policies and
show a willingness to mend fences
with its main enemies, the United
States and Israel.
In return, Iraq wants Washington
to drop its threats to put Saddam and
his senior aides on trial as war crim
inals, Al-Hayat said.
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Ocalan’s appeal
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A
TUrkish court yesterday post
poned the appeal of Abdullah
Ocalan’s death sentence, granting
the Kurdish rebel leader’s
lawyers two more weeks to pre
pare their case.
Ocalan’s lawyers, who had
asked for an extra month, did not
appear at the Ankara appeals
court for the five-minute hearing.
The next session, scheduled
for Oct. 21, will proceed whether
or not the lawyers attend, the
semi-official Anatolia news
agency reported.
Dozens of relatives of Turks
slain in the 15-year fight against
guerrillas of Ocalan’s Kurdistan
Workers Party (PKK) were out
raged by the delay.
On June 29, Ocalan was sen
tenced to death for treason and
separatism.
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