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GROZNY, Russia (AP) — Russian troops tight
ened the circle around two large Chechen towns
yesterday, sending civilians fleeing, and human
rights advocates condemned what they said were
indiscriminate attacks against settlements.
Troops were just over a mile from the town of
Achkhoi-Martan, 15 miles southwest of the capi
tal Grozny; surrounded Argun, nine miles east of
the capital, and pressed in on Grozny itself from
strategic heights to the east.
They appeared intent on repeating the strate
gy used last week to conquer Gudermes, Chech
nya’s second-largest city: shelling it into submis
sion and then sending in ground troops.
The Russian military demanded yesterday
that the inhabitants of Argun force out the
militants or face shelling, Khasan Gapu-
rayev, press secretary of the Chechen parlia
ment, said.
He said residents of Argun were fleeing
south toward the mountains.
Maj. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov, a top Russian
commander, denied that any ultimatum was
made. He said his men would conduct negotia
tions with elders in the town, “so they can drive
the rebels out of their villages themselves.”
Another top military official, Maj. Gen. Vadim
Timchenko, said of Achkhoi-Martan: “We have not
attempted to storm the city and are not planning to. ”
Russian troop movements along the main
highway leading from Grozny to the west slowed
the flow of refugees into the neighboring Russian
republic of Ingushetia.
Some 1,000 people crossed into Ingushetia
yesterday, about one-quarter of the number who
have been crossing each day recently.
Nearly 210,000 Chechens have fled to neigh
boring regions, the Federal Migration Service said.
Russian airstrikes were slowed yesterday by
poor weather, as well as by increased resistance
from rebels, the Interfax news agency reported.
It said that militant bands had attacked Russ
ian forces with small arms-fire and mortars along
the heights to the north and east of Grozny, as
well as in the Urus-Martan area, 12 miles south
west of the capital.
Chechen officials have said more than 4,000
civilians have been killed since Russia launched
its offensive in September.
In Moscow, the Russian human rights group
Memorial issued a statement protesting “indis
criminate aviation, rocket and artillery strikes
against populated areas of Chechnya.”
Oleg Orlov, the president of Memorial, said the
Russian army has closed many escape routes for
refugees.
“Roads in general are being shot up. There are
no humanitarian corridors. Any road is danger
ous,” he said.
He added that Chechen refugees had reported
that Russian planes dropped leaflets warning
people not to use the roads in Chechnya’s moun
tainous south.
When refugees manage to cross into neigh
boring Russian regions, troops and police screen
them to try to determine if they have been fight
ing or if they are connected with the Wahhabis,
an Islamic sect, Orlov said.
Russia vows it will not back off its ground assaultsr
rebel fighters are wiped out. On Wednesday, Russia-
territory in the east and west, tightening their hoWr
Russian airstnke or artillery shelling
Movement of Russian forces
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Criticism came from other quaitai
The World Council of Churchesyestd
letter to Russian Orthodox Patriatdiil
condemn “the disproportionateandi
use of force employed by the Rus
forces, which is contributing to at
crisis of the utmost seriousness.”
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Turkey turns attention to oncoming winter
Cory Morrow
Friday Night
DUZCE, Turkey (AP) — With
some rescue teams already gone and
others leaving soon, hopes of finding
more survivors from Turkey’s latest
earthquake are fading and thoughts
are turning to helping the newly
homeless face winter’s bitter chill.
The 72-hour window after which
people usually cannot survive be
neath rubble lapsed at 7 p.m.
Some rescuers said there was no
point in staying.
“It’s finished. You can’t find
live people after 72 hours,” Bel
gian fireman Jean Paul Dezutter
said, who stopped by the Ameri
can rescuers’ camp for a ritual ex
change of T-shirts and caps before
leaving Monday afternoon.
Friday night’s 7.2-magnitude
quake killed at least 547 people, the
government said yesterday.
Thousands have been left home
less in temperatures that have
plunged to below freezing each
evening.
Jean-Phillipe Jutzi, a Swiss res
cuer, said there was little chance of
anyone surviving in the rubble after
the freezing temperatures of the last
three nights.
Many must have died of hy
pothermia, he said.
A rescue team from Fairfax, Va.,
came equipped with 100,000
pounds of equipment. The team had
planned a week’s stay.
“Some people have started asking
preliminary questions about leav
ing,” Rekha Chalasani, the team’s
spokesperson said. She said the team
would consult with the U.N. rescue
coordinators about what to do.
A total of 23 international teams
arrived in TUrkey after the temblor,
anticipating devastation like that of
an August quake that killed over
17,000 people.
The significantly lower numbers
of casualties this time has left some
rescuers with little work. Some
teams are switching their efforts
from rescue to relief, reaching out to
homeless people who spend cold
nights in tents.
Nusret Miroglu, the governor of
Bolu province said about 300 build
ings had collapsed and about 80,000
people were sleeping in the streets.
He said the death toll could
still rise.
His estimate of the homeless was
based only on city counts, he noted
— “we have no information from
Assessing the damage in Turkey
the villages.” He appealed to inter
national charities for assistance, say
ing there were not enough tents to
go round.
Bus stations were flooded with
residents fleeing the zone to other re
gions of Tli r key.
Among those who stayed, men
shored earth up against improvised
shelters to keep the rain waters out.
The Israeli team is set to distrib
ute 2,000 sleeping bags in Duzce.
An Israeli field hospital also is in
place, relieving staff at the munici
pal hospital in Duzce, which was
forced to move patients into its
yard after the quake made the
wards unsafe.
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