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To: Yaacov who wrote (15431)	6/25/2001 2:55:56 PM
From: Maurice Winn	of 17770

* Good riddance - Barayev killed by Russian troops * Thank you Russia. nzherald.co.nz <26.06.2001 MOSCOW - Russian troops had found the body of a notorious Chechen rebel commander reported at the weekend to have been killed in fierce fighting near the Chechen capital of Grozny. A Kremlin spokesman said crack troops had swooped on a village outside Grozny and killed Arbi Barayev and his followers after six days of fighting. Barayev, one of the country's most wanted men, has been accused of masterminding the kidnap and beheading of four Western engineers in 1998, including New Zealander Stan Shaw. The four were working on a $673 million contract to install telecommunications equipment in Chechnya when they were kidnapped. They were killed in December 1998 after a botched attempt by local authorities to rescue them. Shaw's sister in Christchurch, Cheryl McNabb, said she felt little relief that Barayev was dead. New Zealand's distance from the rebel Russian territory made it difficult for the family to feel relief, she said. "It's not as if the killer were walking around among us. It's a lawless country so it's not the same feeling of justice. "It's such a different world to the one we live in." Chechen rebels acknowledged the death of Barayev on their Kavkaz.org website, saying that "the commander of the Special Islamic regiment Arbi Barayev has become a shahid [martyr]." Rebels had tried to concealed Barayev's body under a heap of rubble. The death is seen as a major victory for the Russians. Moscow described Barayev as the ringleader of kidnapping gangs that terrorised southern Russia. > Stan was killed, decapitated and his head left by the side of a road. People who murder other people had better be careful about who they choose to kill. While the USA and co stop murder in Kosovo, let's hope Russia can clean up the rest... Message 12239570 Mqurice

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