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To: Rarebird who wrote (47684)	2/1/2000 8:36:00 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116753

RUSSIA USES MISSILE BANNED BY GENEVA VS. CHECHENS: U.S. By NILES LATHEM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Russian forces are using exotic fuel-air weapons in Chechnya that suck the oxygen out of people's lungs and create huge underground fireballs, according to alarming new reports. Western defense officials and human-rights groups charged that Russian forces are deploying the deadly TOS-1 missile -- nicknamed Pinocchio -- in several areas of Chechnya, in violation of the Geneva convention. The disclosures came as Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, warning that acting President Vladimir Putin is "riding a tiger," traveled to Moscow yesterday to push for a diplomatic settlement. "In order to deal with what is clearly a problem of terrorism, there has been excessive force used and civilians have been, I think, indiscriminately targeted," Albright said after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov. A top American official in Moscow told The Post it was unlikely Albright's criticism would change Russian strategy. "The trouble is that the Russians claim they have no alternative," the official said. The TOS-1 missile contains 30 aerosol warheads. It is designed to kill people hiding in underground bunkers. Each warhead releases clouds of inflammable gas into the air. The gas seeps into the ground, beneath a building or a bunker, and ignites, creating a huge fireball, massive shock waves and a large vacuum. The United States used similar weapons in the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars. Because their use in civilian areas is prohibited by articles of the 1980 Geneva Convention, Russian defense officials deny using fuel-air explosives in the Chechen conflict. But human-rights groups (cont) nypostonline.com