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Wednesday, 21 April 2004
TURKISH MERCENARY KILLED IN CHECHNYA
By empty (4/21/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A Turkish mercenary was killed in a federal special operation in Chechnya\'s Vedeno district, a military spokesman told Interfax. \"The man who was killed had a passport under the name of Turkish citizen Semek Yusif [transliterated from Russian] with a Georgian visa, opened on July 7, 2002; a card of the Turkish Taekwondo Federation, issued in February 1991; a lawyer\'s card, issued in February 1996; and other documents with Turkish entries,\" said spokesman Col. Ilya Shabalkin.
A Turkish mercenary was killed in a federal special operation in Chechnya\'s Vedeno district, a military spokesman told Interfax. \"The man who was killed had a passport under the name of Turkish citizen Semek Yusif [transliterated from Russian] with a Georgian visa, opened on July 7, 2002; a card of the Turkish Taekwondo Federation, issued in February 1991; a lawyer\'s card, issued in February 1996; and other documents with Turkish entries,\" said spokesman Col. Ilya Shabalkin. A Kalashnikov and cartridges were discovered at the scene. \"The circumstances of the Turkish citizen\'s stay in Russia are under investigation,\" Shabalkin said. (Interfax)