By empty (6/10/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Some 20 police officers have been deployed in Krtsanisi, eastern Georgia, to protect the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil-export pipeline currently under construction. On 9 June, police used force to disperse residents of Krtsanisi who blocked access to the construction site to demand compensation for plots of land across which the pipeline is to be routed. They also alleged that the subsidiary of British Petroleum that is building the pipeline violates safety norms, thus creating a potential ecological hazard.

By empty (6/10/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Chechen First Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov told NTV television on 9 June that \"we will punish\" the relatives of Chechen resistance fighters and, if necessary, ask the Russian State Duma to enact legislation that would legalize such reprisals, Reuters reported. Kadyrov argued that those fighters \"can kill our relatives, our fathers and brothers, but we cannot kill theirs.\" Reuters quoted unnamed observers as pointing out that any such legislation could in fact legalize the activities of Ramzan Kadyrov\'s personal security squad, which is widely believed to engage with impunity in the abduction, torture, and killing of Chechen civilians.

By empty (6/10/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

At least 11 Chinese construction workers have been killed in Afghanistan in an attack described by Beijing as a \"brutal terrorist act\". An Afghan national was also killed and several Chinese wounded. The attack took place in north-eastern Afghanistan, an area considered one of the safest in the country.