By empty (8/15/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Up to 1,000 militants are currently operating in Chechnya, head of the Chechen State Council Taus Jabrailov said at a Monday news conference at the Interfax central office. \"They number about 1,000,\" he said responding to a question from reporters. There are 100 to 150 foreign mercenaries in Chechnya, he added.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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