Thursday, 24 June 2004

EXPERTS AND MEDIA CONTINUE CRITICISM OF FEDERAL AGENCIES OVER INGUSHETIAN RAID

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By empty (6/24/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Duma Deputy Viktor Ilyukhin (Communist), the deputy chairman of the Duma Security Committee, said he was \"bewildered\" by the carelessness of Russian military intelligence (GRU), the Federal Security Service (FSB), and the Interior Ministry troops deployed in Chechnya in light of the deadly raid in Ingushetia, \"Komsomolskaya pravda\" reported. A GRU officer, Colonel Aleksei Zhadin, said his comrades in Chechnya are always on high alert but that in this case the Chechen fighters managed to outsmart them. Military journalist Vladislav Shurygin told \"Komsomolskaya pravda\" that the success of such an operation means that Chechen fighters have agents working in the Russian security services.
Duma Deputy Viktor Ilyukhin (Communist), the deputy chairman of the Duma Security Committee, said he was \"bewildered\" by the carelessness of Russian military intelligence (GRU), the Federal Security Service (FSB), and the Interior Ministry troops deployed in Chechnya in light of the deadly raid in Ingushetia, \"Komsomolskaya pravda\" reported. A GRU officer, Colonel Aleksei Zhadin, said his comrades in Chechnya are always on high alert but that in this case the Chechen fighters managed to outsmart them. Military journalist Vladislav Shurygin told \"Komsomolskaya pravda\" that the success of such an operation means that Chechen fighters have agents working in the Russian security services. He added that the war in Chechnya continues, despite statements to the contrary by the Kremlin. Judging by some of the details of the raid, Shurygin said, it was only a test for larger attacks in the future. (RFE/RL)
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