Chechnya rebels name new leader

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Series Details 10.3.05
Publication Date 10/03/2005
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Chechen rebels have named the successor to leader Aslan Maskhadov, killed in a Russian raid on 8 March 2005. The influential radical warlord Shamil Basayev said Abdul-Khalim Saydullayev, head of the rebels' so-called Sharia court, would take over until elections.

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