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Guerrillas In Grozny
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It should have been over by now. this time last year, Russian generals talked confidently of the final
stage of their operations in Chechnyamopping up the scattered bands of guerrillas who had fled to the
hills to escape the Russian military onslaught. Vladimir Putin, in his most famous sound bite ever,
promised in gangster language to "rub out" the separatist commanders, even if they were on "the john."
But something has gone badly wrong. The guerrillas are back in the cities and towns. The Kremlin has
turned against the civilian it put in charge of Chechnya,...