Conflict In The Caucasus Is About To Intensify



Kremlin Sends Tough General To Troubled Ingushetia -- Reuters

SOCHI, Russia, Aug 18 (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday ordered a battle-hardened Russian general "to put in order" troubled Ingushetia, a day after a suicide bomb attack defied Moscow's control of its restive southern flank.
Twenty people died and 136 were wounded in the most powerful blast in years when explosives packed in a truck detonated near Ingushetia's main police station, dealing a blow to Moscow's authority in the North Caucasus plagued by Islamist insurgency.

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A suicide bomber exploded a truck at a police station in Russia's restive North Caucasus on Monday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 60 others, officials said. Musa Sadulayev/AP

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A suicide bomber exploded a truck at a police station in Russia's restive North Caucasus on Monday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 60 others, officials said. Musa Sadulayev/AP

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Medvedev urges swift action on bomb attack in S. Russia -- RIA Novosti
Death Toll Rises in Ingush Suicide Blast -- Moscow Times
Blowback in the Caucasus -- Newsweek
Police blamed over Russia bombing -- BBC
Ingush Police Got Tip About Deadly Blast -- Moscow Times
Russia sacks minister after suicide bomb kills 20 -- Independent
ANALYSIS-"Afghan-isation" of Russia's North Caucasus -- Reuters

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