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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 15. August 2005 / Timeline August 15, 2005

14. August 2005, 16. August 2005

08/15/2005
Losses during two Chechen wars reach 160,000 - official
http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=2318413&PageNum=0
MOSCOW, August 15 (Itar-Tass) - Total losses during the two military campaigns in Chechnya reached 160,000, chairman of the republic's State Council Taus Dzhabrailov told reporters on Monday. The toll includes both the killed and the missing among federal troops, militants and civilians. Approximately 100,000 casualties are not Chechens. "According to preliminary estimates, 30,000 to 40,000 Chechens were killed in the republic during the two wars," Dzhabrailov said.
When asked about the number of militants, the official put it at 800 to 1,000 people, including 100 to 150 foreign mercenaries.
"These mercenaries call themselves the adherents of Islam which enables them to pump finance from aboard," the State Council chairman said. Chechnya had a population of 1.2 million before the breakup of the Soviet Union.

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