Putin orders special forces to find hostage-killers in Iraq
28/06/2006 - 13:48:25President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian special services to hunt down the killers of four Russian hostages in Iraq, news agencies reported today.
“The president has ordered the special forces to take all necessary measures to find and destroy the criminals who killed Russian diplomats in Iraq,” news agencies said, citing the Kremlin press service.
The order follows Monday’s confirmation by the Foreign Ministry that four Russians working at the embassy in Iraq had been killed.
Earlier today, the lower house of the Russian parliament passed a statement decrying the murders and saying that “occupying” countries are losing control in Iraq.
Russia has strongly opposed the US-led military campaign in Iraq.
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