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Guerillas Of Grozny - Brief Article
Ecologist, The, April, 2000 by Vladimir Emelyanenko
The war in Chechnya isn't just costing lives, says Vladmir Emelyanenko, it's causing an ecological catastrophe as well. For years, Chechnya's capital Grozny has been used as a storage depot for hazardous chemicals like 24-D; an Agent Orange-type exfoliant used against the Vietcong. Now Russian bombing has ruptured the containers.
Barrels of highly concentrated sulphuric acid and tetrachloride are leaking their contents into Chechnya's rivers. The Russian Defence Department has also reported the destruction of 15,000 local petrol factories which are unleashing a river of kerosene and benzene. According to Defence Department calculations, unless action is taken soon, the region will soon be 'unfit for human habitation'. To make things worse, the mountains surrounding Grozny are home to several nuclear waste dumps. The largest, in the Radion Chemical Factory, lies just five miles from the combat zone. Knowing that Russian forces are unlikely to strike such a hazardous target, the guerilla commando Khattab, has s tationed his troops around the dumps.
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