Word: martan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...light tanks, armored personnel carriers and trucks could not enjoy the idyllic scene; they had to stop and take shelter behind their vehicles from unseen Chechen snipers. In a lovely grove left of the highway, a Grad missile launcher fired its projectiles toward the Chechen village of Achkoi-Martan four miles ahead; heavy artillery boomed and fires blazed atop hills. Journalists could not follow the battle any further because a light Russian tank suddenly opened fire on them with a machine gun, chasing the reporters into their parked cars and away from the scene. First, though, the journalists heard...
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