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Kazakh Police Kill Six Suspected 'Militants' In Almaty

Kazakh security forces clashed with gunmen after surrounding an Almaty apartment building.

Kazakh Police Shot By Armed Group

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By RFE/RL's Kazakh Service

July 30, 2012

ALMATY -- Police in Kazakhstan say six armed men killed in a special operation in the country's largest city were bandits with criminal records.

The six, who were tracked down as part of a hunt for the shooters of two police officers, were killed in an apartment on July 30.

According to police, the killed suspects have been identified. They all have served various prison terms for burglary, theft, and assault in the past.

Police said three unidentified men shot and killed an officer, severely injured another officer, and seized their arms in Almaty on July 28.

Police and special security units clashed with gunmen on July 30 after surrounding an Almaty apartment building.

Police said that after evacuating around 130 people, forces stormed the building, killing the suspects, who refused to surrender.

With reporting by Interfax

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by: Jack from: US

July 30, 2012 14:19

lnow not just Russians and Syrians, but Kazakhs too are hunting down and exterminating US-and-Saudi-sponsored peacefull Wahhabi Sunni activists. CIA has lost 6 more of its field operatives. Hillary Clinton is weeping again and again for peaceful Wahhabi Sunni activists brutally murdered by Kazakh police.

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by: Jack from: US

July 30, 2012 14:46

This comment not by me but by homophobic RFE/RL staffer.

by: California from: Long Beach

July 30, 2012 18:10

Jack, tell me why the U.S. wants to fund Muslim extremism in KZ? We are fighting to kill them and contain them in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Why would we want it spreading to highly productive oil countries in Central Asia? You argument is invalid, ignorant, and un-American. The U.S. wants peace in Central Asia so that oil and natural gas may flow to China, India, and Pakistan and that the demand on oil will drop so prices will go down. Think!

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by: Jack from: US

July 30, 2012 18:47

your train of thoughts are based on invalid assumption that the actions of US government are rational, intelligent, and correspond to American national interests. Neither of those 3 adjectives actually apply to the policies of US government. Otherwise US government would not have attacked Iraq on fabricated pretex, while still counting Saudi Arabia which sent 9/11 bombers to kill 3,000 Americans as "US strategic ally". US government would not have supported "activists" who fly Al Qaeda banners in Libya or Syria, and US government would not have had Christians murdered by Muslims mobs in Kosovo and Bosnia, and of course, 6000+ American soldiers would not have been killed in Iraq and 2,000+ in Afghanistan, just to have US Army fleeing those countries with the pants down, leaving behind destroyed infrastructure, hundreds of thousand dead civilians and huge territories up for grabs by Al Qaeda. But there is a reason US government does what it does. The reason is, US government considers its main enemy not Al Qaeda, not terrorists, not communists, not even Iran. The main enemy of US government are white Christian Americans, the ones who are able to stand up to criminals in Washington. By instigating Muslims to violence against Christians, by promoting Muslim terrorism, including deliberate and factual funding, arming, and training Muslim terrorists by CIA, US government hopes to keep its own population in fear and subservience. That's the only way US government can grab more and more power via "patriot acts". Say hello to George Orwell

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by: California from: Long Beach

July 30, 2012 21:29

Ok. You are insane. I understand that Iraq was a major foreign policy flaw and a drastic political failure. But I don't think the U.S. supports Al Qaeda for no reason. We only support Al Qaeda when they can help us achieve our goals. As for Syria and Libya, I have heard of the West supporting extremist elements in those countries, but according the the U.S., these are problem-some countries and I understand why they did what they did to remove Gaddaffi and try to remove Al Asad. I don't agree with it because Libya was a thriving country developing very fast and had an excellent social structure. I also feel similar about Syria, but for some reason, our government thinks that these governments shouldn't exist. But in Afghanistan, we took the Taliban and Al Qaesa out of power with the help of Iran and the Northern Alliance. The Taliban on the border are being bombed by drones almost everyday in order to stop the spread of extremism in these important regions. Its not about Christians and control of people's minds, its about resources and money. And the resources are oil and natural gas. Incase you haven't heard, they just approved a pipeline to be built from Turkmenistan thru Afghanistan to Pakistan and India. The TAPI Pipeline. This pipeline was funded back in the 90's and a Taliban delegation came to the United States to talk about the deal and what Afghanistan would get from it but talks never fell thru. Our main issues was to make sure than Iran didn't build the pipeline thru Afghanistan to Pakistan and India. We were successful. You should read more about REAL things and less about conspiracies.

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by: Jack from: US

July 31, 2012 13:12

"We only support Al Qaeda when they can help us achieve our goals.". Yep, US government, Al Qaeda, Taliban, Israel, Saudi Arabia is one big happy family

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by: Andrew from: Philadelphia

July 30, 2012 19:17

Jacks gotta be a bot if you ask me.

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by: Jack from: US

July 30, 2012 19:51

Andrew, are you a NATO minion or Wahhabi Sunni peaceful activist?