22 rebels said killed, including key figure MOSCOW -- Chechen security forces killed 22 separatist rebels, including the alleged organizer of the assassination of the republic's president, a top republic official said yesterday, according to news reports. Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov was quoted as saying the rebels were killed in an operation in the Vedeno region, about 30 miles southeast of Grozny, the Chechen capital. The ...