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| Caucasus |
| Russia to Turkey: Shut Down Chechens |
| 2002-10-30 |
| Russia has asked Turkey to shut down Chechen foundations there, saying they were in contact with them during the Moscow theater siege, a Turkish news agency said Wednesday. Moscow also said the Chechen charities in Turkey finance the rebels. About 25,000 Chechens live in Istanbul and western Turkey, and up to 5 million Turks trace their roots to the Caucasus region, which includes Chechnya. Anatolia quoted Russia's ambassador to Turkey, Alexander Lebedev, as saying "there was proof" that the gunmen who seized a Moscow theater last week made telephone calls to groups in Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates during the siege. I would guess that they've got many of those conversations on tape, so they can pick through them at their liesure to pull out those hard-to-pronounce Arab personal and place names. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 SHIPMAN Turkey lost any points when they blocked the 4ID from going into Iraq from the north. We wouldn't be having near as many problems in the Sunni Triangle if it weren't for Turkey's decision to jump in bed with France, Germany, Iraq, and, yes, Rusia. Looks like Russia has figured the score out but Turkey is still allied with the losers. Let's see what proof the Russians have of their charges and then let the chips fall where they may. If Turkey has a problem, call Jacques. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-10-30 8:06:54 PM |
| #2 It's not hard at all. Cut the cash off. These type of people are nothing but trouble. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-30 7:08:52 PM |
| #1 I'm not sure how I feel about this. Let's wait and see how we feel, maybe run it by Congress, the Russ do have a point after all, but on the other hand the Turk are a long time NATO ally. This is hard! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-30 7:01:42 PM |