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| Turkey cannot prevent citizens from fighting in Chechnya |
| 2004-04-28 |
| Turkey is vigorously fighting terrorism but âit is unable to prevent some Turkish citizens from participating in band formations in Chechnya," Turkish ambassador to Russia, Kurtulus Taskent, told Tass on Wednesday. âRussia and Turkey have signed a number of agreements on jointly fighting terrorism. There exist mechanisms for their implementation and they do workâ, Taskent said. However, he said, âThere are not enough police to watch over everyone." âIt may occur that some persons took part in the criminal activities in Chechnya and were killed,â the ambassador said. According to the official information of the Russian power-wielding agencies, two militants, Turkish citizens, were liquidated during special operations of federal forces in Chechnya. In this connection Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov told the French âLe Figaroâ on March 6: âFederals have liquidated dozens of foreign terrorists, among them those from NATO countries, mostly from Turkey.â |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #8 Worlds' shortest M'at thread? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-28 5:22:10 PM |
| #7 There are always some idealists who join the struggle in Chechnya against the Russians because they still regard themselves Chechen. Then let them go, and hope that they never come back. Those types are the ones that you can do without. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-04-28 2:43:55 PM |
| #6 It is more a nationality question than Islamism Yeah. Sure. You keep telling yourself that. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-04-28 12:00:32 PM |
| #5 It is more a nationality question than Islamism what is getting some Turkish nationals to Chechnya, Turkey has some 4mln citizens of Caucasian descent from which possibly up to 1 mln are from Chechnya. There are always some idealists who join the struggle in Chechnya against the Russians because they still regard themselves Chechen. |
| Posted by: Murat 2004-04-28 10:20:19 AM |
| #4 the turkish state is secular, and the majority of the Turkish citizens support the secular state. There is a minority of Islamist extremists - not sure why this is a contradiction. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-04-28 9:51:07 AM |
| #3 C'mon, we know there aren't any violent Islamists in Turkey. They're secular. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-04-28 9:40:18 AM |
| #2 Moslem governments always seem to take the path of least resistance with their crazys. First they redirect the anger elsewhere (routinely to Israel and the US) In the end it's safer to let them go abroad than keep them at home. |
| Posted by: Dave 2004-04-28 9:02:32 AM |
| #1 Don't be surprised if the Russians start funding a few Kurdish groups inside Turkey, on the sly. The Turks are going to have to wake up and do something. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-04-28 8:55:53 AM |