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WHO IS BEHIND THE CHECHEN TERRORISTS? |
2004-09-01 |
RIA Novosti commentator Vyacheslav Lashkul Chechen terrorists have committed another crime, this time in the North Ossetian town of Beslan, where they seized School No 1 during a ceremony to mark the start of the new academic year. The hostage-takers are demanding that Russian forces be withdrawn from Chechnya and convicted terrorists be set free. On August 24, two airliners crashed in Russia. Although the suspected suicide bombers who blew up the planes were Chechens, the international extremist group the Islambouli Brigades">Islambuli Brigades, with apparent ties to al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack. Two explosions have also recently rocked Moscow; the first was at a bus stop and the second happened yesterday outside Rizhskaya metro station. Below, the general director of the National Anti-Criminal and Anti-Terrorist Foundation, Oleg Nechiporenko, comments on these tragic events: "In essence, this confirms what we have long been telling the world: the separatists in the Caucasus, in particular, the Chechen Republic, maintain links with international terrorists. According to the Regional Headquarters for the Counter-Terrorist Operation in the North Caucasus, bandit groups led by Aslan Maskhadov and Shamil Basayev include foreign mercenaries who fought in Osama bin Laden's units in Afghanistan. |
Posted by:Fred |
#4 Ha! Another Trick Question from the devious Fred! |
Posted by: .com 2004-09-01 1:58:16 PM |
#3 I once thought the Russians should back out of Chechnya. There is nothing to gain there and its become a brutal fight. Perhaps they could have done so two or three weeks ago, but it'd be impossible now without encouraging the terrorists. Russia should join the War on Terror full force. They should send troops to Iraq to learn how the US works with so few casualties and the should attempt to duplicate the strategies in Chechnya. |
Posted by: RJ Schwarz 2004-09-01 12:33:57 PM |
#2 ...on second thought I think I'll go with those Kebler Elves. Secretly making cookies in a tree, my ass! |
Posted by: 98zulu 2004-09-01 11:36:39 AM |
#1 It's all Bush's fault, of course! /sarcasm on |
Posted by: 98zulu 2004-09-01 11:35:18 AM |