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| Basayev wants to create an Islamic empire in the Caucasus | |
| 2004-09-05 | |
| Does that make him an imperialist? When the Chechen terrorist mastermind Shamil Basayev hijacked hundreds of hostages including many schoolchildren in Beslan last week, it was not for a narrow nationalist cause. His objective is more radical - and less likely to be achieved - than the aims of more run-of-the-mill Chechen nationalists, who merely want full independence from Russia. He dreams of establishing an Islamic Emirate across the North Caucasus, and to do so, he has been fomenting the Islamic rebellion that plagues states across the broad stretch of territory from the Red Sea to the Caspian.
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| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #3 We could make short work of this war if we could get all of these bejeweled-turban-wannabe's into the same room. All that would remain for us to do would be to sweep up the mess of fur and feathers left at days end. |
| Posted by: B 2004-09-05 9:31:38 AM |
| #2 Does that make him an imperialist? Fantasist. Mind you, it'd make Russia's job a lot simpler. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-09-05 9:25:48 AM |
| #1 Basayev wants to create an Islamic empire in the Caucasus Boy howdy, he's off to a tidy start. The newly minted tank divisions headed his way should make for a fine showing. It's just too bad they don't happen to be under his command. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-05 4:20:53 AM |