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2006-12-03 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Two policemen wounded in attacks in Chechnya

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Posted by Fred 2006-12-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Okay. I'm confused. Khabarovsk is in the Russian Far East. Gudermes is in the Caucasus, to whit, in Chechnya. TDY? A personal visit? A secret mission?

They use police, mainly russian analog of SWAT, for short term service in Chechnia.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-12-03 00:23|| 2006-12-03 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Damn. I was thinking they were going to establish the Chechen Autonomous Region, maybe a couple hundred miles north of Khab.

Posted by Fred 2006-12-03 00:55|| 2006-12-03 00:55|| Front Page Top

#3 That's just what would have happened in Stalin's day, populated by people hauled there in cattle cars. In December.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-12-03 01:00|| 2006-12-03 01:00|| Front Page Top

#4 That's just what Stalin did in WWII.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-12-03 17:10|| 2006-12-03 17:10|| Front Page Top

#5 The Chechens are a typical case of Soviet divide-and-rule. They were moved from their home to Siberia (I'm not sure where) by Stalin. Then Kruschev let them come back, but, oh, all their land and houses were in the hands of others (usually Russians) now.

I would have a great deal of sympathy for them except that the horned head of Islam has reared.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-12-03 20:53|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-12-03 20:53|| Front Page Top

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