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How Chechnya Became a Breeding Ground for Terror
Middle East Quarterly ^ | Summer 2005 | Lorenzo Vidino

Posted on 04/19/2013 1:22:53 PM PDT by knighthawk

On September 1, 2004, a group of Chechen terrorists took hostage and two days later murdered at least 335 schoolchildren and parents in Beslan, a town in the Russian republic of North Ossetia. The atrocity focused world attention on Chechnya. The Russian government used the event to reiterate its arguments that Chechen terrorists and foreign jihadists supporting them have ideological, financial, and operational ties with Islamist terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda.[1] Although President Vladimir Putin and top Russian security officials provided evidence of links between Chechen fighters and Al-Qaeda, European politicians and mainstream Western journalists focused instead upon the Russian army's brutality and dismissed Putin's claims as an attempt to gain sympathy in the West and deflect criticism of Russia's handling of a nationalist insurgency.

Putin may have been opportunistic, but he was also correct. A close examination of the evolution of the Chechen movement indicates that Islamists and followers of Al-Qaeda have increasingly sought to co-opt the Chechen movement as their own.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: blowback; chechnya; islam; terrorism
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To: knighthawk

What percent of Americans know what happened in Beslan?


21 posted on 04/19/2013 2:10:06 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Pi$$ed off yet?)
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To: Iron Munro

Too late.


22 posted on 04/19/2013 2:15:57 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Obamanomics-We don't need your stinking tar sands oil, we'll just grow algae.)
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To: knighthawk
On September 1, 2004, a group of Chechen terrorists took hostage and two days later murdered at least 335 schoolchildren and parents in Beslan...

And the western press critiqued the Russian army for going to to try to save the children.... Maybe gun control wasn't an issue for them back then...

23 posted on 04/19/2013 3:05:39 PM PDT by GOPJ (The screed of so-called journalists: 'If it doesn't fit, you must omit.' - - freeper Vigilanteman)
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To: I want the USA back

One tenth of one percent.


24 posted on 04/19/2013 3:08:02 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: I want the USA back

Click the Pic
Photo is of Terrorist using pressure release detonator
in Koran to kill school children!

I keep this on my homepage.

25 posted on 04/19/2013 3:47:07 PM PDT by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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To: knighthawk

Al-Qaeda has long seeked out Caucasians, like Chechens and Bosnians, who can pass for normal whites to commit terrorist acts, this is not news.


26 posted on 04/19/2013 3:49:13 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

terrorism is built in feature of this pedophile cult.

The word assassin comes from the name from professional Islamic terrorists during Crusades.

And guess what, UKUSA wanted to use them as guided weapon. What an idiotic idea.

UK established Muslim Brotherhood, USA established AQ.

Even blowback of 9/11 was not enough to bring UKUSA services to the senses. London and Madrid followed. UKUSA madness continued. Elimination of Gaddafi to make room for AQ in North Africa, like they made in Bosnia and Serbian province of Kosovo is prime example. Helping terrorists in Syria another.

Fort Dix was not enough. Frankfurt airport was not enough.

Now chicken came home to roost again.

The real task is to find who is feeding them.


27 posted on 04/19/2013 8:27:09 PM PDT by DTA
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To: I want the USA back

I doubt a lot. Over here in Europe it was big news though.


28 posted on 04/20/2013 8:47:38 AM PDT by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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To: GOPJ

Will do m8!


29 posted on 04/20/2013 8:47:54 AM PDT by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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