Posted on 02/02/2005 2:45:16 PM PST by BrooklynGOP
Almost a month ago, Chechen rebels sent an open letter to the European Parliament complaining that Russians/pro Russian Chechens have kidnapped Maskhadov's relatives:
Last week, Russian special services and criminal gangs, supported by the Kremlin and led by the notorious Chechen Kvisling, Kadyrov the younger, took as hostage in Grozny and other cities and villages the family of the President of the Chechen Republic Aslan Maskhadov. Among them are his brothers Lechi Maskhadov, 76 years old, Lyema Maskhadov, 68 years old, his sister Dzhovzhan Abdu1kadyrova (Maskhadova), 69 years old, and also two cousins: Adam Reshiev, 60 years old, and lkhvan Magomadov, 63 years old . Besides, during the last weeks the hostage-taking of women, elderly and children reached a massive character. This happened after the declaration of the prosecutor-general Ustinov on "The collective responsibility of "terrorists"".
Given the Basayev, Barayev, Galayev, etc., history of kidnapping (and dismembering, beheading, torturing) it takes serious chutzpah to decry when similar tactics are now being used against them.
Today, the official mouthpiece of the Chechen terrorists has published a press release stating that Maskhadov has signed an order, on January 14th, 2005, to halt all offensive actions against Russians and the pro Russian Chechen administration. The order is only effective for the month of February and is said to be a display of "good faith" by the terrorists.
There's an undeniable link between the kidnapping of Maskhadov's family and a sudden display of "good faith" by the Chechen terrorist leader two weeks later. Looks like the new Russian tactic has paid off.
I am aware of that. My point is that if we did things even remotely approaching what the Russians are doing, there would be mass cries, moral posturings, condemnations, and protests throughout the world.
Russia does this stuff and hardly anyone notices. Russia flattened Grozny nobody complained. We sacrifice soldiers in order to prevent unecessary collatoral damage in taking out the cancer of Fallujah, and we are decried throughout the world (and at home) as oppressive occupiers.
Actually, Council of Europe complained quite a bit about Chechnya, but went away after Putin basically ignored them.
No less than what the Federal army did to Atlanta.
It depresses me to no end that MOST of our politicians do not take the future of this nation seriously, and only care about raising money to stay in office.
Actually, the Chechin wars are the most covered wars, short of Iraq. There are millions of hit pieces out there. The difference is, the Russian government just ignores them and does what's needed and most Russian people understand that, having been the victims of terror for 15 years now.
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