The Washington Post has a good article on the chaos. One problem was that the citizens got in the army's way. Also, townspeople killed a captured terrorist before he could be questioned and almost killed a prosecutor they mistook for a terrorist. As one Russian scholar said, it will be a big present to the terrorists if this starts an ethnic war. Putin wants this not to degenerate into genocidal civil war. The Chechens do not all support these extremists. One effect of the extremists actions may be to force the Chechens into a more radical position because they are getting killed by the Russians. The terrorists have to be captured and dealt with, but many Chechens don't like to live under the terrorsts either.
"One guerrilla was set upon by civilians and killed. "People got a hold of him and just tore him apart," said one of the soldiers. But the soldiers noted that the crowd's hatred was blind and they attempted to kill a Russian prosecutor, mistaken for a guerrilla.
"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62459-2004Sep4_4.html
"The Chechens do not all support these extremists"
Balony! If the Chechens do not support these Arabs coming in then THEY need to take care of them
But because they are fellow Muslims they accept their depravity
The Chechens can fight the Russians but not the Arabs coming in to 'help' them?
The only way I would believe this if the Chechens began waging a war against the Arabs in their midst.
As for a 'genocidal war' erupting, what do you consider killing children is?
No, this is more, 'we can't overreact' nonsense, which is exactly what the Muslims want.
They support the Arabs who did this thus they are as responsible for it.
You are for us or the terrorists.
As for the prisoner being killed by the citizens, so what!
The SOB probably figured he would get the EU to come and beg for his worthless life, or some other terror group would take more hostages to free their 'noble warriors'
These are the same people who take to the streets when one of their worthless Mosques are in danger (it is alright for them to use the Mosques to fire out of but we cannot shoot in)