[AdmSmith]

This is not good. Aslan Maskhadov was not an Islamist, the Russian government is killing all moderates and the remaining ones are hardcore Islamists such as Basayev and his friends.

Unfortunately Putin does not understand what he has done.

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38276

[AdmSmith]

Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov supported the U.S.-led coalition's intervention into Iraq.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1233969/posts

[dennisw]

This is not good. Aslan Maskhadov was not an Islamist, the Russian government is killing all moderates and the remaining ones are hardcore Islamists such as Basayev and his friends.

 Not to worry. The Russkies are working their way up the list.

This moderate hero of yours had armies that killed many Russian boys in the 1994 war. He's an Islamist since he made common cause with the Islamists and Jihadists/ I'm glad he got wasted

[Straight Vermonter]

While Maskhadov was certainly more moderate than the "leaders" who have emerged in the second Chechen war, once he through his lot in with the Islamists he could not expect to be treated differently.

Could you really imagine Putin coming to a negotiated settlement with him after the Moscow bombings? After the theater massacre? After Beslan?

[Truth666]

Finally someone repeating the MSM story