[kaiser80]

Wow, so you have intelligence...

Every reasonable person who reads news from different media is aware that in Chechnya there were, are, and most likely will be some Al-Qaida operatives. A common fact. You must be also aware that if it weren't for Russia and it's totaly unprofessional actions most of the todays terrorists wouldn't even think of blewing themselves up in the middle of a crowd of innocent civilians. The whole suicide squads of Chechen women were formed up as a response of what happens there and because there are no men left...

On every battlefield in the world where al-Qaeda is fighting you will find dead Chechens, and so please go crawl back in your hole.Your intel must be very inaccurate if you try compare "collateral damage" with planned executions. When you are running out of arguments you are trying to insult me. So don't be surprised if I don't crawl back in my hole.

[GarySpFc]

Every reasonable person who reads news from different media is aware that in Chechnya there were, are, and most likely will be some Al-Qaida operatives. A common fact. You must be also aware that if it weren't for Russia and it's totaly unprofessional actions most of the todays terrorists wouldn't even think of blewing themselves up in the middle of a crowd of innocent civilians.

Okay, so you're another apologist for the poor down and out terrorists. FACT, Chechens were trained in guerrilla warfare in Afghanistan during the eighties. FACT, MANY of them were and are members of al-Qaeda. Indeed, outside of the Saudis they likely make up the largest contingent of al-Qaeda.

I grant you the Russians do not have a professional army, and that caused many of the problems, but to say they were responsible for the Chechen War is a bald faced lie. Neither did America have a professional army until the late eighties, and expecting the Russians to measure up to them is asking a lot.