[familyop]

Actually, the Chechen Islamics, for the most part, are not much like other Islamists and don't get along with them. They're much less zealous, more likely to curse, drink, and so forth. They also fought a war against the Russians for independence through the '90s. Russia is more concerned about getting the real estate back than about terrorism.

And the state-owned publications in Russia are still running the same photo from the Beslan incident. News about the whole thing continues to be really weird.

Eyewitness Reports from Beslan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1243326/posts

Second Beslan Reporter Drugged
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1212718/posts

[jb6]

Actually, the Chechen Islamics, for the most part, are not much like other Islamists and don't get along with them. They're much less zealous, more likely to curse, drink, and so forth.

Yes, that's why their bodies litter Afghanistan and the Paki border. That's why a Chechen blew up the USS Cole. That's why Chechens sit in Gitmo. That's why Chechens are heard on the kidnap/beheading videos from Iraq.

Tell us another story.

[GarySpFc]

Actually, the Chechen Islamics, for the most part, are not much like other Islamists and don't get along with them. They're much less zealous, more likely to curse, drink, and so forth. They also fought a war against the Russians for independence through the '90s. Russia is more concerned about getting the real estate back than about terrorism.

You must be smoking some of that funny smelling weed. I can tell you for a fact the Chechens are in the forefront as members of al-Qaeda. The majority of foreign fighters found in Iraq are now Chechens, not Saudis.