[Tuor]

Ten years ago, there was little deeply Islamic about them. The high Caucasus mountains were converted to Islam only in the 16th century, and their law was that of the tribe and the clan, not of the Koran and the Sunna. No woman went veiled.

Too bad many people, including many here on FR, will not realize the above fact. It saddens me the way statism has taken over the site, so that The Law, lawfulness, and obedience to authority is more important than freedom, liberty, and what is right.

I have supported the Chechen's attempts at freedom ever since I heard about their plight. I wish them luck in their attempts to regain their long-lost independance.

The worst thing we can do in this situation is to provide *any* aid to the Russians against the Chechens. The Chechens would not forgive or forget that, and they are *much* more nasty than the Saudi Muslim terrorists.

Tuor

[Free the USA]

I have a good friend that is from Chechnya; the Russians are as vicious and intentionally target civilians at least as much as the Chechens do.

[monday]

"I have supported the Chechen's attempts at freedom ever since I heard about their plight. I wish them luck in their attempts to regain their long-lost independance."

I guess it is safe to assume you will also support the Mexican seperatists when they start kidnapping US citizens for ransom and blowing up hospitals and theators in their quest for independence of the the American Southwest?

You realize that the only freedom that Chechens are fighting for is the freedom to be murdering bandits. It is not that the Russians are oppressing them anymore than any other people, its just that the Russians won't let them rob and kidnap and murder with impunity.

Oh woe is them, what a terrible plight. /sarcasm>

[Deb]

And how 'bout that "sad plight" of them Kosovar Albanians? A real tragedy, huh?

[chudogg]

You do know that the Chechen's have tortured and killed plenty of Americans. I want bother posting the link of a video of an American having his fingers cut off and then becoming beheaded.