The administration also left open the possibility of U.S. meetings with Chechens who are not linked to terrorists.We are scum.
Speak for yourself.
If we meet with Chechnyans then we will certainly see the blood of Americans shed on American soil. It make us look like appeasers and makes us look weak. It is an insult to the Russian people. Boucher needs to be fired asap.
In her remarks, Jessica Stern sought to establish ties between Chechen militants and international Islamist organizations. According to Stern, at least some Chechen fighters are terrorists who have essentially sold themselves to Islamist organizations in order to obtain funding for their cause. She then cited some examples of possible al-Qaeda connections to Chechnya—including reports that Mohammad Atta had planned to go to Chechnya and that Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Ladin’s lieutenant, was arrested in Dagestan en route to Chechnya.Stern said that al-Qaeda has made extensive use of Chechnya and Afghanistan in its recruitment films as “Islamic lands liberated in the name of jihad.” Stern also indicated that during the late 1990s she met Chechens who were studying at a madrassah in Pakistan that prided itself on sending young recruits to the Taliban in Afghanistan.