As for "dehumanization", people who rape and murder young children based on racial/religious differences (the Chechens are just like the Nazis in this respect) are not human beings, they are monsters. It's this PC culture of treating all groups as morally equivilant that got us into this mess. There is evil in the world, Hitler and Stalin are prime examples as are these monsters in Chechnya.
So, what are you going to say about the Russians responsible for murders and rapes in Chechnya?
Two hundred thousand civilians...40,000 kids.
I agree that there is evil in the world. Beslan was an evil deed perpetuated by terrorist who should be hunted down and interrrogated for every shred of info over their higher ups then dealt to by thee local laws to the highest extent possible.
They were evil, yes. That does not mean that all who resist Russian occupation of Chechenya are evil. Obviously it is in the Russian interests to paint them all of one stripe, but there are clear distinctions. The power vacuum caused by four years of chaos means that there is no unfiied monolith of Chechen resistance but a number of indpendent groups working to similar but not identical goals.
The earliest polls all showed that the Chechens were anti-Russian not Pro-Islamic theocracy. Beslan is an attempt by the fanatics to redefine the separatist agenda from a free Chechenya to a Islamic Chechen-Ingushetia federation, to make their cause the strongest faace of Chechen nationalism.
Russia has serious reasons to fear an independent Chechenya. Chechenya has serious reasons to fear Russian stewardship. And we all have reason to guard against the likes of the Beslan killers. They're scum no matter what ideology they profess.