Comments on: Jihad In Moscow

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:00:10 +0000

BRESLAN…not an accident…not combat between warring nations and men, i.e. military men with some honor, but BESTIALITY. Follow the Link…

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/09/05/the-beslan-massacre/

I recommend having a strong drink and lots of Kleenex available while researching this abomination by those who created a living hell for those innocent children.

All need be vigilant lest history repeats.

By: Nebojsa Malic

Nebojsa Malic — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:00:39 +0000

Ilana, your description of Chechnya sounds more like Kosovo…
We should recall that from 1996 to 1999, Chechnya was de facto independent and run by the jihadists. Did that end terrorism? No – they expanded it into the neighboring Dagestan. And then into the rest of Russia (unless one believes the claim the apartment bombings were a false flag op). This was why the first Putin government went back there in 1999.

By: Van Wijk

Van Wijk — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:49:36 +0000

Americans became familiar with the handiwork of Chechen terrorists in 2002, during a deadly hostage-taking at Moscow’s Dubrovka Theater. And the Chechens became familiar with Russian aggression several centuries ago, most recently in the final days of 1994 when they declared independence and Russia, not wanting to lose hold of its empire, invaded their country. In that war, the Chechens showed us how a disarmed population with almost no military experience could defeat one of the largest professional armies in the world. If only they were Christians. Mass bombings are to be condemned, and that goes for everyone. But not all jihads are created equal, and if any operation lends credence to the "violence makes more terrorists" meme, Russia's deeds in Chechnya provide a perfect case study. Chechnya was not a fundamentalist Moslem country in 1994. Shamil Basaev lost twelve family members to Russian bombers. If it had been you, what would your response be?

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:05:56 +0000

It is too bad. Russia has always been of some interest to me. (Perhaps, it was the snow-covered scenery typically displayed on television when I a child.)

I recall being told that the Soviet Union was not the existential threat, that American agitprop portrayed it as during the abomination that was the Reagan Administration. However, Russian North Caucasus militants should be the least of their worries given that the Russian population continues to plummet.

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:30:47 +0000

Someone can also ask Hu Jintao what he thinks of Islamic militants in “East Turkmenistan.”