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2004-02-10 Russia

Russian ultra-nationalists call for ethnic crackdown

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-02-10 12:31:19 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Until a bomb goes off at a theatre near you.

Posted by Lucky 2004-2-10 2:26:18 AM|| 2004-2-10 2:26:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 This is not a good time to be a Chechen in Russia.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-2-10 3:03:39 AM|| 2004-2-10 3:03:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 1. The LDs would target all chechens, regardless of their support for the terrs, regardless even of their support for Chechen independence. Remember there are some Chechens working WITH Russian authorities - if they are to be discriminated against, how can you not expect Chechens to rebel in some form.

2. LD's dont specify Chechens in the above statement - they say all immigrants from the Caucasus including - Dagestanis, ingush, etc - groups whose homelands have remained loyal to Russia - why? because LD isnt motivated by terrorism or rebellion, but by dislike for brown skinned muslims living in Moscow.

3. LD isnt just anti-muslim - theyre antisemitic, and antiwestern as well.

Remember - the enemy of my enemy isnt always my friend.

Posted by liberalhawk 2004-2-10 8:52:20 AM|| 2004-2-10 8:52:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Liberalhawk -- while I agree with your comments in general, the line about "brown-skinned" people is off-base. Some peoples of the Caucasus (the Chechens, for example) are darker, in general, than Russians. Others, such as the Circassians are quite fair -- often blond with blue eyes. Moreover, in no mainstream racial scheme have the people of the Caucasus ever been considered anything but Caucasians -- in fact, as the name indicates, the peoples of the Caucasus are the proto-typical Caucasians (this goes back to early German anthropology). True, Russians are often deeply prejudiced against "swarthy" people who look like they might hail from Muslim areas. But this doesn't mean that such people have brown skin. It is time to drop this racial obsession. The hard left tells us that we went to war in Afghanistan because of racism. Evidently, their brains refuse to process what their eyes see: the Pashtuns as well are "Caucasian" by any definition of the term.

Posted by closet neo-con 2004-2-10 12:19:09 PM|| 2004-2-10 12:19:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I think you all give the skinheads too much credit. They have already made their statement: A nine-year old Tajik girl has been stabbed to death in the Russian city of St Petersburg by suspected skinheads.

Anybody surprised. As I remeber the backlash in the USA was pretty much consisted of some people hassled and a Sikh killed by a total looney that didn't bother to even figure out whether the guy was a moslem.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-2-10 5:17:05 PM|| 2004-2-10 5:17:05 PM|| Front Page Top

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