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2004-02-15 Caucasus

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-02-15 12:39:55 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Did they put a stake through his heart just in case?

Posted by Steve White 2004-2-15 12:45:44 AM|| 2004-2-15 12:45:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#2
During the hard-line Islamic rule of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Yandarbiyev opened a Chechen Embassy in the Afghan capital, and a consulate in the southern city of Kandahar.

... because so many Chechens were in Afghanistan as members and supporters of Al Qaeda.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-2-15 1:00:17 AM|| 2004-2-15 1:00:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Do you notice how that Islamic thing keeps popping up. It's all God this and allah that. "God hates Islam" sez Lucky. There I said it, so it must be so.

Posted by Lucky 2004-2-15 1:52:13 AM|| 2004-2-15 1:52:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Madani said the assassination was "an ugly crime. It was the act of a coward. The cowardly Russian position will only add to its shame.

soooo...I guess we are just left to ponder why it's an act of bravery when they do it.

Posted by B 2004-2-15 7:54:14 AM|| 2004-2-15 7:54:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Have there been evidence that Yandarbiyev was indeed a terrorist, like Basayev is?

Or is this just a case where every Chechen separationist is painted with the same brush?

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2004-2-15 9:37:16 AM|| 2004-2-15 9:37:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Looks like the jury's more in than out on that score...

Posted by Raj 2004-2-15 10:12:08 AM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2004-2-15 10:12:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Aris,

Yandarbiyev was said to be the Gulf contact with the Bad Boyz in the Nord-Ost takeover. I believe they had him on tape.

Posted by Fred 2004-2-15 11:04:47 AM|| 2004-2-15 11:04:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Purely speculation, but wonder if this could be a Mossad hit, at the request of the Russians. The Russians would stand out in Qatar, but another "Arab" would hardly be noticed. Israel may be willing to act in exchange for a future favor. While I'm not sure if Mossad would use such a weapon, it certainly is well within their capabilities. It's also within their abilities not to get caught.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-2-15 12:33:15 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-2-15 12:33:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, it is not nice to boom people in third party countries, butYandarbiyev is a terrorist, and the third party country should make people like him persona non grata. Letting people like him hang out is just like the Taliban in Afghanistan, or the Black Turbans in Iran.

They have to realize that terrorists in their country are liabilities and not assets.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-2-15 1:32:02 PM|| 2004-2-15 1:32:02 PM|| Front Page Top

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