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Basayev promises to be "more reasonable" | |
2005-08-31 | |
A senior Chechen rebel representative confirmed Tuesday that Shamil Basayev had rejoined the rebel government, and said the radical warlord would be kept in check by other ministers. Basayev, who claimed responsibility for last year's deadly school seizure in southern Russia and other terrorist attacks, rejoined the rebel government as deputy prime minister on Aug. 25, Osman Ferzaouli, foreign minister for the rebels, told The Associated Press. "He has promised to be more responsible," Ferzaouli, who lives in Denmark as a refugee, said about Basayev. "Basayev is a soldier, but he cannot refuse to take orders given by the state defense council," which would put him "out of the law," Ferzaouli said.
Ferzaouli said the old government had been dissolved earlier this month, and that he had been in touch with Maskhadov's successor, Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev. Ferzaouli, who had been part of a moderate wing led by Maskhadov, said he replaced Ilyas Akhmadov, the former rebel foreign minister granted political asylum in the United States. Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller said he was "deeply disappointed that you form a government that is working for democracy, and you include a terrorist like Basayev." "The Chechens are losing goodwill," Moeller told Denmark's public radio. "They lost goodwill with the massacre in Beslan, and now they are again losing goodwill when they take a Beslan murderer into the exiled government." | |
Posted by:Dan Darling |
#2 'Osman Ferzaouli, foreign minister for the rebels, told The Associated Press. "He (Basayev) has promised to be more responsible," ' No more of the irresponsible nonsense like when a 100 of the 1,000 Russian hostages were slaughterd in the Budyonnovsk hospital. Or those terrorist attacks in Dagestan to spread an Islamic revolt. No more apartment or subway bombings like in Moscow. No more strikes against civilian targets such as a packed Moscow theater or passenger airplanes. No more revenge killings like in Grozny. And definatly no more shit like the school in Beslan. After all slaughtering 171 kids is bad PR. |
Posted by: DepotGuy 2005-08-31 15:17 |
#1 He's one hell of a stand up comedian but if I was him he'd better keep the day job as all purpose thug and murderous sociopath because it seems that's all the man can do with any competence. I'm sure the chechens can expect wonderful things in the future from a "government" that would find it appropriate to bring mass child murdering sociopathic scum on in a position of power. And yes, I'm sure they'll reign in Basayev just like pathetic Maskhadov did. Ever notice how most of his old lackies were cleaned out of the "government." It's a crude version of good cop/ bad cop/murderous sociopath cop. |
Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-08-31 11:00 |