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2004-04-16 Caucasus

Basayev and Maskhadov behind Ishkhoi-Yurt attack

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-04-16 12:52:21 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This sounds fishy to me. There are two possibilities:
1. The state of affairs in the ranks of Chechen fighters is pretty shabby, desperate, pathetic, economically distressed, etc. You mean to tell me that these upper level Chechen commanders have been reduced to directing 50 men to attack a tiny village and burn like three trucks and shoot an old man? And they're to accomplish theses tasks with the overpowering arsenal of nine radios, a reciever, some explosives, cartridges, military uniforms and some rations? Seven bases designed to accomodate 5 to 15 men? You mean huts, right? Give me a frickin' break!
2. the Russians are stretching the truth a little to further demonize Shamil Basayev and Alsan Maskhadov. They're just making sure that their names are mentioned as bad guy bosses everytime so much as one bullet is fired in Chechenya at anything of interest to the Russians. These two are the Bin Ladens and Al-Zawahiris of Russian news.
I'll let you all infer which one is more likely. These idiots don't seem like the same idiots that bring down troop carrying Russian helos with 100+Russians inside (including Generals & upper-level officers by the way) and take groups of hundreds hostage in the HEART OF MOSCOW and truck bomb massive buildings in RUBBLE.

Posted by Kentucky Beef 2004-04-16 2:45:15 AM|| 2004-04-16 2:45:15 AM|| Front Page Top

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