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2005-12-03 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Chechnya becoming Russia's nightmare as violence spreads across Caucasus

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-12-03 01:34|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 High in the hills of the mountains above the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala, about four hours' drive from Grozny, is the village of Ghimri. A ramshackle tunnel bores through the mountains for the last three miles, leading out on to what seems like a different country, ~~the green star and crescent flags of Islam peppering the unrefined beauty of the landscape.~~

Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with Al Ruterscope eyes.
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
Towering over your head.
Look for the shakhidka with the sun in her eyes,
And sheâs gone.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-12-03 02:16|| 2005-12-03 02:16|| Front Page Top

#2 The Guardian is spreading its muck again. In summary: they did it, the Russian spcecial forces guys killed them while they were doing it, and the families are upset that as a consequence the bodies of the dead are heaped naked somewhere, and won't be given back for a proper Muslim burial. Oh yes, and by their actions the Russians lost the sympathy of those involved in the attacks and their relatives. Had they only not fought back, and certainly not kept the bodies of the dead, the locals would still love being ruled by Mother Russia.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-12-03 02:19|| 2005-12-03 02:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Everywhere on the face of this earth - including my own neighborhood - Muslim pigs are embracing the genocidal jihad ideology of the Islamofascist. Islam can't reform, and its danger to Civilization can only be heightened as those animals breed themselves in majority positions. Why? Because our leaders chose to subsidize, through limited war folly (Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq) and forced recognition of political Islam by the few remnants of Secularism in the Middle East, the legitimation of Islamofascism in the name of expanding some moron's notion of "freedom." Our leaders should want the mortal enemy to die; they prefer to let them vote.

Posted by CaziFarkus 2005-12-03 06:08|| 2005-12-03 06:08|| Front Page Top

#4 For the life of me I can't understand why the Russ bother with these peculiars.

The town of Karamakhi , a mucky cabbage plantation a few hours drive from Ghimri,

I've seen Dilbert parachute into this joint.

Posted by Shipman 2005-12-03 08:08|| 2005-12-03 08:08|| Front Page Top

#5 The bodies of the dead of Nalchik will not be returned to their relatives. Russian anti-terrorist laws forbid it,

This sounds like a wonderful idea, destroy one of the basic concepts of the Muslim terror idea, that you do NOT get to paradise when you get killed.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-12-03 08:24|| 2005-12-03 08:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Mucky has cabbage plantations? Makes sense.

Posted by 2b 2005-12-03 08:46|| 2005-12-03 08:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Where do u live Cazifarcus, Birmingham?

Posted by Nockeys Nilsworth 2005-12-03 08:48|| 2005-12-03 08:48|| Front Page Top

#8 And yet the Russians can not make the mental link between Iran and these islamic terrorists. Just keep the Iranians happy with more deals, that's the ticket. Wasn't it Lenin who said a capitalist is one who will sale you the rope you hang them with?

Posted by Hupeasing Ebback2494 2005-12-03 08:48|| 2005-12-03 08:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Of course Islam can be reformed by its adherents. They just need to find a reason to do so, just as Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, etc have modified their understanding of their own history and religious tenets through the centuries. A catastrophic defeat of the forces of Islamofascism would certainly provide impetus in the anti-jihadist direction. Destruction of the current secular Arab regimes would equally help guide Islamic thought into a more desirable path, as those current Arab regimes that proclaim themselves "secular" are simply Arab fascist as opposed to Muslim fascist. Ataturk's Turkey appears thus far to have been the only truly secular Muslim state which subjected itself to the rule of law and to democratic principles... and unfortunately that appears to be eroding more quickly than the secularists should be comfortable with under the current government. Long term I imagine Jihadist Islam will have gone the way of World Communism and National Socialism; thus far, however, the process hasn't been nearly as painful as it is going to become in order to achieve the necessary understanding amongst Islam's noisier adherents.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-12-03 09:38|| 2005-12-03 09:38|| Front Page Top

#10 No pig parts, offal and blood? Sounds like the Russians are treating them better then Gen Pershing would have.

Posted by 3dc 2005-12-03 10:31|| 2005-12-03 10:31|| Front Page Top

#11 I like the line: "How do you reload a grenade launcher?" I detect an individual who hasn't bothered to comtemplate Plan "B."

Posted by Super Hose 2005-12-03 14:41|| 2005-12-03 14:41|| Front Page Top

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