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Chechnya
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Terrorists or freedom fighters?
They think of Chechnya as sovereign soil and regard the Russians as an invading army.
Is this what the people of Chechnya want?
How can the problem be dealt with and by whom?
Is this a true part of TWAT?
They think of Chechnya as sovereign soil and regard the Russians as an invading army.
Is this what the people of Chechnya want?
How can the problem be dealt with and by whom?
Is this a true part of TWAT?
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Its quite clear what they are...Or at least those involved in such things...Those chechens fighting the russian troops are freedom fighters/rebels.
The second you deliberately target civilians in order to influence the govt/military, you are a terrorist.
Then the bombing of German cities by the RAF and USAF was a terrorist act not an act of war?
"When an emergency situation leads to self-defence, resistance is a duty." The people from chechnya will propably see no difference between the war that is located in grosny and the one in moscow. after all it is the russian gov. that declares all as >one country>.
Of course: it is terrorism to take hostages ! And a government simply cannot deal with terrorists, also true.
But: isn`t it also to be called terrorism what`s happening in chechnya during at last the last 10 years - commited by russian soldiers ? If only half of it is true what comes to our media.
You can`t measure one killing as "war in the field of glory" and the other as murderer by terrorists, can you ?
Having said that, it is true that Russian troops have committed serious crimes and even atrocities against the Chechnyans. And while we must combat terrorism and never bow out to their demands, we must also examine what is making these people to commit such acts.
The Russians shouldn't move out of Chechnya because of demands by cold-blooded murderers. But if wrongdoing has occurred by the occupying forces, and in this case it's safe to say it has, steps must be taken to stop it.
Agree with Aladdin....im disgusted by a lot of what goes on in chechnya but everytime something like that theatre thing happens, or another bomb goes off in moscow, my sympathy for their cause drops a little.
They have a noble cause but they are buggering it all up by their terrorist actions.
If the Chechens in Moscow had stormed a military compound would that have been a terrorist act?
No..
Resistance infers opposition to military forces, not to civilians.
No you pillock, you infer, he implied.
This from a Scot?
If they wanted to make a point, they would need to start huge rallies - where nobody is hure - demanding the independance of Chechnya. If every Chechnyan wants independance then every chachnyan should be able to show it. These actions only make russians more hostile and angry towards the Chechnyans. Perhaps the chechnyans feel it is right, but how can they say that.
If they were freedom fighters they would be fighting for freedom. For example, if i wanted independance for my village, I wouldnt make demands then blow up buckingham palace, I would write to the parish council, saying why i want it, and if they didint agree, i woulkd rally more support until they did.
In the end it is about the people. If the people of chechnya want indepedance, THEY have to show it. Write letters, speak out, make demonstrations. If the russians suppress them, it will only make the rest of the world more sympathetic to Chechnya. But I know that i am on the russians side here because a couple of angry chenynans have stormed into their capital and held their people at gunpoint.
Oh, one last thing. The Chechnyans weren't executed. If they had captured a russian security officer do you think he would be thrown in prison? I believe he would be held for ransom or/and executed.