Arabs attack Grozny

[Ned]

Terrorist acts targeting Grozny are being financed by unnamed Arab countries, Moscow's leading anti-espionage agent says.

The head of the anti-terrorist branch for the northern Caucuses, Col. Ilya Shabalkin, said orders were coming from a well-known rebel, Shamil Basayev, and a representative of the "Muslim Brotherhood" -- Abu Al Walid , CNN's Jill Dougherty reported.

Military intelligence, he says, recently learned that Abu Al Walid was ordering a series of terrorists attacks on Grozny. The attacks are being financed by several Arab countries, which were not named.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/12/28/chechnya.toll/index.html

If true, this is a virtual declaration of war on Russia by the concerned Arab countries. Any speculation on which Arab countries may be involved?

[Datajack Franit]

Of course Iraq

[Jaakko]

I dunno, but I wouldn't be too quick in trusting the Russians here. There's still way too much government secrecy and corruption left over from the Soviet era.

[monkspider]

I think Russia may renew hostilities with it's old rival, the Turks. Perhaps the Turks will even try to regain the Crimea.

[chequita guevara]

The Gulf States and Arabia, duh.

[Shi Huangdi]

Originally posted by monkspider
I think Russia may renew hostilities with it's old rival, the Turks. Perhaps the Turks will even try to regain the Crimea.

Right, like Russia is in any position to mess with a NATO member.

[Az]

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Right, like Russia is in any position to mess with a NATO member.

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and vice versa.

[Ned]

Che, if it is the Gulf States and Saudi Arabia, why would they be financing terror in Grozny? I don't get it?

[chequita guevara]

The people behind the seperatist movement in Chechnya are Wahhabists, which is the extremist sect of Sunni Islam that most of the Gulf follows. The Wahabis are spreading their extremist brand of Islam throughout the Sunni world. Remember, 15 of 19 9/11 hijackers were Saudis, and a lot of their funding came from Saudi Arabia.

[Eli]

So Russia is going to bomb Saudi Arabia?

[Dinner]

It is a well know fact that must muslim terror organizations get there funds from Persian Gulf states. Those countries have lax control over "charitable" giving and a population which has been taught from birth to be xenophobic and filled with hate. The autocrates in charge figured they could unite their populations behind their dictatorships by training the people to hate outsiders. Now, I doubt the Saudis and their ilk could stop the flow of terror funds if they wanted to.

[Lord_Davinator]

how about this?
America pays the saudis to pay the terrorist, so that the russians hate the terrorists and jump in with the americans when they wana swat a few hussains?

[Imran Siddiqui]

It seems like Russia just wants to go indiscriminantely after Chechnya and call them linked with Al Queda so we'll look the other way.

[Lord_Davinator]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
It seems like Russia just wants to go indiscriminantely after Chechnya and call them linked with Al Queda so we'll look the other way.

And they're not doing it right now? I think Russia realizes that the rest of the world doesn't care enough of chechnya and it can do whatever it pleases there.

[Az]

I approve. If **** hits the fan in the arab world, however, a WW might follow.