Religious Extremism Finds Fertile Ground
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posted by zaina19 on October, 2005 as ANALYSIS / OPINION
Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/16/2005 5:51 AM Religious Extremism Finds Fertile Ground Friday, October 14, 2005. Issue 3274. Page 1. By Simon Saradzhyan Staff Writer Rossia / AP Soldiers running along a street in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria. The indiscriminate suppression of "unofficial" Islamic organizations in Kabardino-Balkaria combined with poverty and historical grievances have created fertile ground for a virulent strain of religious extremism, as manifested in Thursday's violent raids. The coordinated attacks in the republic's capital, Nalchik, ended a relative lull throughout the North Caucasus region since last year's horrendous hostage-taking drama in Beslan and demonstrated a lasting commitment to trying to destabilize the region in hopes of wresting swathes of it from Moscow's control. "Unfortunately, this seems to be a continuation of the tactic of staging attacks to destabilize an increasingly number of areas in the North Caucasus," said Alexei Malashenko of the Carnegie Moscow Center. In the past year, networks of insurgents and terrorists have staged almost daily, ... >> full
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/16/2005 7:14 AM In The Line Of Fire Terror comes to Nalchik, a quiet little city in the North Caucasus, as Islamic insurgents take their war deeper into Russia By PAUL QUINN-JUDGE / NALCHIK MAXIM MARMUR / AFP-GETTY IMAGES STREET FIGHTING: Russian special forces storm a shop where militant Islamist gun- men hold out TIME Europe: Atrocity In Beslan TIME Europe: Theater of War Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005 Nothing much usually happens in Nalchik, capital of the obscure Caucasian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Mostly, tourists come to ski or climb in mountains that include Europe's highest, Elbrus. They buy honey and fruit from roadside markets or enjoy an easygoing approach to nightlife that particularly appeals to travelers from more conservative regions. The sleepy little republic, which is home to a mix of ethnic Russians and Muslims, was also largely free of the insurgency that has set much of the North Caucasus — Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia — aflame. Even when the security services cracked down on alleged ... >> full
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Russian Villages Empty as Population Collapses
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/16/2005 7:38 PM Photo from ScUBARU.photosight.ru Photo from ScUBARU.photosight.ru Russian Villages Empty as Population Collapses Created: 16.10.2005 15:53 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 15:53 MSK > document.write(get_ago(1129463599)); </SCRIPT> , 14 hours 43 minutes ago Oliver Bullough Reuters On Moscow’s crowded streets you would never sense Russia had a population crisis. But go to Polukarpovo — or thousands of villages like it — and the emptiness hits you. As the mobile shop made its twice-weekly visit, the village’s inhabitants gathered — three pensioners, a young woman and two boys — on a dirt track lined with boarded-up log cabins. The faint calls of a giant V of geese flying south high overhead and the rustle of falling leaves barely disturbed the silence. “There used to be a family in every house, probably 30 families. Now there’s just us. No one helps us. No one pays attention to us any more,” said Vera Malchanova, 58, wrapped up against the autumn chill as she came to buy bread. Villages such as Polukarpovo, which is ... >> full
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Nalchik 'caused by war in Chechnya'
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/17/2005 3:01 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 13/10/2005 Nalchik 'caused by war in Chechnya' "The tragedy in Nalchik has become possible because the government has provided all conditions for it. A group of armed people first put up military action in Nazran, then in Beslan, and now in Kabardino-Balkaria — this is the result of political games, playing so-called elections or referendums in Chechnya. All this is complete falsification, which embitters people and prompts them such steps," Ruslan Badalov, head of the regional public movement Chechen Committee for National Salvation, told Caucasian Knot's correspondent earlier today. "The effect of the Chechen war echoes in all North Caucasus regions. Under way is implementation of policy of intimidation of the population — all special operations and clean-ups, not only in Chechnya, are aimed exactly at intimidation. Nothing will change until the Chechnya problem is solved in a way different from how it is being solved currently. In the human rights defender's view, "If abductions and killings ... >> full
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Lech Valesa / Photo: Courtesy Roanoke Times
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Prev Discussion Next Discussion Send Replies to My Inbox Reply Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/17/2005 5:41 PM Lech Valesa / Photo: Courtesy Roanoke Times Lech Valesa / Photo: Courtesy Roanoke Times Poland’s Walesa Warns Against Coercive Democratization of Post-Soviet Regimes Created: 30.08.2005 13:17 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 13:17 MSK > document.write(get_ago(1125393468)); </SCRIPT> MosNews The world needs Russia for it has huge resources, but the world wants to see it not as a hegemonic system but as a developed, democratic country, Lech Walesa said this week as he prepared to resign from Solidarity, the union he led to help shatter communism in Poland, the TimesOnline website reported. In a statement made this week for the press, Walesa spoke of the development in Russia warning the West it should beware of Russia. While Warsaw is filled with rumors about how the West and in particular Poland, should force the hand of President Lukashenko of Belarus, Lech Walesa said that Russia should not be ... >> full
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