Prague Watchdog: How To Become A "Shaitan" In Chechnya
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posted by FerrasB on August, 2007 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/22/2007 11:09 AM August 22nd 2007 · Prague Watchdog / Umalt Chadayev How to become a "shaitan" in Chechnya Umalt Chadayev CHECHNYA - On August 18 three young men were detained by the local security forces in the village of Assinovskaya, Sunzhensky district. They were asked to give the whereabouts of a man they knew who was suspected of belonging to the armed resistance. All three of the young men were subjected to questioning. One of them was accused of being a Wahhabi, as he did not smoke or drink. The man, an 18-year-old Assinovskaya resident who wishes to remain anonymous, describes his experience as follows: "That day guerrillas stopped three residents of our village near Bamut, in Achkhoi-Martanovsky district, one of whom they shot, accusing him of having informed on two of their comrades, who'd been killed as a result (see details). After that, the ... >> full
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Prague Watchdog: Chechen Role In The 1992-3 Georgian-Abkhazian War
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/21/2007 4:05 PM August 15th 2007 · Prague Watchdog / Oleg Lukin Chechen role in the 1992-3 Georgian-Abkhazian war By Oleg Lukin, special to Prague Watchdog Fifteen years ago, on August 14 1992, war broke out between Georgia and Abkhazia. The attempt by Eduard Shevardnadze, Chairman of Georgia’s State Council, to halt the country’s break-up met with fierce resistance not only from Abkhazian separatists but also by guerrillas from the so-called Confederation of Peoples of the Caucasus (CPC), as well as Cossacks. According to information from Viktor Baranets (a Colonel of the Russian General Staff at the time of the conflict, and now a military expert), Moscow was offering military support to both sides in the conflict, thus creating a so-called “controlled conflict”. However, the least studied chapter in the history of the Abkhazian war was the involvement of Chechen groups under the command of Shamil ... >> full
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Prague Watchdog: On The Chechen Language Today
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/21/2007 4:12 PM August 20th 2007 · Prague Watchdog / Ruslan Isayev On the Chechen language today Dear readers, in connection with the upcoming beginning of the school year, we publish our North Caucasus correspondent's thoughts on his native language. The editors. By Ruslan Isayev Chechnya, like many other Caucasian republics, finds itself in a state of profound colonization by Russia. As elsewhere in the region, there are very few people who know and speak the pure form of their native tongue. In their everyday lives Chechens speak Chechen to one another, but it is a Chechen that has undergone so many transformations and is mixed with Russian to such a degree that it is often hard to say whether a person is speaking Russian or Chechen. Not all Chechens understand pure literary Chechen. Because the Chechen language has long been subject to an unwritten ban ... >> full
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RFE/RL: Chechen Secessionists Name Dudayev's Widow Deputy Culture Minister
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/21/2007 5:07 PM Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Chechen Secessionists Name Dudayev's Widow Deputy Culture Minister Russia – Chechnya / reconstruction – Mothers and their children on a walk on Revolyutsii Avenue, Grozny, 07Jul2006 A reconstruction project in Grozny (file photo) (TASS) August 21, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The widow of Dzhokhar Dudayev, the first president of the secessionist Chechen Republic-Ichkeria, has been named deputy culture minister of the separatist government. Alla Dudayeva's appointment, signed on August 17, was announced today on Chechen separatist websites. "I am very pleased by this appointment," Dudayeva told RFE/RL's North Caucasus Service today. "I don't want to be left out, just as I wasn't left out before. I'm happy that the resistance in the Chechen Republic hasn't given itself up in these 12 years, that all its structures are functioning." Dudayeva, who lives abroad in self-imposed exile, says she will continue honoring her late husband through exhibitions, seminars, and ... >> full
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KC: 'Desecration Of Allah's House Is An Offence Of Islam And The Entire Ummah'
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/16/2007 10:16 AM 'Desecration of Allah's House is an offence of Islam and the entire Ummah' Publication time: 15 August 2007, 21:39 The Press service of the head of Chechnya State distributed an official statement of the President of CRI, Amir of the Caucasus Mujahideen, Dokka Umarov in connection with the admission by Saudi authorities to the holy mosque of "Masjid al-Haram" (Kaaba) in Mecca the ringleader of Chechen apostates, Ramzan Kadyrov. Dokka Umarov: "The Desecration of Allah's House is an offence of Islam and the entire Ummah" In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate! Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, Who created us Muslims and blessed us with His mercy, with Jihad on His straight path to win the Paradise. Peace and blessings be to Muhammad (pbuh), the leader of all Mujahideen, his family, his disciples and all those who follow him until the ... >> full
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