Policy Watch: Russian hostages in Iraq
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posted by zaina19 on July, 2006 as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/24/2006 2:24 AM Policy Watch: Russian hostages in Iraq By MARK N. KATZ WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- On June 3, four Russian diplomats were kidnapped at gunpoint in Baghdad and a fifth was killed. On June 19, the Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq (an umbrella organization that includes al-Qaida in Iraq) claimed responsibility for this action and gave the Russian government a 48-hour ultimatum to pull its troops out of Chechnya and release Muslims from Russian prisons. On June 21, the Mujahideen Shura Council announced that since Moscow had not met its demands, a ruling had been made by the Council's Islamic Court to execute the four Russian hostages. At the time this is being written, it is not clear whether the four Russians have actually been killed or are still alive. A June 22 report from the Russian news service, RIA Novosti, stated that progress is being made in talks aimed at their release, thus holding out hope that the captured ... >> full
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Chechnya: Impact Of Sadulayev's Death Likely To Be Negligible
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/24/2006 2:46 AM Chechnya: Impact Of Sadulayev's Death Likely To Be Negligible By Liz Fuller Chechnya -- Saidulayev, Abdul-Khalim (TV grab) A Russian NTV grab taken June 17 shows Sadulayev in a Chechen mountain camp (AFP) PRAGUE, June 17, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov announced on June 17 the death during a special operation in the town of Argun, east of Grozny, of Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev, who succeeded Aslan Maskhadov as Chechen president and resistance commander following Maskhadov's killing in March 2005. Akhmad Zakayev, whom Sadulayev named foreign minister of the Chechen Republic Ichkeria (ChRI) on May 27, confirmed Sadulayev's death in a telephone interview with RFE/RL's North Caucasus Service later on June 17. The Chechen resistance leadership has not yet confirmed Sadulayev's death. Predictably, both Kadyrov and pro-Moscow Chechen administration head Alu Alkhanov have termed Sadulayev's demise "a major success" in the campaign to stamp out continuing resistance to the pro-Moscow regime installed in Chechnya six years ago. But in military terms, the ... >> full
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Could you forgive the unforgivable?
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/24/2006 11:27 PM Could you forgive the unforgivable? Some violations are so terrible - burying your murdered son, enduring repeated raping by kidnappers, being maimed for life by a letter bomb - that you wonder how those responsible can ever be forgiven. Yet the victims in those three cases, all featured here, have done just that. According to a group called the Forgiveness Project, such moral leaps of faith might be your only chance to move on Kate Kellaway Sunday June 25, 2006 The Observer Forgive and forget is the glibbest association of words in the English language. The phrase slips off the tongue, as easy to say as it is hard to do. It is almost a year since the London bombings and no one will have forgotten Reverend Julie Nicholson, who resigned as an inner-city vicar because she would not preach what she could not practise. She could not forgive suicide bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan who killed her daughter, Jenny, 24. 'It is ... >> full
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Gorbachev Urges West Against Interfering in Russia’s Domestic Affairs
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
Prev Discussion Next Discussion Send Replies to My Inbox Reply Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/26/2006 11:26 PM Mikhail Gorbachev / Photo from www.russians.ca Mikhail Gorbachev / Photo from www.russians.ca Gorbachev Urges West Against Interfering in Russia’s Domestic Affairs 26.06.2006 MosNews Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, is cautioning Western nations against interfering in Russia’s domestic affairs, UPI news agency reports. In an interview with The London Times, Gorbachev said it would be counterproductive for Western leaders to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin over human rights at next month’s G8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. “Russia is not anyone’s domain,” said Gorbachev. “Russia will work these things out — together with our partners and friends.” Gorbachev said world leaders can “raise whatever they want” at the G8 meetings, but he said pressuring Putin over human rights would strengthen his hand domestically “because in essence his position is very close to the aspirations of the people.” “I have said ... >> full
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