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...associated with terrorism." The one Chechen commander who in the past has admitted ordering similar attacks, Shamil Basayev, has so far been silent. (Maskhadov claims to have broken all links with Basayev and has denounced his tactics.) This did not stop loud calls by nationalist politicians for tough new antiterrorist measures, including the expulsion of Chechens from Moscow, declaration of a state of emergency and the lifting of a moratorium on the death penalty. Dmitry Rogozin, a deputy speaker of the Duma, called for the postponement of next month's presidential elections. And yet the audaciousness of the subway attack...
...associated with terrorism." The one Chechen commander who in the past has admitted ordering similar attacks, Shamil Basayev, has so far been silent. (Maskhadov claims to have broken all links with Basayev and denounces his tactics.) This did not stop loud calls by nationalist politicians for tough new antiterrorist measures, including the expulsion of Chechens from Moscow, declaration of a state of emergency and the lifting of a moratorium on the death penalty. Dmitry Rogozin, a deputy speaker of the Duma, demanded the postponement of next month's presidential elections. The audacity of the subway attack has again exposed Russia...
Perhaps a little of both. "There are very big, very important police operations under way [in Britain]," notes a senior French antiterrorist official. "Concern is high that attack plots may be advancing swiftly. I've never seen the British quite this alarmed." British authorities are tight-lipped about their concerns, but the nation has been on its second highest terrorism alert for about a month now. "Given the number of operations by British police," says French terrorism expert Roland Jacquard, "they're apparently going after more than one plot and group." Three weeks ago, London Mayor Ken Livingstone said police...
...time when tensions between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia were flaring in public, President Bush was busy behind the scenes building a new antiterrorist task force with the kingdom's rulers. The plan started as Bush was refusing to release 28 pages of the 9/11 congressional report made public in July--pages that allegedly detail how financial networks in Saudi Arabia have funded terrorism. He argued that releasing them would "help the enemy" by revealing how U.S. intelligence gathers information...
...identify that conflict with the Chechen rebellion. The Palestinians are fighting to reclaim their homeland. The Chechens call their struggle a "war of liberation." They say Chechnya never voluntarily joined Russia and was conquered only by military force. For its part, the Russian government calls the war an antiterrorist operation. Ashhad Ikram Alam Karachi...