Word: chechen
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...this is good news for the U.S. and bad news for Osama bin Laden and his men. The Arab, Pakistani and Chechen volunteers he brought to Afghanistan are mounting last stands, because unlike the Taliban's indigenous fighters, these "tourists" can't switch sides. But they're surrounded with little hope of relief, and the moment of "martyrdom" draws near for most. And if bin Laden's survival had depended on the Taliban's, their collapse may well presage...
...That's certainly a plausible defensive strategy in light of the strength of the forces ranged against them, but some correspondents close to the action have described a chaotic collapse, in which many Taliban commanders and troops simply fled their positions, leaving the more ideologically-motivated Pakistani, Arab and Chechen volunteers to fight and die - some of them reportedly after surrendering. Indeed, Western audiences may wince a little as firsthand tales from the battle front paint many of the proxy warriors of the Northern Alliance as no less brutal than their Talib enemies. But in Afghanistan, neither locals nor foreigners...
...soldier who was also killed - were recovered the next morning by NA troops. They had been shot multiple times and their bodies had been stripped of their belongings. According to General Hassan his troops found 13 Taliban bodies when they went to get the journalists' bodies - these Taliban "were Chechen, Punjabi [Pakistani] and Arabs...
...Italy?s worst civil aviation accident. According to recordings of conversations with the Milan control tower, the Cessna pilot thought he was on a different taxiing runway. GEORGIA Fresh Fighting The smoldering conflict between Georgia and its breakaway province of Ab-khazia flared up when a troop of Chechen rebels, supported by Georgian guerrillas, invaded Abkhazia and shot down a U.N. helicopter. When unidentified planes bombed Abkhazian villages, Georgia accused Russia of provocation and Georgian and Abkhazian troops rushed to Abkhazia?s Kodori gorge, where 1,600 Russian peacekeepers stand between the warring sides. The Georgian Parliament demanded that...
...situation is little better in Russia, where the low-grade war against civilians in Chechnya has continued for several years despite international opposition. Although it is indisputable that some Chechen separatists have resorted to attacks on civilians, the “cleansing” efforts of the Russian military and its refusal to cooperate with United Nations human rights observers have little to do with preventing terrorism. Now even mild condemnations of Russia’s human rights violations may be withheld in exchange for Russia’s partnership in the coalition against Osama bin Laden...