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...reward for backing the U.S. war on terrorism, Moscow expected American support for its own war in Chechnya - and to be treated as a geopolitical partner. That's why it will feel kicked in the teeth by the deployment of U.S. military advisers and helicopters to the former Soviet republic of Georgia on Wednesday - and unconfirmed reports that hundreds more may be on the way to support anti-terrorism efforts. "We think it could further aggravate the situation in the region, which is difficult as it is," Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov said Wednesday. "That is our position and Washington...
...Georgia's strategic significance to both Washington and Moscow runs far deeper than either the campaign against al-Qaida or the war in Chechnya. Georgia has been considered the strategic key to protecting Russia's southern flank since the days of the Czars. More immediately, it forms an indispensable part of the pipeline route favored by the U.S. for pumping Caspian sea oil and natural gas to Turkey without passing through either Russia or Iran...
...substantial U.S. deployment over Moscow's objections would end the illusion that Russian cooperation against the Taliban will buy Western endorsement of Moscow's often brutal military campaign in Chechnya. The U.S. military has made clear it has no intention of cooperating with Russian forces against Chechen fighters in the Pankisi. The objective of any mission, officials say, would be to help the Georgian government regain control of an area that had become a haven of criminality and a sanctuary for a small number of al-Qaida operatives...
Putin had the backing of only 3 percent of the population before the attacks, but after beginning military action against Chechnya his ratings shot up to 80 percent, much like President Bush’s popularity soared during the conflict in Afghanistan...
...noted that Russia’s conflict with Chechnya, for example, had its roots in 18th-century imperial policy...