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...attendant was stabbed to death by the hijackers during the siege. Gunfire killed a hijacker and a Turkish passenger. Three hijackers seized control of the Moscow-bound Tuplov 154 jet as it left Istanbul airport, issuing a list of demands including an end to Russia's military campaign in Chechnya. The Saudis said they decided to storm the plane after 18 hours of negotiation at Medina airport proved fruitless...
...From the outset, they identified themselves with the Chechen cause, but it was difficult to determine who they actually were. Now they've allegedly been identified as Chechens who had previously fought against the Russian forces in Chechnya. That's an allegation from sources in the Chechen diaspora in Jordan, who even claimed to have revealed the names of the hijackers to Russian...
...expected, however, Aslan Mashkadov, the popularly elected president of what remains of Chechnya and a leading commander of the Chechen resistance, issued a statement through an envoy condemning the hijacking and denying any responsibility. There's a sea of conflicting reports about what transpired on the plane. But the motive is clearly as we suspected - to bring world attention to the plight of Chechnya at the hands of the Russians...
...past, acts of terror blamed on Chechens have prompted Moscow to escalate its military activity in Chechnya. Is there any chance of that happening...
...Chechnya remains a low-intensity conflict that at this point has no end. The Russian body count is low, but steady. Public opinion on the Russian presence there is all over the place. When pollsters ask whether Putin has done the right thing in Chechnya, the answer is overwhelmingly yes. But if people are asked whether they'd send their own sons there, the answer is no. The patriotic euphoria of a couple of years ago has played...