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...coordinated series of attacks bore all the hallmarks of Aslan Maskhadov. Ineffectual and indecisive as Chechnya's President, the former Soviet army colonel is a formidable tactician in wartime. Unlike many of his field commanders, who are fighting for Allah or because it is the thing they do best, Maskhadov views the struggle as a way of forcing the Russians back to the negotiating table, where he wants to win recognition of Chechnya's independence. He is waging a classic guerrilla struggle, aimed at public opinion and the political elite in Moscow. The objective is to undermine Russia's confidence...
...West. Other analysts, however, particularly at the Pentagon, are worried about Putin's disregard for democratic practices and his reliance on a war in Chechnya to boost his popularity ratings. "All we know is that he rode to power on the back of brutalizing Chechnya again," an Army colonel said. "I don't know if that's the kind of guy we want to get too close...
...showing one another Russian Internet fare. The only old-school touch was the hot-line phones, black for Moscow, white for the U.S. When the clocks changed in Moscow and no bugs were reported, the Russian team applauded and U.S. Major General Thomas Goslin Jr. congratulated Russian group leader Colonel Sergey Kaplin. He may have deserved even more congratulations. Russia spent $4 million on Y2K military preparations while the U.S. spent nearly $4 billion. In fact, Americans spent an estimated $100 billion to be ready on all fronts, from telecommunications to sewage treatment. It is still unclear whether that...
That is largely why Venezuelans last year elected the populist, corruption-busting Chavez. A former army paratrooper colonel, he led a bloody but failed coup attempt in 1992 that was widely applauded by citizens fed up with cogollo rule. Many citizens complained that Chavez's government was initially slow to respond to the disaster. They conceded, however, that he was doing more than his effete predecessors would probably have done--dispatching troops to set up relocation camps and touring the devastated areas in his trademark red beret. On Dec. 15, the day the flooding began, voters approved his new federal...
...Minutka Square battle was the first real setback for Russia's military since it launched its "counter-terror operation," as Moscow insists on calling the war against Chechen independence. Russian generals are once again figures of respect, not the butt of jokes. The three ground commanders, Colonel General Viktor Kazantsev, Lieut. General Gennadi Troshev and Major General Vladimir Shamanov, were recently named heroes of the Russian Federation. The country's self-confidence has flourished along with its armed forces. And Putin's supporters happily predict that a victory will propel him to the presidency next July...