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...best sex scenes in modern cinema. For the most part, Annaud succeeds in his goal; his re-creation of one of the worst battles of World War II is beautiful and keeps its audience on the edge of their seats until the bitter end. Although the Russians won the 1942-43 battle of Stalingrad, they lost 1.1 million men (in contrast to the Axis' 800,000) defending a strategically trivial city. From the beginning, we see that the Russian army is one that values materials over men. They supply the conscripted soldiers, who are brought to Stalingrad in cattle cars...
...Russian hijacking drama ended Friday after Saudi security forces stormed the plane. A passenger, a flight attendant and one of the hijackers reportedly died during the operation, and three hijackers were arrested. Are there any more clues as to the identity and political affiliation of the hijackers...
...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...
...think they'd go that far right now. But they're certainly saying that the hijacking raises concern over Islamic terror throughout the Russian Federation, and have called for intensified security and vigilance. And the hijacking will also be cited as evidence to back President Putin's argument that terrorism from the Caucasus threatens not only the entire region, but also the West as well, as part of a global threat against which the U.S. and Russia are united...
...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...