Chechnya: response to Russian invasion?

elena spectra at elits.rousse.bg
Thu Oct 7 15:30:54 PDT 1999


Has anyone noticed anything on non-Russian sites about the pro-Chechnya hired guns? *** Muslim extremists ready to help Chechen rebels: press

Wednesday, 06-Oct-1999 12:50PM

Story from AFP

by Agence France-Presse (via ClariNet)

MOSCOW, Oct 6 (AFP) - Muslim extremists from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait and Palestine are ready to join the ranks of Chechen rebels in waging a "holy war" against Russia, the Vremya daily reported Wednesday.

According to the newspaper, one of the Chechen guerrilla leaders, Jordanian-born Khattab, recently launched an appeal on Arab television for volunteers to reinforce the Chechen forces.

A hundred people have already applied for visas at the Georgian embassy in Turkey, according to the Russian security services, cited by Vremya. Georgia borders Chechnya and this frontier is not under Russian control.

The Sevodnya daily reported that some Arab mercenaries had already made it to the military bases of Khattab and Shamil Basayev, the leader of Chechnya's Islamic rebels who invaded Dagestan in August and September.

Extremist organisations in Azerbaijan have "mobilised" to support the Chechen Islamists, Sevodnya also reported, citing the Russian intelligence services.

"The real war in Chechnya has not yet begun despite the capture of a third of the territory," the daily commented.



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