[lbo-talk] Chechen hostages taken by Russian SF

[Chris Doss]

Zakayev. Oh God. When will that fucker learn the
meaning of the word "responsibility"? Have any
intrepid UK journalist asked him the obvious question,
like "why did members of Maskhadov's government have
torture chambers under their houses? How did you feel
about that Shariah thing? Remember that time you used
money earmarked for reconstructing Chechnya to buy
guns? Hey, how about that slave market in Grozny. That
was craaaaazy! Why didn't you give Basayev and Khattab
up when the Kremlin gave you that 'give 'em or
there'll be war' ultimatum?" I somehow doubt it.

And this has nothing to do with collective punishment
or setting an example or anything. It has to do with
having something to use against Maskhadov. I am in
fact amazed that he has relatives living in Chechnya.
I would have thought they would have been killed in a
blood feud by now.

--- Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> wrote:


> >Kim Murphy
> > Times Staff Writer sez:
> > 
> > "They were following the standard practice
> developed almost a century
> > ago by the Bolsheviks and carried on by Stalin,
> who believed that
> > every single act of terror should be responded to
> by an even bigger,
> > more horrendous, more terrifying terrorist act,"
> Zakayev said.
> > "According to this practice, it is necessary to
> shock terrorists, and
> > let them know that under no condition will you
> agree to negotiate
> > with them."

		
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