I appreciate your reasoned comments. My only points are A) there's no proof whatsoever offered by the government insider making the comment. The article is devoid of facts. I guess I remember too much of the Cold War, and what liars Russian commies were for the sake of the Party. I don't think that's changed. B) His comments may be right (I wouldn't be surprised if AlQaeda were involved) or they may be wrong. Russia made its own Hell because of its actions. Chechens don't need help hating Russia. It's just very difficult to conceive of the idea that human beings could murder innocent children. I hope there's a hell, and that all terrorists go there.
"Chechens don't need help hating Russia"
Truer words were never said.....unfortunately, because of this hate, no matter whether historically justified or not, they and their culture are now doomed.
I remember a quote I read somewhere that was attributed to a Soviet General - when asked what he needed to conquer a particularly thorny objective he replied "Just give me one Chechen".