Revival of Cossacks Casts Muslim Group Out of Russia to U.S.

Washington Post ^ | Friday, November 18, 2005 | Peter Finn

[jb6]

KRASNODAR, Russia -- Thousands of Muslims from a small ethnic group known as the Meskhetian Turks are fleeing this Black Sea region for the United States. The exodus is caused by what human rights groups call a campaign of persecution sanctioned by local authorities and spearheaded by the Cossacks, a Russian militia that fought for the czars and is being revived.

In the past year, just more than 5,000 Meskhetian Turks have resettled in the United States as refugees, and 4,400 have approval to immigrate, according to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Another 7,000 have filed applications that U.S. officials are reviewing.

Rustam Zautadze, 35, and his family, Meskhetian Turks who live in southern Russia, are moving to Baltimore as refugees. Zautadze, packs with his wife, Gulmira, 29, son Ibragim, 13, daughter, Fedena, 5, and son Dzumali, 10. jpg

[Flavius]

I cant even say what im thinking.

[mosquewatch.com]

Oh great, just what the USA needs, more Muslim immigrants....................... GOOD GRIEF.

[Flavius]

[mosquewatch.com]

I didn't text what I was really thinking either, don't feel alone.

Jeff

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Well to put it diplomatically, these are not real Cossacks because real Cossacks would find a way to eliminate the problem at its source.

[Trance750]

My thoughts exactly. Why not welcome a group of Nazis, while were at it...

[mosquewatch.com]

We did already.

[Vigilanteman]

Why do we have an obligation to resettle them? Why not resettle them in the Sunni triangle and if, like the Kurds, they prove to be pro-American, let them into Kurdistan, Turkey or some other Muslim country?

Until they prove to be Americans first, we need no more Muslims in this country!

[Cicero]

Why doesn't Turkey take them?

[jb6]

And spoil a perfectly good opportunity to increase the 5th Column in the Great Satan?

[VOA]

Thousands of Muslims from a small ethnic group known as the Meskhetian
Turks are fleeing this Black Sea region for the United States.

These folks need a free ride to France.

[gaijin]

Is it OK if we ALSO take in thousands of muslim ETHIC ALBANIANS?

Whoops! Oh yeah, we ALREADY did that...

[Cronos]

Mother Russia sure knows how to handle TROP.

[ApplegateRanch]

A few thousand here; a few thousand there: Pretty soon you have a real fighting division at your back and throat.

Would someone please give those "Cossacks" a crash training course in more efect problem solving?



Oh, before I forget,

It IS Bush's fault!

[Cronos]

send them to Saudia

[ApplegateRanch]

efect = effective

Danged dirty, sticky keys!

[Dustbunny]

I cant even say what im thinking.

Me either !!

[wildcatf4f3]

so, um, how does one start a cossacks group?

[river rat]

I wonder exactly WHO in our Government authorizes another 15,000 Muslims to come to America?

Wouldn't they be more comfortable in an Islamic nation?

Is this REALLY the time to admit MORE folks that will resist assimilation?

We've gone nuts!

Semper Fi