The Russians have already set the bar low. The Russians have killed thousands of Chechen civlilians.
What are a people who do not have the firepower to strike back supposed to do?
Sawing the heads off Russian conscripts and mailing the videos to their parents didn't work, bombing civilian apartment blocks in Moscow didn't work, taking an entire theatre of civilians hostage didn't work, now they are trying this.
Maybe they can attack a hospital... wait, the Chechins already did.
I have no problem with them following Ghandi, they can also set themselves on fire if they are that distressed. I do not agree that striking aircraft makes sense. Are you with them on this? I have not followed the uprising, I understand the US does not support Russia and their heavy hand, but I don't know what is at stake. In the case of terrorism, I have a blanket answer. You kill innocents, you should die and go to Hell. If they want to protest Russia intervention, they should protest against the Russian military. Maybe I would have some sympathy for them then. Maybe so would the world. Maybe they should vote with their feet and move to a more Islamic state? When you are against overwhelming forces, you hunker down and bring the fight to another time. (Is that not what Muhammad did?)
Many of whom were muslim terrorists, and most of the rest of whom were supporters of or sympathizers with terrorists.
What are a people who do not have the firepower to strike back supposed to do?
We already have our answer. They 'should' join the Worldwide Islamic Jihad, and get some training/financing from OBL. How many Checens were figthing for OBL in Afghanistan? How many are at Gitmo right now?
The Checens have made thier choice and it was a poor one.
Puh-leeze. The Chechens are just another group of Islamonuts. I hope the Russians decimate the place.
They could hold 800 people hostage in a Moscow Theater. Oh wait they DID THAT!
There are lots of things. The most effective is targeted attacks on the leadership of the occuppying or oppressing powers. They are the "center of mass", not innocent civilians. Attacking innocents only gives the other side an excuse to attack you even more ruthlessly.