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So the bombing at the airport wasn't an isolated incident, but a planned attack. What's the motive behind it? Why Russia?
by tyng 16y ago
So the bombing at the airport wasn't an isolated incident, but a planned attack. What's the motive behind it? Why Russia?
- woodpanel 16y agothat's why http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War The chechnyan islamists have been terrorizing the area since the 1990s. they were the first ones that i know of, that used the 'force' of producing and distributing videos of 'peer' civlians getting beheaded.
- IgorPartola 16y agoThere are lots of examples of terrorist acts from the Chechen separatists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budyonnovsk_hospital_hostage_crisis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budyonnovsk_hospital_hostage_cr..., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye_hostage_crisis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye_hostage_c... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_apartment_bombings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_apartment_bombings. The lesson Russia is failing to learn is that if you keep killing civilians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War#Human_rights_and_laws_of_war_violations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War#Human_rights_...) and calling it a war, the civilians will organize, fight back and fight dirty.
- woodpanel 16y agoI've thought the link to the first war would be good start for someone who had no clue about the story behind it ;-) It's true Russia has a lot of blood on it's hands. But I think each time, we excuse some cruelty with another cruelty from the past, we're just excusing the future ones.
- IgorPartola 16y agoI agree. There is no excuse for harming innocent bystanders, by either side. However, IMHO, the trick to peace is to make the other side not want to attack you (by a combination of "we'll fight back" and a peaceful attitude towards those not attacking). Russia is doing the opposite with its policy regarding Chechnia.
- iwwr 16y agoThe Russian (government) is responsible for a fair share of civilian slaughter. This does not excuse terrorism, just shows that there is no righteous side in this war. As a side note, the airport attack could not have been prevented by the nude scanners.
- ZoFreX 16y agoAs a side note, the airport had at least one nude scanner when I flew out of it several years ago.
- harshpotatoes 16y agoAny evidence that a nude scanner wouldn't have spotted the bomb? I hadn't heard that sad about this incident.
- iwwr 16y agoThe nude scanner may spot the bomb, but that doesn't prevent the attacker from blowing himself up in the waiting line. Patch one hole, but there are countless other openings. n.b. airports are not the only places with crowds
- brown9-2 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Moscow_Metro_bombings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Moscow_Metro_bombings Chechen separatists
- loewenskind 16y ago>Why Russia? Your question seems to indicate the belief in a global terrorist organization. I would recommend the BBC documentary "Power of nightmares" to clear up this misunderstanding. In short, Al Queida is a name we made up and there is no global terrorist organization. There are and were a lot of isolated terrorist groups but they don't have some common goal. They're as likely to fight each other as anyone else. The terrorist groups that do exist attack their own enemies (e.g. IRA attacked England, Chechen separatist attack Russia, etc.).
- jacquesm 16y agoHowever they do seem to offer mutual logistical and training support.
- loewenskind 16y agoHas anyone from Chechnya ever met Osama Bin Laden or any of his people?
- jacquesm 16y agohttp://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers38%5Cpaper3742.html http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers38%5Cpaper3742.htm... Specifically points 7,8 and 9.
- loewenskind 16y agoThanks for the link, but these points you highlighted set off a lot of bogosity alarms. To wit: >allegations of Chechen links with Al Qaeda Well, since Al Qaeda is a made up name what do they mean with this? Are they calling any Islamic group that provides financial aid to groups that are implicated in terrorist activities "Al Qaeda"? >is influenced by the fact that no Chechens were captured by the US forces in Afghanistan "Terrorists" captured in the first probes into Afghanistan were, in all likelihood, not terrorists at all. Locals were paid to brings some terrorists so they brought some people and said they were terrorists. The biggest "evidence" this site seems to have is that some Islamic charity groups gave money to the Chechen rebels. Isn't it just as likely that an Islamic group would give money to help out another Islamic group they see as being oppressed? Assuming that their only possible intention could be to finance terrorism is quite a leap.
- jacquesm 16y agoNo of course it wasn't an isolated incident. Also the Chechens seem to have a bit of an issue with telecommunications gear: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzhokhar_Dudayev http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzhokhar_Dudayev