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To: combjelly who wrote (200769)	9/7/2004 8:26:42 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574447

combjelly, I admit, it does give credibility to the Russian accusations that Al Qaeda has influence in Chechnya. Who ever planned this clearly doesn't care what actually happens to the Chechens. No doubt they figure that world reaction to what the Russians are about to do will help their cause. They probably sold it as the horror the Russians will feel will cause them to give up because they are weak. Some reports did describe very international list of the hostage takers, including Arabs. I don't know if the reports will be confirmed. The link between the Chechens and Al Qaeda is not really that hard to establish even prior to this attack. As far as Russia being weak, they have a point, but there are some events that can wake up a country, overcome its weakness, and this could just be it. As far as the options, I don't have a faintest idea, but a good start would probably be to identify all chechens living outside of Chechnya and deporting them may be one of the options. Doing the same with Muslims much more wide reaching (probably not doable), but possibly one of the things Putin may be considering. As far as some kind of revenge attack on Chechens in Chechnya, it is a knee jerk reaction. I hope Putin will take his time to weigh his options before he acts. He should probably have a talk with Sharon. I think Sharon could give him a valuable advice of setting realistic (teritorial and political) goals, cutting his losses in some areas, sticking to his guns in others. Joe