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Originally posted by Rudey
Dude this is your observation. What happens if that one guy you think may or may not be paramilitary just decided to wear that or say he had some specific reason for wearing it.
As for Arab and Muslim, Chechans are Muslim and often have Arab fighters fighting with them. That's nothing new. Religious demands? These fighters aren't fighting for an hour off to go pray. Their religion is tied in with their nationalism. Arab Muslims are fighting with Chechan Muslims because of Islam.
-Rudey
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Actually Chechans are Christians and Muslims... again I saw nothing released by the rebels/terrorists that stated that they were motivated by religion... it has yet to be proven that they were "Islamists" or whatever you care to label them. Why do you feel a need to catagorize the rebels/terrorists so simply? Does it make it easier to understand or dismiss the situation if you can catagorize them as Muslim or Arab?
Historically the region has tie-ins with Muslim and Christian resistance to the Soviet regime, as the region was seen by Soviets as the first line of defense against the spread of religion from the south. Now many of the leaders of the Chechen seperatist movement have ties to Afghanistan (as soldiers or rebels) or to the oppression of the relgious movements by the Soviets (again as soldiers or resisters).
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