Fred, what are you trying to say?

Dimitri,

Sure is, I have come across it once before, in real life I mean.
Ever seen a "Fish called Wanda"?
Kim

Fred,

Ia pon'ial teb'a 🙂 He(roger) is just a bored sick coward. I would suggest for everyone not to respond to him.

Dima

No, I haven't. What was that about?

Kim, sorry I forgot to address my reply,again - what is that movie about?

Dimitri,

It stars John Cleese(Monty Python) and Jamie Lee Curtis. It's a comedy about espionage and a fish...

Jamie C. gets off on Cleese's "Russian" accent...

Well worth watching

Kim,

sounds catchy..at least in my eyes.Thanx for the reference.

What happened to www.azzam.com/chechnya ? It used to be about the "Jihad" on Russia with a rather long biography of Khattab, Basayev, etc.

If Chechnya established their independence, would they be able to survive in the current economic world?
Genkis Khan,
I don't agree with you.
Chehchenya is too tiny a territory. I'm Belgian. In a completely another context, in Belgium we have the separatist question of making Flanders and Wallony independant.
The prevailing reason why Belgium hasn't split so far is that Flander or Wallony would have ridiculous size in the world economy.
Like Kosovo, Chechenya is moreless the size of Wallony . 100 km on 150 km.
Wallony is in the center of Europe with rich neighbourgs but is not dreaming of a stand alone.
Chechenya is bordered with impoverished Ingushetia on the west, impoverished Dagestan on the East, impoverished Georgia on the South, impoverished Russia on the north...
Chechenya can't survive oustide a federation or a Community of the Caucasian Countries.
Chechen Poeple has they own culture and history and deserve to exist as an ethnic group but Chechenya as a state, since it isn't Monaco or Luxembourg, is not realistic.

UN Council Narrowly OKs Key Resolution on Iraq

By Evelyn Leopold

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - After months of contentious negotiations, the U.N. Security Council narrowly adopted a resolution that could send U.N. weapons inspectors back to Iraq and ease sanctions if it cooperates with them.

The vote was 11-0, with abstentions by permanent council members China, France and Russia, along with Malaysia, thereby sending a message to Iraq of divisions in the council.

Source of above;

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991217/wl/iraq_un_45.html


KIM

Friday December 17 6:47 PM ET
Suspicious Traveler Held at Canada-U.S. Border
By Anthony Bolante

SEATTLE (Reuters) - U.S. authorities sought on Friday to determine if a man detained as he was entering the United States from Canada with suspected bomb-making ingredients was planning a millennium terrorist-style attack.

Authorities have not officially released the man's name or nationality, but the Seattle Times identified him as Ahmed Ressam, and said authorities believed he is of Algerian or Iranian descent.

The man was carrying allegedly forged Canadian citizenship documents when he was arrested late on Wednesday at the border in Port Angeles, Washington, and a Canadian source told Reuters Ahmed Ressam had a criminal record in Montreal.

There was heavy security around the in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Friday where the man was scheduled to appear on a charge of making false statements to U.S. Customs Officials, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

Tests were also scheduled on Friday on material seized in the man's rental car, including 120 pounds (54 kilograms) of a fine white powder, 15 pounds of an unidentified crystalline powder, several circuit boards and some flammable liquids.

Some authorities have described the material as bomb-making ingredients.

Well I guess everyone is gone for the evening. My turn. Good night everyone - Fred, Kim, Gonzo, Fenriz.

Rog: - have a !@#$%^ weekend

r: enjoy breading Khattab(ich)'s beard. But don't get too excited now, remember, k?

A key to me seems to be Boris Yelstin's health. Although I continually hear that Russian public opinion this time around is in favor of the actions taking place in Chechnya, I do wonder. Should Yelstin pass away, would this change? There isn't a clear-cut successor even if many are jockeying for position, with Putin coming to the fore now. Might this not create a juxtaposition: a stagnation, however momentary, of activity and action from Russian forces, but a fluidity perhaps in Russian public opinion? Would NATO or other interested parties take that opportunity to step in more vigorously, should they want to? This is not to discount ire as a result of past terrorist attacks by certain Chechens, but the Russian people may decide that ultimately this war and this region simply is not worth it.
None of this may matter, Yelstin could pass away in two months time, but Russian forces may have relatively secured Chechnya in the interim. But, no matter how complete Russian victory, there will be elements that will carry out terrorist activities either in Chechnya or Russia itself. That is one thing that will not change.
What is the prevailing wind amongst Chechens? Would the multitude accept being an autonomous region, but under the auspices of Russian rule, or is this completely unacceptable? As others have mentioned, might they not want to be part of a coalition with other nations in the area, and try to mutually benefit from being in a group just as co-ops do in business?

So basayev is back again.