They are not coquering country,they already own it

http://www.infocentre.ru/eng_user/index.cfm?page=0&date=1999-12-24&startrow=1 Innocent Chechens my ass

http://www.serbia-info.com/news/1999-12/29/16533.html

http://www.yabloko.ru/Themes/History/push-1.html

Vy grozny na slovakh - poprobyite na delye!
...
Nye vstanyet russkaya zyemlya?..
Tak vysylaite zh nam, vitii,
Svoikh ozloblennykh synov:
Yest' mesto im v polyakh Rossii,
Sredi nechuzhdykh im grobov.

http://www.yabloko.ru/Themes/History/poush_borodino.html

Sil'na li Rus'? Voina, i mor,
I bynt, i vneshnikh bur' napor
Yeyo, besnyyas', potryasali -
Smotritye zh: vsyo stoit ona!

Saul,
"...The stories of Chechnen gangs kidnappings, cutting off fingers, and killing people is very disturbing..."

The stories?.. Please take just one minute to visit this: http://chechnya.gamma.ru/eng/default.htm

And after visiting this site please tell me what in your opinion would be a justifiable measure to stop it.

to Igor:

Russia "owns" Chechnya? What constitutes ownership? People who live on the land and work the land and take care of it, and protect it from destruction, own it. As an American, I don't own anything more than my house and car. I participate in a contract with 250 million other Americans called the United States Constitution.

It's interesting, that the reason for this current conflict is considered or, actually, promoted to be only the Moscow bombings. Well, here's one chronology account and a comparative table of events to the contrary.

"People who live on the land and work the land and take care of it, and protect it from destruction, own it."

You just described anything but Chechens.

And what about the Russians who live there .Should they be discriminated against. Why should they give it up, because bandits from PAKISTAN OR SAUDI ARABIA decided so? Most of the bandits are not from Chechnya. Get educated before making yourself look stupid. Ever heard the line"take ear plugs out and put them in your mouth.

KISSIE the Americans tend to overlook facts. PUTIN told them to mind their business.

I guess Native Americans didn't take good care of their land?

SAUL you forgot Chechens invaded Dagestan which is also Russian territory.Do you think driving them out of Dagestan would be the end?

2 Saul,

>>> Russia "owns" Chechnya? What constitutes ownership? People who live on the land and work the land and take care of it, and protect it from destruction, own it.

You know, Russia indeed wants to own whatever does not belong to it.

And what Russia used to own, it has already squandered.

Balalaika FLICK OFF Facts or shut up