Thought I'd share the article from the Wall Street Journal about the Chechen conflict. It certainly shed a lot of light about what has led to the rise in radical extremism there. The link will expire in 7 days from September 16, 2004. I would have cut and pasted the article but it was too long.
How Russia's Chechen Quagmire Became Front for Radical Islam
Edited on, September 16, 2004, 5:07 PM GMT, by Ockey.