WSJ: How Russia's Chechen Quagmire Became Front for Radical Islam

[Ockey]

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.

[Piranha]

The economist also has some excellent coverage of the history of crisis in Chechnya and its links to Beslan. Unfortunately, I don have a subscription to economist - I cant find a link to post here.

[oracle]

Economist

Yes, Economist is one of the quality news mags.A few topics on russia. Otherwise you can do a search.