One is the victims being Muslim (that's a given); however, my suspicion is that Chechnya remains oblique and missing from the MSM coverage because western intelligence interests are likely using the same "Al-CIA-Duhs" that they used in the Balkan wars to destabilize Russia on another front.
All part of the Neo-Con Plan since the 1940s. "Contain" (which meant ENCIRCLE, if you look at history maps, meaning overthrow any governments against U.S. economic and imperial interests) to STRANGULATION, which is what you see occurring today with NATOs expansion to Russia's doorstep and its Central Asian wars and outposts.
Hey, AmeriKa's war-promoting, agenda-pushing press is pretty good at hiding it, but astute individuals and the WORLD KNOW what is going on -- none better than those in Russia right now!!!!
"Militants blamed in Chechnya attack
ROSTOV-ON-DON - A group of militants opened fire on a convoy of security officers in Chechnya yesterday, killing three and injuring five, a local interior ministry official said. The unit of border guards were attacked in their cars in a central district of the republic, the official said, on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to speak to the media. The officers, whose unit belonged to the local branch of the Federal Security Service, returned fire, the official said. The attack came despite major fighting ending years ago in Chechnya. But the region and neighboring provinces in Russia's North Caucasus remain plagued by violence. (AP June 17, 2008)."
Then how come we never hear about it here in the West, Zio-press?
"NATO trying to gauge readiness of Ukraine to join; Group evaluates changes made in nation's military" by Judy Dempsey, International Herald Tribune | June 17, 2008
Leftists confronted the police as they marched during an anti-NATO protest yesterday in Kiev, where the NATO secretary general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, had come for a two-day visit. (Sergei Chuzavkov/Associated Press)
Yes, never mind that the PEOPLE of the Ukraine DON'T WANT NATO!
"According to polls conducted recently by the independent Democratic Initiatives Foundation in Kiev, 59 percent of Ukrainians would vote against joining NATO, up from 53 percent last December, while 22 percent would vote in favor of it, down from 32 percent.... More than 60 percent of Ukrainians want to maintain friendly relations with Russia"
But the world-domination crowd is going to SHOVE THIS SUCKER DOWN EVERYONE'S THROAT!
BERLIN - NATO's secretary general, accompanied by top envoys from all 26 countries in the alliance, is trying to get a sense of whether Ukraine, the largest former Soviet republic so far to seek membership in the organization, is making progress with preparations to join and in resolving its disputes with Russia.
The secretary general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and NATO ambassadors are holding talks in Kiev this week with the Ukrainian Defense Ministry and with top members of Ukraine's three main political factions to try to evaluate the extent of change in the Ukrainian military. They are also trying to measure the gravity of a fresh warning from Russia, which says that it will never allow Ukraine to join the Atlantic alliance....
Ukraine has been slow to introduce the major defense changes required by the Atlantic alliance, according to NATO officials. The requirements include providing funding for the restructuring and reduction of the armed forces, overhauling military intelligence, and bringing more civilian control and transparency to the military.
I always find those demands a slap in the face, considering the wasteful war machine here at home and Bush's secrecy.
I'm tired of the hypocrisy, and I'm a propagandized American.
I can only imagine how the rest of the world sees this shit.
The idea that Ukraine could one day join NATO has provoked a strong negative reaction from Russia. The Kremlin, seeking to influence a meeting in December of NATO foreign ministers, recently intensified its campaign to block Ukraine from integrating the alliance.
President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia made it clear during talks two weeks ago with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany that he objected to Ukraine and Georgia joining the alliance. Instead, he called for a new European security architecture that would include Russia but that would weaken the Atlantic organization.
Never going to happen.
According to polls conducted recently by the independent Democratic Initiatives Foundation in Kiev, 59 percent of Ukrainians would vote against joining NATO, up from 53 percent last December, while 22 percent would vote in favor of it, down from 32 percent.... More than 60 percent of Ukrainians want to maintain friendly relations with Russia, according to public opinion polls....
Russia is using its energy reserves as a political instrument....
Of course, the U.S. and Bush don't do that when they threaten to withhold funds from Iraq if we don't get our permanent base deal.
And such characterizations are remarkably absent from the Zionist-controlled, agenda-pushing press, too!
And Israel's siege of Gaza? Puh-leeze!
Russia is also questioning the status of the Crimean Peninsula, where more than 60 percent of the population is ethnic Russian. Through the Moscow-Crimea Foundation that is funded in part by Yuri Luzhkov, the mayor of Moscow, a strong anti-NATO movement has emerged there."
And the "independent, NGO" western groups crawling all over the region?
Not a word, 'eh, agenda-pushing press?
Yup, the BIG BAD BEAR is BACK, and CUI BONO?
