Article 5
"No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment." - Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Chechnya's terrorist attacks on Russia and The United States violates Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."
In 1999, during Russia's military operation in Chechnya, Chechen rebel forces were trained by Pakistan's military intelligence and funded by Wahabi Missions from Saudi Arabia. Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia influenced Chechen rebels and taught them the methods of Muslim extremism. Indoctrinating Islam to Chechnya became a goal for The Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence, and therefore they could be responsible for Chechnya's pattern of terrorist attacks. According to an article written by Michel Chossudovsky,
"The Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence arranged for Basayev [Chechen rebel leader] and his trusted lieutenants to undergo intensive Islamic indoctrination and training in guerrilla warfare in the Khost province of Afghanistan at Amir Muawia camp, set up in the early 1980s by the CIA and ISI and run by famous Afghani warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. In July 1994, upon graduating from Amir Muawia, Basayev was transferred to Markaz-i-Dawar camp in Pakistan to undergo training in advanced guerrilla tactics. In Pakistan, Basayev met the highest ranking Pakistani military and intelligence officers" (1).
Chossudovsky's article claims that Chechen Islamic extremism was conceived through "intense Islamic indoctrination" by other middle eastern countries during Russia's first military crackdown in 1999. Chechen rebels now had a common goal: to make Russia pay for humanitarian crimes against their country.
In 1999, during Russia's military operation in Chechnya, Chechen rebel forces were trained by Pakistan's military intelligence and funded by Wahabi Missions from Saudi Arabia. Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia influenced Chechen rebels and taught them the methods of Muslim extremism. Indoctrinating Islam to Chechnya became a goal for The Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence, and therefore they could be responsible for Chechnya's pattern of terrorist attacks. According to an article written by Michel Chossudovsky,
"The Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence arranged for Basayev [Chechen rebel leader] and his trusted lieutenants to undergo intensive Islamic indoctrination and training in guerrilla warfare in the Khost province of Afghanistan at Amir Muawia camp, set up in the early 1980s by the CIA and ISI and run by famous Afghani warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. In July 1994, upon graduating from Amir Muawia, Basayev was transferred to Markaz-i-Dawar camp in Pakistan to undergo training in advanced guerrilla tactics. In Pakistan, Basayev met the highest ranking Pakistani military and intelligence officers" (1).
Chossudovsky's article claims that Chechen Islamic extremism was conceived through "intense Islamic indoctrination" by other middle eastern countries during Russia's first military crackdown in 1999. Chechen rebels now had a common goal: to make Russia pay for humanitarian crimes against their country.
The Black Widows, a terrorist group of Chechen women who lost their husbands in the war against Russia, believe they are excused from all humanitarian and moral laws, as Russia violated these same laws in killing their husbands.
Huffington Post journalist Brian Glyn Williams states, "Black Widows appear to be driven by a desire to become martyrs to the faith" (3), and have enlisted women from ages sixteen to thirty seven to join their cult of "martyrdom" (3). These women strongly believe their acts of genocide will lead them to become "virgins of paradise" (3) in the afterlife. In the Islamic faith, when a man dies, his wife is banned from getting remarried. Many Chechen women felt their life was without purpose and became an easy target for extremists to persuade them into terrorism. Russia has tightened security for the Sochi Games, but there is still a looming danger of a Black Widow suicide attack. |
A CNN broadcast discussing Black Widow attacks.
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ABC News broadcasts an update on Tsarnaev brothers' roles in the bombing.
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The United States was also a victim of Chechen terrorist attacks on April 15th, 2013, when two young Chechen-American men bombed the 2013 Boston Marathon, resulting in 3 American deaths.
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