Moscow bombings may be linked to forest massacre

[steven johnson]

"An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth makes the whole world blind and toothless."
Mahatma Gandhi

Abdurakhmanova, whose husband was killed by government forces in December, and another young widow have been accused of carrying out Monday's twin suicide bombings, which killed 40 people and injured 90. They were the first suicide attacks in the capital since 2004.

Both women were from the North Caucasus, a patchwork of predominantly Muslim provinces and home to a fierce Islamic insurgency that has been fueled by frequent killings, kidnappings and torture of residents by government forces.

Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov claimed responsibility for the subway attacks, saying they were retaliation for the deaths of four garlic-picking villagers who were slain on Feb. 11.

In Kostek, a poor rural village in the province of Dagestan where Abdurakhmanova grew up, a piercing silence hangs in the air. Men on the main square stare transfixed at newcomers, then turn away whispering. The village feels dangerous even for those who live in the provincial capital, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) away.

Moscow bombings may be linked to forest massacre

[WinkyDink]

1. It is clear---and has been, with earlier Chechen "terrorism"---that these "terrorists" are

RETALIATING FOR RUSSIAN WAR-CRIMES; I.E., MASSACRES.

[demosincebirth]

2. So, that makes it OK?

[Brickbat]

3. Oh, alrighty then.

:eyeroll: