President Aslan Maskhadov: Shaheed, in
sha’ Allah!
By Movladi Udugov
On March 8 the President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
[CRI] Aslan Maskhadov became a shaheed [martyr in the cause
of Allah]. He fell in battle in the village of Doikur-Aul
(Tolstoy-Yurt).
This report was confirmed by the Chechen Government.
Moscow has made no secret of the extreme importance of what
happened. It has been emphasized by the public report that Russian
KGB/FSB chief Patrushev made to Putin. Putin was not concealing his
joy either, and right in front of a TV camera he issued an order to
decorate the “distinguished ones,” [i.e. the Russian soldiers
who murdered President Maskhadov].
The invaders and puppets claim to be celebrating a victory. There
really is reason for their temporary propagandistic euphoria. Now
Putin and co. will have an additional argument: “So who is there
to negotiate with?” since the president of Chechnya, elected
without any help from the “Council of Europe” and betrayed by
them, has now been killed.
“The war will be finished only when the threat from the
North is eliminated.” |
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It’s all true, with the only substantial difference being that
there is nobody to negotiate with in Chechnya, because Aslan
Maskhadov was the only person who believed that there was still
something to talk about with Moscow. Now there is no such person in
Chechnya.
Those who claim that, with the death of President Maskhadov, the
entire period of Russo-Chechen confrontation is now over are
absolutely right.
By killing Maskhadov, the Kremlin has killed the last illusions
of those Chechens who still believed, no matter what, in so-called
“international law” and civilized communication with the regime
in Moscow.
The death of the president of the CRI has started a new phase in
the history of Russo-Chechen military confrontation. This phase will
not only rule out negotiations, but even a cessation of the war.
The war will not stop; it will be finished. But it will be
finished only when the threat from the North is eliminated once and
for all.
Aslan Maskhadov is not the first Chechen president to become a shaheed,
in sha’ Allah [Allah willing], and probably not the last
Chechen leader who will die in battle for his country’s freedom.
But Aslan Maskhadov is the first president who was killed
demonstratively and vilely in response to reaching out his hand for
peace, and he was the last one who will reach out his hand for that
purpose.
We ask God to accept the jihad of the President of Chechnya Aslan
Maskhadov!
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Movladi Udugov is the Chief of the
External Subcommittee of the Information Council of the Chechen
Republic of Ichkeria.
