Russia Warns of Preemptive Strikes(bomb aUSA location of terror training?)

[papau]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-russia9sep09.story

Russia Warns of Preemptive Strikes
Military commander says the nation will attack terrorist bases in 'any region of the world' after three assaults killed more than 400.
By Kim Murphy
Times Staff Writer

September 9, 2004

MOSCOW — Russia's top military commander threatened Wednesday to launch preemptive strikes on terrorist bases "in any region of the world," raising questions about how far Moscow will go to hunt down suspected Chechen separatists believed responsible for killing more than 400 people in three terrorist attacks in the last two weeks.

Russia also announced a $10-million reward for the "neutralization" of Chechnya's top two rebel leaders, Aslan Maskhadov and Shamil Basayev. Maskhadov has vigorously denied involvement in and condemned last week's hostage-taking at a school.

Both of the Russian statements marked a stepped-up attempt by the Kremlin to counter U.S. calls for political settlement with Chechen separatists and to assuage the grief of a public still reeling from the deaths of 335 hostages at the school in southern Russia.

"Military steps are an extreme measure in the fight against terrorism," Col. Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky, the Russian armed forces chief, said after meeting with North Atlantic Treaty Organization commanders. "Our position on preemptive strikes has been stated before, but I will repeat it: We will take steps to liquidate terror bases in any region."

He added that Russia did not plan to use nuclear weapons in such strikes.<snip>

[UpInArms]

1. and here is another warning: Russia Warns West Against Meddling in Chechny

http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6195157

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the West not to meddle with Russia's Chechnya policy on Wednesday in the wake of a bloody hostage crisis, highlighting a growing rift over the issue between former Cold War foes.

He said, in a reference to British and U.S. offers of asylum to spokesmen for Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov, that the West was directly interfering in an internal issue. "When our Western partners say we should re-examine our policy, what you call our tactics I would advise them not to interfere in our Russian internal affairs," he told reporters.

"Some try to interfere by offering political asylum to terrorists who are directly linked to the Chechen tragedy."

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Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, a close Putin ally, on Thursday repeated threats to stage pre-emptive strikes on militant bases outside Russia, Russian news agencies said.

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[maxsolomon]

2. when you oppress you cause what you fear.

part XMCVII