Chechnya Resources at SWJ
04.19.2013 at 01:23pm
In light of the allegation that the Boston bombing suspects may be of Chechen origin, you may find the following articles as helpful background in getting some context on recent events in Chechnya.
The Russian Counterinsurgency Operation in Chechnya Part 2: Success, But at What Cost? 1999 – 2004
The Russian COIN Campaign in North Caucasus
There are a number of SWC threads on matters Chechen, available to non-members via the Search facility.
1) The Threat from Swarm Attacks (catch all), which started with a CTC Sentinel article: http://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-threat-from-swarm-attacks-case-studies-from-the-north-caucasus
2) A long running thread The North Caucasus: Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia
3) A parallel thread Terrorism in Russia (merged thread)
4) Re Afghan reports a thread Imaginary Chechens Attack!
Are they in fact ethnic Chechens? News reports state they are from Dagestan. The history of Dagestan is different than that of Chechnya.
One is named after the old Turko-Mongol conqueror, Timur. Their last name appears Russian in origin.
In the 90’s I oversaw a USMC project interviewing Chechen players in support of the Marine Corps’ urban operations effort – http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09592310208559190?journalCode=fswi20#preview