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| | Foreign Military Studies Office Publications - Trouble in the North Caucasus |
 | | The smoldering centers of conflict in the Caucasus and Trans-Caucasus, including those in the areas of the Armenian-Azerbaijanis, the Chechens, the Ossetian-Ingush, the South Ossetians, the Abkhazijans and the Lezgins, are already negatively affecting the situation in the North Caucasus region, as well as Georgia and Azerbaijan. |
 | | However, since I am familiar with the Caucasus peoples' way of thinking, I believe the current destructive processes in the region are due primarily to Russia's own weaker economic and political situation, rather than to Moscow's policy mistakes in the region. |
 | | The Confederation of the Peoples of the Caucasus, in which the Chechens play the leading role, regards a unified Islamic state as the union's primary purpose. |
| globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/1999/07/990700-trouble.htm (508 words) |
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