*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* { Sila lawat Laman Hizbi-Net - http://www.hizbi.net } { Hantarkan mesej anda ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] } { Iklan barangan? Hantarkan ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] } *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* Undilah PAS : MENENTANG KEZALIMAN & MENEGAKKAN KEADILAN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 12:17 AM Subject: BBC: Profile: Aslan Maskhadov, the quiet general > BBC > > Monday, September 27, 1999 > > Profile: Aslan Maskhadov, the quiet general > > By BBC News Online's Stephen Mulvey > > As chief of staff of the Chechen armed forces Aslan Maskhadov did more > than any other fighter in Chechnya to win the 1994-1996 war against > Russia. He also did more than any other negotiator to bring peace. > > The softly-spoken general succeeded against the odds in co-ordinating > the actions of the numerous Chechen field commanders. > > He turned a swiftly mobilised scratch army into a force capable of > repelling Russian tanks, air power, and artillery. > > At the same time, he was at the forefront of peace negotiations in 1995 > and 1996. His quiet pragmatism won the respect of Russian negotiators. > > Chechens elected him president in January 1997 because of his war > record, and because he promised a more peaceful future than younger and > more radical rival candidates. > > On one point he was always firm, however: Chechnya must be independent. > > An army man > > Like all Chechens of his generation, Aslan Maskhadov was born in exile. > His family was deported from Chechnya by Stalin, along with the rest of > the Chechen nation, in 1944. They returned home from Kazakhstan in 1957, > when Maskhadov was a child of six. > > The future president became a career artillery officer in the Soviet > army. He served in Hungary, and took part in the Soviet army's attempt > to suppress Lithuania's nationalist independence movement in January > 1991 - an episode he quickly came to regret. > > He became breakaway Chechnya's chief of staff the following year. > > Maskhadov's main rival in the January 1997 election was the charismatic > field commander, Shamil Basayev. After the election he wisely decided to > work with, rather than against Basayev, first making him deputy chief of > the Chechen army, then acting prime minister. > > In 1998, however, Basayev joined many other former field commanders in > an unruly opposition. The commanders evolved into warlords, removing > large areas of Chechnya from Maskhadov's control. Some came under > suspicion when Maskhadov twice narrowly escaped assassination, in car > bomb explosions. > > Growing weaker > > Maskhadov's weakness was illustrated by a series of high-profile > kidnappings in 1998 and 1999. Foreign aid workers and > Russian envoys joined hundreds of less well-known victims held for > ransom in Chechnya. His government was powerless to release them. > > Maskhadov has also been unable to prevent Chechen warlords launching a > holy war to drive Russians out of neighbouring Dagestan. > > His own attitude to Islam is characteristically conservative. He has > encouraged the rebirth of Chechen religious traditions, and the creation > of religious courts. He has attempted, unsuccessfully, to ban the > fundamentalist trend of Islam known as Wahabism. > > The latest Russian attacks on Chechnya have helped to mend relations > between Maskhadov and his internal opponents. They are now preparing to > stand together against the Russian enemy. > > However, these developments have not necessarily made Maskhadov > stronger. His appeal to the Chechen voter rests partly on his ability to > offer them a life without war. A new conflict could prompt calls for a > leader in a more radical mold. > _________________________________________________________ Get Visto! Groups, event calendars, email, and more... Check it out @ http://www.visto.com/info The content and views expressed in this message do not in any way reflect the opinions or policies of McAfee.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( Melanggan ? To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] pada body : SUBSCRIBE HIZB) ( Berhenti ? To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] pada body: UNSUBSCRIBE HIZB) ( Segala pendapat yang dikemukakan tidak menggambarkan ) ( pandangan rasmi & bukan tanggungjawab HIZBI-Net ) ( Bermasalah? Sila hubungi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pengirim: "Osman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>