Reply #96: I did have the impression these were Ingush.

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From the early reports. But the "Chechen" meme
seems firmly fixed now, I doubt it will be corrected.

This suggests that the conflict continues to spread to the
West. When the dust settles Pooty-Poot is going to have to
explain what progress is being made.

Haven't seen anything from Dagestan lately, but not really
paying attention to the Caucasus. The business in Georgia
with S. Ossetia and Adzharskaya and the threats of war with
Russia don't suggest things are going well. And I suppose the
traffic in weapons and drugs from Afghanistan and so on is
booming.