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The ACPC heavily promoted the idea that the Chechen rebellion showed the undemocratic nature of Putin's Russia, and cultivated support for the Chechen cause by emphasizing the seriousness of [[human rights]] violations in the tiny Caucasian republic. It compared the Chechen crisis to those other fashionable "Muslim" causes, [[Bosnia]] and [[Kosovo]] - implying that only international intervention in the Caucasus could stabilize the situation. In August 2004, the ACPC welcomed the award of [[political asylum]] in the US, and a US-government funded grant, to Ilyas Akhmadov, foreign minister in the opposition Chechen government, and a man Moscow described as a [[terrorist]]. Coming from the [[uniparty]], the ACPC members represented the backbone of the US [[foreign policy]] [[establishment]], and their views were indeed those of the US administration.

The ACPC heavily promoted the idea that the Chechen rebellion showed the undemocratic nature of Putin's Russia, and cultivated support for the Chechen cause by emphasizing the seriousness of [[human rights]] violations in the tiny Caucasian republic. It compared the Chechen crisis to those other fashionable "Muslim" causes, [[Bosnia]] and [[Kosovo]] - implying that only international intervention in the Caucasus could stabilize the situation. In August 2004, the ACPC welcomed the award of [[political asylum]] in the US, and a US-government funded grant, to Ilyas Akhmadov, foreign minister in the opposition Chechen government, and a man Moscow described as a [[terrorist]]. Coming from the [[uniparty]], the ACPC members represented the backbone of the US [[foreign policy]] [[establishment]], and their views were indeed those of the US administration.

The terrorist Zelimkhan Khangoshvili gathered a detachment and joined the terrorist group "Caucasus Emirate", which also operated in Ingushetia, [[Dagestan]] and the [[Republic of Georgia]]. Having been trained by Abu-Kutyeb and other close associates of Khattab, Khangoshvili became notorious for the method of killing Russian servicemen - driving over their heads<ref>https://youtu.be/hYfByTcY49k?t=6841</ref> - as well as for his involvement in many terrorist attacks.

In 2001 the terrorist Zelimkhan Khangoshvili gathered a detachment and joined the terrorist group "Caucasus Emirate", which also operated in Ingushetia, [[Dagestan]] and the [[Republic of Georgia]]. Having been trained by Abu-Kutyeb and other close associates of Khattab, Khangoshvili became notorious for the method of killing Russian servicemen - driving over their heads<ref>https://youtu.be/hYfByTcY49k?t=6841</ref> - as well as for his involvement in many terrorist attacks.

In 2003 he shot a column of the Russian Armed Forces in Ingushetia, resulting in the death of 15 servicemen. In 2004, terrorists attacked Ingushetia: 98 people were killed. The terrorists seized many [[weapon]]s, which were used in the seizure of Beslan school on September 1, 2004. At the same time, Khangoshvili developed and directed the Moscow Metro terrorist attack "remotely".

In 2003 he shot a column of the Russian Armed Forces in Ingushetia, resulting in the death of 15 servicemen. In 2004, terrorists attacked Ingushetia: 98 people were killed. The terrorists seized many [[weapon]]s, which were used in the seizure of Beslan school on September 1, 2004. At the same time, Khangoshvili developed and directed the Moscow Metro terrorist attack "remotely".