Re: Battlefield Chechnya

Yep, guerilla fighters seems the more appropriate term, though the Russians
seem fond of the term bandit, which seems inappropriate given the seeming
lack of material motivation.

Jarg

"Scott D. Orr" <sdorr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 10:43:47 GMT, sergio
> <senza_nome2001@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Gunny Bunny wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.kavkaz.org.uk/eng/video/
> >>
> >> Battlefield Chechnya is a website with video footage of the Chechnya
> >> guerrilla fighters.
> >
> >
> >Call them terrorists.
>
> A "terrorist" is technically someone who attacks civilian targets in
> order to spread mass fear.  That wouldn't include most of the Chechen
> fighters.
>
> Scott ORr