Jelly_Belly
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So iv been reading these past few days about the cold war and what happened in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union. And as I was researching about the second Chechnya war I came across something... interesting.
A Spetnaz officer who served 20 tours in Chechnya documented the events in the form of a Diary. The story is pretty chilling and offers in interesting view into how Russia conducted (and probably still conducts) counter terrorism operations.
Heres a link validating that the Diary is "legit"
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Magazine/Features/article425814.ece
And here is a link to the Diary. Or at least the parts that I could find.
https://thevelvetrocket.com/2010/11/17/the-war-in-chechnya-diary-of-a-killer/
Kossak, if your reading this. Do you think you could find the entire Diary for me? I need your internet wizardry.
For those too lazy to read heres are my favorite parts of the text.
"Counterintelligence got wind of a group of female suicide bombers. We stormed their safe house and nabbed three women. One was in her forties, the others were young — one barely 15. They were drugged and kept smiling at us. The three were interrogated back at the base. At first, the elder, a recruiter of shahidkas [female suicide bombers], wouldn’t talk. That changed when she was roughed up and given electric shocks.
They were then executed and their bodies blown up to get rid of the evidence. So in the end they got what they’d craved."
After reading I would like your inputs on Russian's stance of terrorism. Are their methods better than our western tactics?
A Spetnaz officer who served 20 tours in Chechnya documented the events in the form of a Diary. The story is pretty chilling and offers in interesting view into how Russia conducted (and probably still conducts) counter terrorism operations.
Heres a link validating that the Diary is "legit"
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Magazine/Features/article425814.ece
And here is a link to the Diary. Or at least the parts that I could find.
https://thevelvetrocket.com/2010/11/17/the-war-in-chechnya-diary-of-a-killer/
Kossak, if your reading this. Do you think you could find the entire Diary for me? I need your internet wizardry.
For those too lazy to read heres are my favorite parts of the text.
"Counterintelligence got wind of a group of female suicide bombers. We stormed their safe house and nabbed three women. One was in her forties, the others were young — one barely 15. They were drugged and kept smiling at us. The three were interrogated back at the base. At first, the elder, a recruiter of shahidkas [female suicide bombers], wouldn’t talk. That changed when she was roughed up and given electric shocks.
They were then executed and their bodies blown up to get rid of the evidence. So in the end they got what they’d craved."
After reading I would like your inputs on Russian's stance of terrorism. Are their methods better than our western tactics?