From The Guardian, written by Sarah Left (I kid you not.):
At a press conference in London, paid for by the actor Vanessa Redgrave, Mr Zakayev today condemned the hostage takers, saying they were not representative of any political cause or even the human race.
Zakayev is wanted by Russia for involvement in the terrorist attack on the Beslan school. His rant included this precision in thinking.
"The Chechen tragedy is being hijacked by those who fuel the ideologies of both international terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism, who see in the conflict further evidence of the oppression of Muslims at the hands of the so-called great powers," he said.
"The west's reluctance to denounce Putin's approach to the Chechen problem is partly responsible for the fact that the cause of our people is now being manipulated by radical extremists who are at war with the west."
If you figured out what he was saying, you would be as nuts as he is. The Guardian doesn't provide a transcript of the press conference but thats more like a strategy than an omission. They have long since discovered that it's better to hide your allies, especially the fruitcake variety that discredit the cause, including their own writers like Sarah Left, a Californian import, presently the editor of The Guardian's NetNews site. As for "actor" Vanessa Redgrave, she has fans.
Background:
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