[R-P] [Ingl, intro en Esp] "Un atentado contra todos nosotros"

[Nestor Gorojovsky]

[Como bien apunta Bob Weiss en su reflexión/copete a la nota del 
Moscow Times (en inglés, pero hay un resumen mío en castellano), 
Putin es hombre del riñón de la KGB. No sólo lo que dice y hace, sino 
lo que NO dice, es importante.  Muy indirectamente, está diciendo que 
ellos saben que la CIA estuvo detrás del atentado de la escuela.

En síntesis, lo que se explica -con lujo de detalles- es que Putin 
culpó a potencias occidentales por el atentado, que ese atentado 
forma parte de una acción concertada para destruir el potencial 
nuclear ruso y para astillar el país, que los pescaron dormidos y 
débiles, y que Rusia responderá.

Habló en términos de "guerra contra el terrorismo internacional",  en 
un discurso que podía haber usado tanto Bush como Fidel Castro.  El 
problema es que Bush es el enemigo común de Putin y Castro en estos 
asuntos de terrorismo internacional, como bien se comenta en el 
artículo original.]

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Gentileza de 	"Bob Weiss" <bobweiss en cantv.net>
Subject:        	'This Is an Attack Against All of Us'
Date sent:      	Mon, 6 Sep 2004 07:20:49 -0400

Cito:” Many analysts and experts said the main goals of the
hostage-takers were to deal a devastating blow to Putín and instigate
an ethnic conflict in the North Caucasus in an attempt to wrest parts
of the region from Moscow's control.” ¿Qué hay detrás de todo esto
:control del petróleo del Caucasio?  Putín declara que ni los árabes,
ni los chinos le temen al poder atómico ruso, ¿entonces de donde 
viene el golpe y el intento de desestabilización de la región: de
occidente?. Putín fue formado en la KGB y no se anda por las ramas en
materia de seguridad nacional. Dio la orden de asalto cualesquiera
puedan ser las consecuencias sobre su popularidad. No es secreto para
nadie que detrás de la resistencia chechena está la CIA. esa misma 
que entrenaba militarmente y armaba a los Talibanes y a los 
seguidores de Bin Laden contra los rusos en Afganistan. Lo que van a 
tener que enfrentarse un día los USA es que de la misma  manera que  
están logrando el acercamiento de los fieles de  Mahoma con los de 
Alí  en Irak van a terminar provocando o un total acercamiento lógico 
de Europa con Rusia que tiene reservas muy importantes de petróleo y 
gas y que, paulatinamente va a ir recuperando su influencia sobre los
antiguos territorios de la ex-URSS o una unión con China.  Como que
los USA están  infundiendo desconfianza y temor entre muchos pueblos.
Saludos




The Moscow Times – Rusia – 6 de Septiembre de 2004
Monday, September 6, 2004. Page 1. 
Putin Tells Nation 'This Is an Attack Against All of Us'
By Simon Saradzhyan 
Staff Writer 

Itar-Tass / AP
Putin speaking to the nation in a televised address on Saturday. He
said the attack in Beslan "demonstrated our weakness."International
terrorist networks are waging "total war" against Russia to try to
tear the country apart and the Russian people need to mobilize to 
help the authorities fight back, President Vladimir Putin told a 
nation reeling from the tragedy of the latest terrorist attack. "This 
is a challenge to all of Russia, to all our people. This is an attack
against all of us," a solemn-faced Putin said in a 10-minute 
televised address Saturday evening as it became clear that the death 
toll in Beslan had reached catastrophic proportions. "We are dealing 
with the direct intervention of international terror against Russia, 
with total and full-scale war, which again and again is taking away 
the lives of our compatriots." Putin and his senior aides have said 
they see the hand of al-Qaida in terrorist attacks in Russia, and 
Chechen-based radicals have maintained ties with the terrorist group. 
In his address, Putin chose not to specify what terrorist 
organizations are waging a war against Russia. But in a clearly 
emotional outburst he revealed that the Kremlin believes some 
countries could be supporting the terrorist attacks to try to weaken 
Russia, whose nuclear deterrent they see as a threat. The efforts to 
"tear off a big chunk of our country" are being assisted by those who 
"think that Russia, as one of the  greatest nuclear powers of the 
world, is still a threat, and this threat has to be eliminated." 
Putin did not say what countries he was referring to, but he appeared 
to have Western countries in mind. In an astonishing admission, Putin 
said his regime and Russia as a whole have failed to protect the 
country from the threats of terrorism. "We demonstrated our weakness, 
and the weak are beaten," he said, in a surprising reversal of the 
image of a strong country with a strong leader that he has always 
tried to project. "We found ourselves absolutely unprepared for much 
that changed in our lives," Putin said, referring to developments in 
Russia since the demise of the Soviet Union. These years saw the 
escalation of ethnic conflicts, once suppressed by the Soviet regime, 
while Russia was left with porous borders. The nation has failed to 
discern new challenges and threats evolving in and around Russia, and 
failed to react to them adequately, he said. The government and 
society failed to give due attention to these new security and 
defense needs, as corruption plagued Russia's judicial and law 
enforcement systems, Putin said. The president, standing motionless 
in front of Russia's flag for what was a rare address to the nation, 
appeared deeply troubled by what happened in Beslan. He was emotional 
and paused to inhale when referring to "the horrible tragedy." Putin 
made a brief visit to Beslan early Saturday, where he visited a 
hospital and faced some of the anger that many feel after a group of 
terrorists was able to take more than 1,000 people hostage. But in 
his address, he sounded forceful and resolute when outlining what 
Russia will do to prevail in this war and prevent the disintegration 
of Russia. Putin signaled that he will introduce serious changes in 
the way authorities fight terror and separatism and deal with other 
security challenges in the North Caucasus, and pledged to build a new 
system of crisis management, based on a new vision of law 
enforcement. "First, in the near future, a complex of measures aimed 
at strengthening the unity of our country will be prepared. Second, I 
consider it necessary to create a new system of forces and means for 
exercising control over the situation in the North Caucasus. Third, 
it is necessary to create an effective crisis management system, 
including entirely new approaches to the work of law enforcement 
agencies." Putin offered no details on what these new systems will 
be, but stressed that all the measures would comply with the  Russian 
Constitution. He also stressed that the planned changes alone would 
not lead to the defeat of terror unless the entire nation is 
mobilized in the face of this grave threat. "Events in other 
countries prove that terrorists meet the most effective rebuff where
they confront not only the power of the state but also an organized
and united civil society," Putin said. While rather vague on the
planned changes, Putin made it clear that he will not abandon his 
line not to negotiate political demands made by terror groups. He 
said any concession on such demands would entail further attacks and 
secession of entire regions, which would "immerse millions of people 
in a series of bloody conflicts." Under Putin, the Kremlin has 
pursued a tough line, refusing to hold talks with Chechen 
separatists, which experts say has radicalized even the moderate 
separatists. Putin conspicuously refrained, however, from any 
reference in his address to separatism in Chechnya, a clear effort to 
avoid further escalation of ethnic tensions in the Caucasus. Tensions 
are already running high due to the strong possibility that there 
were Ingush among the gunmen who took the Ossetian children and their 
parents hostage. During his Saturday morning visit to Beslan, Putin 
made a point of warning that anyone who tried to retaliate would be 
treated as an accomplice of the hostage-takers who sought to heat up 
the long-frozen conflict between the Ingush and Ossetians. In his 
address, Putin once more called on the peoples of Russia to stand 
united. "Today, we have to be together. Only thus we shall defeat the 
enemy." Analysts said Putin's speech shows a newfound determination 
to mobilize his government and the entire nation for a prolonged all-
out war against terror. Just as the Soviet Union fought a "total war" 
during World War II, Putin is trying to frame this conflict as an 
existential conflict for the nation that requires the mobilization of 
all resources under a single command, Andrei Kokoshin, former 
secretary of the presidential Security Council and now a Duma deputy, 
told a security panel during a three-day forum on Russia in Novgorod 
on Saturday. Both Kokoshin and another leading defense expert, Vasily 
Shlykov, said they saw Putin's remarks as a reprimand to the Western 
powers. "This statement is an attack against the West," Shlykov, a 
former defense minister said. "Whom do Russia's nuclear weapons 
threaten? They do not threaten the Arab world and they do not 
threaten China. ... It could be a warning that the West should not be 
critical of the way the crisis was handled." Many analysts and 
experts said the main goals of the hostage-takers were to deal a
devastating blow to Putin and instigate an ethnic conflict in the 
North Caucasus in an attempt to wrest parts of the region from
Moscow's control. "This is a significant blow to Putin," said Vitaly
Tretyakov, a member of the authoritative Council on Foreign and
Defense Policy, in an interview on the sidelines of the forum. "This
looks like an attempt to pry away the whole of the North Caucasus.
It's not just Chechnya any more. This is a second stage in attempts 
to break up the Russian Federation." Both Tretyakov and Sergei 
Karaganov, who heads the council, said the series of recent terror 
attacks has demonstrated that Putin needs to change his Chechnya 
policy, even though this alone would not tame terrorism. "It's not a 
problem for Putin to convince the world that it is international 
terrorism," Karaganov said. "He has to persuade the Russians that it 
is. They clearly see the roots of this as lying in Chechnya." 

Staff Writer Catherine Belton contributed to this story.


Néstor Miguel Gorojovsky
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