The Wolves of Islam : " Russia, And The Faces of Chechen Terror " : - Softcover

Murphy, Paul J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1574888315 ISBN 13: 9781574888317

Publisher: Potomac Books Inc, 2004

Synopsis

At a little past 9:00 p.m., on October 23, 2002, nineteen young women and twenty-two men bounded from minivans and sprinted through the front doors of the sprawling Dubrovka Theater Center in Moscow. Once inside, the troop hurriedly changed into their costumes and, following a well-rehearsed script, took their designated places for the evening’s dramatic finale. These people were not, however, actresses and actors starring in the hit musical Nord Ost, which was entertaining a sellout crowd of 711 spectators in the concert hall. They were Chechen Islamic terrorists-suicide hostage-takers who had come to Moscow to die and take their audience prey with them, unless the Russians immediately withdrew from Chechnya.

The Dubrovka theater siege ushered in a new hostile escalation in the fanatical Islamist Chechens’ ten-year fight against the Russian state. The "wolves of Islam" have adopted terror with maximum civilian casualties as its strategic weapon of choice, are employing the Palestinian model of suicide terror against civilians, and may be plotting with al Qaeda to conduct international terrorist operations abroad. 

In Wolves of Islam Paul Murphy tells the story of the principal cast of characters. To drive Russia out of the North Caucasus, Chechen terrorists carry out horrific acts of unimaginable terror. Individually and collectively, they have led Chechnya down the road to chaos, political anarchy, economic ruin, and physical destruction, as they continue to prosecute their Islamic holy war.

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Review

"Murphy's analysis is 'no holds barred' in describing the brutality of the Islamic warriors. Kidnappings, torture, and mass slaughter are all part of their method of operation. . . . I only hope the American people will be afforded the opportunity to listen to him." --Paul M. Weyrich, chairman and CEO, Free Congress Foundation

Synopsis

The Dubrovka theatre siege in 2002 ushered in a new hostile escalation in the fanatical Islamist Chechens' ten-year fight against the Russian state. The self-styled "Wolves of Islam" have adopted terror with maximum civilian casualties as its strategic weapon of choice, are employing the Palestinian model of suicide terror against civilians, and are plotting as part of al Qaeda to conduct international terrorist operations abroad. In this book, Paul Murphy tells the story of the principal cast of characters. To drive Russia out of the North Caucasus, Chechen terrorists carry out horrific acts of unimaginable terror. Individually and collectively, they have led Chechnya down the road to chaos, political anarchy, economic ruin, and physical destruction, as they continue to prosecute their Islamic holy war. This book takes a controversial hard line view that the Chechens are not freedom fighters, but merely vicious terrorists who wish, for money and power, to internationalise their terrorist activities.

Edition details

• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1574888315
• ISBN 13: 9781574888317
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 281