Caucasian Violence

Caucasian Violence: "CHECHNYA, INGUSHETIA, Dagestan, North Ossetia and now Kabardino-Balkariya: Once again, one of the republics of Russia's North Caucasus region -- places whose names were once almost unknown in the West -- has become the scene of excruciating terrorist violence. Following a pattern that has become familiar in the region, Islamic militants simultaneously attacked a group of targets Thursday in the city of Nalchik, capital of Kabardino-Balkariya, including three police stations, the city airport and the regional headquarters of Russia's interior ministry police. More than 100 people were killed, a previously peaceful city was turned into a war zone and Russian troops were forced to set up a blockade around its periphery."