What You Need To Know About Russia's "Berlin Group" And Their Global Assassination Hit List

[FarCenter]

Earlier this month, three Chechen men were walking down a busy street in Istanbul when a single man shot them 11 times with a silenced 9mm pistol. All were killed within 30 seconds.

The assassin got into a black car, reportedly a Ford Mondeo, and sped away.

The victims were all members of Istanbul's Chechen community. One of the men killed was Berg-Haj Musayev, and the other men were believed to be his bodyguards, reports The Telegraph. Musayev was allegedly close to Russia's most wanted man Doku Umarov, thought to be responsible for a suicide bomb attack at a Moscow airport in January.

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However, Russia is offering official indifference to the outrage. "If the murdered men really were involved in the suicide bombing then what has happened is a normal occurrence in a war," Maxim Shevchenko, a Kremlin advisor, told The Telegraph. "After all, they declared war on the Russian state so it is logical that in response our special services have a group of liquidators."

Indeed, while President, Vladimir Putin made clear that anywhere was fair game for Chechen terrorist. "We will pursue the terrorists wherever they go. If we find them in the toilet, we'll kill them in the outhouse," he said.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-chechnya-berlin-group-2011-9

I believe that the Russian policy and the stated United States policy are completely consistent on this last point.

[JDPriestly]

1. And Obama's assassination drones do exactly the same thing --

get rid of suspects without trial. Is this "war" or just bullying?

Of course, terrorists of any stripe are simply bullies who use politics and excuse for violence, but still do we have to put up with state terrorism whether on the part of the Russian, the US or any other government?

How can we stop state terrorism?

I thought electing Obama would at least prevent our own government from assassinating people without a trial, but apparently not.