President Vladimir Putin urged Chechen rebels Monday to "halt all contacts with international terrorists" and gave them 72 hours to get in touch with Russian authorities for negotiations on disarmament.
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"The events in Chechnya cannot be considered outside the context of the fight with international terrorism," Putin said.
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Bush has now given any government the club to declare anyone against them a terrorist. Russia has been waging an excessive campaign against Chechnya. Now it has all the justification it needs to do what ever it wants and, if anyone complains, they can claim to be fighting terrorism.