MILITANTS in South-east Asia have identified themselves with armed separatists in Chechnya in a development counter-terrorism experts describe as 'chilling'. They say the 200-year struggle in the breakaway Russian republic, the latest chapter of which has raged for 10 years, has captivated disgruntled Muslims here. Amid the chanting of anti-US slogans for America's battle against terrorism and the war in Iraq, bitter condemnation of Israel and mounting local grievances, jihadis are adding a fight for Chechnya in their campaigns and discourse.
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