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Vocu mnn, i age it/Dzhokhar Dzhokhar DudayevDudayev:By CANDICE HUGHES Associated Press WriterMOSCOW (AP) — Being Moscow’s main bogeyman is a risky business.But risk is what Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev trained for. Ke used to fly nuclear bombers for a living.As the president of a rebel republic, Dudayev has made a second career out of taunting the Russian bear. For three years, he has threatened everything from Islamic holy war to nuclear terrorism, defying demands to lead tiny Chechnya back into the Kremlin’s fold.Now the bear is mad. Mad enough to lash ou* with tanks~ ’ f |------Moscow’sand thousands of troops.The object of its rage is a small, tightly wound man with a pencil-thin mustache and penchant for crisp uniforms and fierce rhetoric.“If Russia tries to settle the Chechen problem by force, there will be a war in the Caucasus that will eclipse Afghanistan,” he warned recently.Dudayev’s sins, in the eyes of the Kremlin, are many. He has played the mafia card, the nationalism card, the Islamic card. He has, in short, played on Moscow’s worst fears.Dudayev rails at what he calls the “myth that Chechnya is the mother of all anarchy.”bogeymanBut under him the Chechen capital Grozny — which means “terrible” in Russian — became a haven for gangsters, gunrunners and hijackers.Arms dealers peddled their wares openly, just steps from the parliament building. Mobsters cruised the streets in Mercedes.Dudayev also welcomed Islamic militants from around the world — and then boasted about it. “A million and a half muja-hedeen (holy warriors) ready to become martyrs will come to the Caucasus,” he said.He paid “state visits” to Muslim countries, traveled incognito (See DUDAYEV, Page 12)
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