An interesting bit of war-related trivia. Chechnyan representatives (they don't have a government as such), have actually come out strongly in favour of the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq. They're probably the only Muslim state to have done so, at least so enthusiastically.

Why, you may ask... simple. The Russian government are 'anti' the war, so the Chechnyans are just being contrary to irritate them. This seems to be how they decide all their policies. It's pretty understandable.