Tom de Waal : « De Waal : Their parents were in two savage wars with Russia and displaced from homeland . Dudayev was a Soviet general turned Chechen nationalist who hated NATO as much as he did the government in Moscow . Suspects lived a typical Chechen life of migration , he says , part of a macho culture . Chechens resent the label `` terrorists , '' he says ; suspects seem to have embraced it .
Tom de Waal : « De Waal : Their parents were in two savage wars with Russia and displaced from homeland . Suspects lived a typical Chechen life of migration , he says , part of a macho culture . Chechens resent the label `` terrorists , '' he says ; suspects seem to have embraced it .