IMMORTAL FORTRESS. a look inside Chechenia's warrior culture

[Schmoly War]

Documentary now online.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2107781435288962503

Also watch part 1 and 2 of "Hell":

This has got to be the craziest war in modern times.

Then check various wikipedia links for the operational details of both 1st and 2nd chechen wars:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye_hostage_crisis

" When the fighting was over, one Russian regular army soldier unintentionally fired his armored personnel carrier's cannon; the shell hit and blew up another armored vehicle, and its fragments landed on the elite Alpha Group team, killing two FSB commandos and injuring three"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_776

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimry_fighting

"The fighting happened on a mountain between some 3,000 Russian troops, including 1,500 special forces on one side and a group of estimated up to eight armed rebels".....

"Despite heavy artillery and aerial bombardment all the fighters managed to escape the encirclement back to the village, leaving behind only an abandoned dugout. At least three OMON and Spetznaz servicemen died and more than 10 were wounded in a three-day battle, some of them possibly by friendly fire. According to the separatist website, more than 50 Russian troops were "eliminated".