British army Quote by Amjad M. Jaimoukha

“The Russian action in Chechnya could be likened to the British Army reducing Edinburgh to rubble and expelling a couple of million Scottish people in response to a unilateral declaration of independence by Scotland” quote by Amjad M. Jaimoukha — Download Open image

““The Russian action in Chechnya could be likened to the British Army reducing Edinburgh to rubble and expelling a couple of million Scottish people in response to a unilateral declaration of independence by Scotland””

Amjad M. Jaimoukha

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