A classic account from a place I've never heard of and where Russian COIN / CT is very different:The full title is 'Why Is Karachaevo-Cherkessia Quiet When Its Neighbors Suffer From Violence?'. Link:https://jamestown.org/program/karach...ffer-violence/...the police officer can no longer revert to cruel methods of investigation against a person who prays next to him.
(Later) The example of Kabardino-Balkaria indicates that the authorities normally prefer to strike preemptively to antagonize, alienate and radicalize the Muslim community in order to justify the government terror that follows.
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