Mountain Men and Holy Wars | movie | 2003 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Chechnya's struggle for independence from Russia is one of history's longest on-going conflicts. In the last decade alon | dG1fM28wSkJ6RFpDY2c

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00:00In the fall of 1870,

00:29in 1932, a young man called Shamil lay close to death, cut through the chest by a bayonet, his homeland conquered by Russia.

00:39In a mountain hideaway, Shamil's wife nursed him back to health.

00:43This was his happiest time until she asked,

00:46how can you rest here when your people seek your guidance?

00:51Shamil reluctantly came down from the mountain and soon became one of Islam's greatest warriors.

00:5924 hours ago, a night of entertainment turned into terror.

01:09A Moscow theater under siege.

01:11500 held at gunpoint by Chechen separatists.

01:1450 armed men and women burst in, firing their weapons into the air.

01:20The women are the widows of Chechen fighters.

01:24Chechenia's struggle for independence from Russia is one of history's longest conflicts.

01:29Today, some Chechens are turning to terror to fight for their freedom.

01:35Many claim this is a new phenomenon and part of Osama bin Laden's war against the West.

01:41But the Chechen conflict against Russia has been going on for centuries.

01:45This film is about Imam Shamil, the warlord who first led the Chechens in a holy war against Russia 150 years ago.

01:55Shamil's struggle helps to show how history is repeating itself in one of the world's most deadly conflicts.

02:01I set out in the summer of 1999 to trace Shamil's life and legacy in his homeland, the mountainous region of the Caucasus.

02:12Shamil's story will show why the Chechens will continue to organize terrorist attacks against Russia in a war the Russians can never win.

02:21One of the Chechen women says, the Russians have flooded our land with our children's blood.

02:25We have decided to die here in Moscow and we will take with us the lives of hundreds of sinners.