AHC: War in the Northern Caucasus

Challenge: Create a POD whereby a conflict/guerrilla war erupts in the Northern Caucasus between the Russian Federation and Muslim fundamentals. The conflict must be considered serious by the Russian authorities, not some little backyard war. Bonus points if you can make the conflict occur on similar lines to the Iraq/Afghan War with the fundamental's being supported by other Islamic groups. +100 points if Europe gets involved in the conflict.
 
Challenge: Create a POD whereby a conflict/guerrilla war erupts in the Northern Caucasus between the Russian Federation and Muslim fundamentals. The conflict must be considered serious by the Russian authorities, not some little backyard war. Bonus points if you can make the conflict occur on similar lines to the Iraq/Afghan War with the fundamental's being supported by other Islamic groups. +100 points if Europe gets involved in the conflict.

This is quite similar to our timeline, what with the whole Chechen War and all. To make it more severe though, I'd say have the United States push Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda out of Sudan sometime in 1992, and have them flee to Chechnya. That might give Chechen Islamists the boost necessary to fight the Russians for a lot longer, bring in foreign fighters and money, and generally turn Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan into another Afghanistan. If you want Europe involved, they might step in with peacekeepers to protect Georgia from a Russian invasion meant to "stop the flow of arms to the terrorists".
 
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