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That's tricky. The men involved were ethnic Chechens, but they had never actually been to Chechnya, which is part of Russia. Many Chechens want Chechnya to be a separate country from Russia and some have used terrorism to try to achieve this goal. Although the men involved are known to have been strongly in favor of Chechen independence, there's not an obvious reason why they targeted their terrorism at the United States. Chechen terrorism is usually targeted at Russia since the Russians are the ones who are refusing to let them be independent.

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