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One said it would be "surprising to us" if pro-Russia separatists were able to operate the Buk missile battery without Russian technical support.

If it proves to be an attack, the blast would be a reminder that Chechen separatists are able to inflict significant damage despite the presence of 85,000 Russian troops.

Why or why not? –Do you think the Spanish government and Basque separatists will be able reach an agreement in the future?

He said the fact separatists had been able to announce a protest during Eid, without a backlash from religious and community leaders, "shows how strong the sentiment is in the valley right now".

At best, they could hope to achieve power as a minority government in alliance with the separatists who might be able to wrench further seats from the Liberals in Quebec.

Baluchistan, blighted by a low-level separatist insurgency, has been able to increase spending by only 20-30%.

Spies were deployed throughout Coamo, including a Puerto Rican separatist named Carlos Patterne, who was able to enter the city without suspicion and contact Rufino Huertas, a separatist teacher.

No one seriously believes that Ukrainian separatist groups would have been able to seize areas in the east of the country without substantial assistance from Russia.

Chechen separatists were blamed.

Kurdish separatists were blamed for the attack.

Separatists were aiming for complete autonomy, and to that end there were separatist food co-ops — such as the memorably named New York Lesbian Food Conspiracy — separatist publishing houses, and separatist credit unions.